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New York Times, Monday, January 29, 1996

Author:
G. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Down : Edges
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQWZ} This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 53%
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© 1996, The New York Times1/29/96 ( No. 16,883 )
Across
1
Excommunicates : BANS
5
Marine's meal : MESS
9
Computer symbols : ICONS
14
Very much : ALOT
15
Buffalo's lake : ERIE
16
Lehar's "The___Widow" : MERRY
17
Koh-i-___diamond : NOOR
18
San Francisco or Denver facility : MINT
19
Lend___ (listen) : ANEAR
20
"Lassie" actress : JUNELOCKHART
23
Shiller's "___Joy" : ODETO
24
Cassandre, e.g. : SEERESS
28
Barbershop items : COMBS
32
Yalta participant : STALIN
33
One of the "Little Women" : BETHMARCH
37
Venetian resort : LIDO
38
Charlottesville sch. : UVA
39
Sacred beetles : SCARABS
42
That girl : HER
43
Parts of eyeglasses : RIMS
45
Burt Reynolds TV title role : DANAUGUST
47
Knights' horses : STEEDS
50
Cutting utensil : PARER
51
Heartfelt : EARNEST
53
Maynard's pal in 60's TV : DOBIE
57
"Deep Purple" singer, 1963 : APRILSTEVENS
61
Thrill : ELATE
64
The Beatles' "Magical Mystery___" : TOUR
65
Memorable times : ERAS
66
Yellowstone Park animal : BISON
67
Learning : LORE
68
Artist Magritte : RENE
69
Vandyke, e.g. : BEARD
70
35-inch blade : EPEE
71
River to the underworld : STYX
Down
1
"Oh! Susanna" instrument : BANJO
2
Not silently : ALOUD
3
Nary a person : NOONE
4
Start calisthenics : STRETCH
5
Written reminder : MEMO
6
___the Red : ERIC
7
Drown : SINK
8
Clockmaker Thomas et al. : SETHS
9
Istanbul inn : IMARET
10
Main : CENTRAL
11
Metal to be refined : ORE
12
Shooters' org. : NRA
13
Neighbor of Isr. : SYR
21
Weaving machines : LOOMS
22
D.D.E. opponent : AES
25
Yale of Yale University : ELIHU
26
Edges : SIDES
27
Quick drink : SNORT
29
Raincoat, for short : MAC
30
Wire nail : BRAD
31
Metal to be reprocessed : SCRAP
33
Pouch : BURSE
34
Patti LuPone Broadway role : EVITA
35
Worker with lions : TAMER
36
Tennis's Mandlikova : HANA
40
Butter unit : BAR
41
Shoe material : SUEDE
44
One of 100 : SENATOR
46
___Corners ("Our Town" town) : GROVERS
48
Bank (on) : DEPEND
49
Byelorussia, e.g.: Abbr. : SSR
52
Deed : TITLE
54
Flat cap : BERET
55
___case (regardless) : INANY
56
County next to London : ESSEX
58
Aerobatic maneuver : LOOP
59
Confident : SURE
60
Genealogy chart : TREE
61
Kind of tide : EBB
62
Baldfaced___ : LIE
63
Simile's center : ASA

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

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