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New York Times, Tuesday, September 19, 1995

Author:
Janet R. Bender
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Down : "No man ___ island"
TotalDebutLatest
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Janet R. Bender

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {V} This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Bender. Tuesday freshness: 59%
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© 1995, The New York Times9/19/95 ( No. 16,751 )
Across
1
Oscars org. : AMPAS
6
Novelist Waugh : ALEC
10
Shade of blue : AQUA
14
New York restauranteur : SARDI
15
Student pilot's goal : SOLO
16
Fine powder : DUST
17
Dairy product : CREAM
18
Wedding cake feature : TIER
19
Kind of lens : ZOOM
20
Maine's junior Senator : OLYMPIASNOWE
23
Lobs : TOSSES
24
Dark brew : ALE
25
Toast topping : JAM
28
St. Louis team : RAMS
31
In recent days : LATELY
33
Umpire's call : BALK
37
Revolutionary War patriot : NATHANHALE
39
Making a hole-in-one : ACING
41
Dove's sound : COO
42
More rational : SANER
43
"Airplane!" and "Airplane II" actor : ROBERTHAYS
46
Cysts : WENS
47
Anheuser-Busch, e.g. : BREWER
48
Waggin' part : TAIL
50
Long-running NBC show, for short : SNL
51
___ de cologne : EAU
53
Missive : LETTER
58
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" singer : CRYSTALGAYLE
61
Tresses : HAIR
64
Lose power : FAIL
65
Actress Barkin : ELLEN
66
Moises of baseball : ALOU
67
Hideous : UGLY
68
Family member : NIECE
69
Celtic language : MANX
70
Answer to "Shall we?" : LETS
71
Pub game : DARTS
Down
1
Neckwear item : ASCOT
2
Actress Thomas : MARLO
3
Victimizes, with "on" : PREYS
4
Name of two Presidents : ADAMS
5
Silly smile : SIMPER
6
Sleuths' canine : ASTA
7
TV's "___ and Clark" : LOIS
8
Actress Verdugo : ELENA
9
Flower part : COROLLA
10
Wood-dressing tool : ADZE
11
Status ___ : QUO
12
Road show grp. : USO
13
Banking device : ATM
21
"No man ___ island" : ISAN
22
Withdraws gradually : WEANS
25
Former diplomat Kirkpatrick : JEANE
26
Beat poet Ginsberg : ALLEN
27
Mike of 50 Across : MYERS
29
Supersonic number : MACH
30
Summer ermine : STOAT
32
Melt : THAW
33
Nasty remarks : BARBS
34
Oak starter : ACORN
35
Damage a reputation : LIBEL
36
Was aware of : KNEW
38
Georgetown athlete : HOYA
40
Actress Garson : GREER
44
Waiter's burden : TRAYFUL
45
Window part : SILL
49
Story of Robin Hood, e.g. : LEGEND
52
Custom : USAGE
54
Actress Shire : TALIA
55
Polk's predecessor : TYLER
56
Choose : ELECT
57
Descartes and others : RENES
58
Essential point : CRUX
59
Lean : TILT
60
Playboy Khan et al. : ALYS
61
Sandwich meat : HAM
62
___ carte : ALA
63
Item in an electric discharge : ION

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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