In original, clues for 1- and 7-Across are bracketed, with "Science fiction" at 1-Across and (uncapitalized) "favorite" at 7-Across, as here.
1 F | 2 L | 3 Y | 4 I | 5 N | 6 G | 7 S | 8 A | 9 U | 10 C | 11 E | 12 R | |||
13 F | L | E | E | R | E | R | 14 C | R | E | O | L | E | 15 S |
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16 R | O | S | S | I | N | I | 17 A | I | L | M | E | N | T |
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18 A | R | S | 19 D | E | M | 20 I | L | L | E | 21 A | D | E |
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22 N | E | E | 23 D | 24 E | V | E | S | 25 O | N | E | R |
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26 C | A | P | R | 27 I | 28 S | E | N | 29 A | C | O | R | N |
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30 E | L | S | A | S | 31 S | 32 S | E | 33 A | H | O | R | S | E |
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34 G | E | A | 35 R | 36 S | E | E | N | |||||||
37 A | 38 S | 39 S | O | R | T | E | 40 D | 41 S | A | N | 42 D | 43 E | 44 D |
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45 S | P | I | N | E | 46 N | Y | 47 C | 48 D | O | E | R | R |
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49 P | A | N | S | 50 P | I | E | R | 51 R | A | R | A |
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52 I | T | A | 53 P | A | T | R | I | 54 C | 55 E | 56 L | A | P |
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57 C | I | T | 58 R | A | N | E | 59 M | A | R | 60 L | E | N | E |
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61 S | A | R | A | C | E | N | 62 E | N | G | I | R | D | S |
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63 L | A | T | E | S | T | 64 A | S | S | E | S | S |
Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 3 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.
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Crosswords published prior to Nov. 21, 1993 are provided by David Steinberg and The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project.