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New York Times, Wednesday, January 17, 1996

Author:
L. Sidway
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : "Cotton Candy" trumpeter
TotalDebutLatest
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11.556739%
Lois Sidway

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 80 for Ms. Sidway. Wednesday freshness: 57%
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© 1996, The New York Times1/17/96 ( No. 16,871 )
Across
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Great guy? : SCOTT
6
Boston bunch : POPS
10
Political suffix since the 70's : GATE
14
Comfortable : CUSHY
15
At capacity : FULL
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Soprano Mills : ERIE
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None of the above : OTHER
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Jovial roly-poly of legend : FRIARTUCK
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Exhaust : WEAROUT
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Squirrel treats : ACORNS
23
Actress Reinking : ANN
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Shin's neighbor : ANKLE
25
Debut auto of 1960 : DODGEDART
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Catch, as a dogie : LASSO
33
"That's clear" : ISEE
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Devilkin : IMP
35
Last-place spot : CELLAR
36
Turn on the waterworks, so to speak : SOB
37
Galilee, e.g. : SEA
38
Christmas need : FIR
39
Verse heading : UNI
40
Nuggets : CLUMPS
42
He feeds 54-Down : JON
43
Dole (out) : METE
44
George of "Where's Poppa?" : SEGAL
45
"The Best Man" playwright : GOREVIDAL
47
Crusoe's creator : DEFOE
49
Friday, for one : MAN
50
Bind one's boots : LACEUP
52
Alternative fuel : GASOHOL
56
Pussyfoot : HEMANDHAW
58
Decline : SLIDE
59
Insolent tad : SNIP
60
An Autry : GENE
61
Entrance courts : ATRIA
62
Heave : TOSS
63
Davis of TV's "Sinbad" : ERIN
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Like most movies : RATED
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Cargo vessel : SCOW
2
Baby-faced : CUTE
3
Labor Dept. arm : OSHA
4
Very in : THERAGE
5
Guthrie of the theater : TYRONE
6
Fizzling sound : PFFT
7
"___ Town" : OUR
8
Easily bent : PLIANT
9
Lax : SLACK
10
"C'mon, quit kidding" : GETREAL
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Give ___ for one's money : ARUN
12
Muscle spasms : TICS
13
Cartoon cry : EEK
19
Kind of derby : ROLLER
21
These can be brief : UNDIES
24
Dadaist Hans : ARP
25
Harrow blades : DISCS
26
"___ Mio" : OSOLE
27
Correct the defects in : DEBUG
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Org. for Doogie Howser : AMA
30
Swung around : SLUED
31
___ Maria : SANTA
32
Bay window : ORIEL
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___ verite : CINEMA
37
Bad temper : SPLEEN
38
In place of : FOR
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Daredevils : MADCAPS
42
Typical guy : JOE
43
Canon competitor : MINOLTA
45
Its tunnel vision is poor : GOPHER
46
Alma mater of Meryl Streep : VASSAR
48
"Oh, darn!" : FUDGE
50
Jay of note : LENO
51
François's friends : AMIS
52
Lola player in "Damn Yankees" : GWEN
53
"Cotton Candy" trumpeter : HIRT
54
Comics canine : ODIE
55
Be the bellwether : LEAD
56
F.D.R. follower : HST
57
Cuckoo bird : ANI

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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