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New York Times, Saturday, September 21, 1996

Author:
R. H. Burns
Editor:
Will Shortz
2-Down : Underfed
TotalDebutLatest
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11.54113675%
Rand H. Burns

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Burns. Saturday freshness: 24%
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© 1996, The New York Times9/21/96 ( No. 17,119 )
Across
1
Bridge column leaders : WESTS
6
Battle site soon after D-Day : STLO
10
Abrade : RASP
14
1935 Triple Crown winner : OMAHA
15
Hearty greeting : AHOY
16
Barbra's 1968 co-star : OMAR
17
Sealskin mukluk : KAMIK
18
Marine fossil : TRILOBITE
20
Criticizes severely : SCARIFIES
22
Ersatz : BOGUS
23
Connections, of a sort : INS
24
Artois article : UNE
25
Lens settings : FSTOPS
26
Cane material : RATTAN
28
Tunnelers : MOLES
30
"I Love Lucy" name : ETHEL
31
Dinners outdoors : LUAUS
32
Saturday-night special : GAT
35
Al Capp detective : FEARLESSFOSDICK
38
Tom Hayden was its first pres. : SDS
39
Overcharges but good : SOAKS
40
Monteverdi opera : ORFEO
41
Outpouring : SPATE
42
Actor Jeremy and others : BRETTS
43
Milk solid : CASEIN
46
Creosote source : TAR
48
Retiring : SHY
49
Clawlike : ADUNC
50
Carreras performance : TENORSOLO
53
Like the Manhattan Project : TOPSECRET
55
Broadcaster : AIRER
56
Indigene of the Great Lakes area : CREE
57
Address fit for a king : SIRE
58
Intermediate, in law : MESNE
59
Hand's handful : HERD
60
Lob : TOSS
61
Shellshocked : AREEL
Down
1
Yan's pans : WOKS
2
Underfed : EMACIATED
3
TV witch and namesakes : SAMANTHAS
4
One with a hankering, as for knowledge : THIRSTER
5
"Reginald" writer : SAKI
6
Victoria's Secret fabric : SATIN
7
Ritz Brothers portrayal of 1939 : THREEMUSKETEERS
8
Hi's helpmate : LOIS
9
"Thimble Theater" surname : OYL
10
Some factory workers : ROBOTS
11
Compadre : AMIGO
12
Took notice, in a way : SATUP
13
Court defense? : PRESS
19
One with a one-track mind : OBSESSOR
21
Lots of laughs : FUN
25
Chemical prefix : FLUO
26
They're paid to make calls : REFS
27
Jamaican export : ALLSPICE
29
Clods : OAFS
31
Hurdle for an aspiring atty. : LSAT
32
The Trojans' undoing? : GIFTHORSE
33
Torch fuel : ACETYLENE
34
Bout enders : TKOS
36
Of the dawn : EOAN
37
More formal : DRESSIER
41
Felt : SENSED
42
Buddy : BRO
43
"What's the ___?" : CATCH
44
Really fancy : ADORE
45
Maintenance maintainer : SUPER
47
Up-front money : ANTES
50
Rock music's Police, e.g. : TRIO
51
Name of nine Thai kings : RAMA
52
Turgenev's birthplace : OREL
54
It's observed in Pensacola, Fla. : CST

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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