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New York Times, Friday, February 10, 1995

Author:
Raymond Hamel
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Industrialist Schindler
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Raymond Hamel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 6 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Hamel. Friday freshness: 10%
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© 1995, The New York Times2/10/95 ( No. 16,530 )
Across
1
Toasty : WARM
5
Pack in : CRAM
9
Almanac tidbit : FACT
13
"Heat of the Moment" rock group : ASIA
14
Used high beams, perhaps : SHONE
15
Stern : REAR
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Item in a giblets package : NECK
17
Engine sparkers : PLUGS
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Aimless : IDLE
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Run off : TAKETOONESHEELS
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Came to the rescue : AIDED
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The Breadbasket of America : KANSAS
24
Pseudopodal organisms : AMEBAE
27
Bronze place : THIRD
29
Bobby's follower? : SOXER
30
Stepped-up pace : TROT
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Sty chow : SLOP
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Pray for a miracle : HOPEAGAINSTHOPE
38
Ascorbic acid, for one : ENOL
39
Kachina doll makers : HOPI
40
Hands up the ball : HIKES
41
In other words : IDEST
43
Cicero's birthplace : ARPINO
44
Mercury, e.g. : PLANET
47
Northern abodes: Var. : IGLUS
49
Statue outside Three Rivers Stadium : ROBERTOCLEMENTE
54
Initials on old meeting halls : IOOF
55
Industrialist Schindler : OSKAR
56
Resort near Copper Mountain : VAIL
57
"Whip It" band : DEVO
58
Choice : ELECT
59
Sundance Kid's girl : ETTA
60
Giver of regards : EYER
61
Lavish affection : DOTE
62
Time for a whistle : NOON
Down
1
Shortage : WANT
2
Offshore : ASEA
3
Basketball's ___ Barry : RICK
4
Waste no time in traveling to : MAKEABEELINEFOR
5
Ravel's "Daphnis et ___" : CHLOE
6
Vacation purchase : ROUNDTRIPTICKET
7
Céleste being : ANGE
8
U.S. Army gear : MESSKITS
9
John Glenn capsule : FRIENDSHIPSEVEN
10
Yellow-fever mosquito : AEDES
11
Arum lily : CALLA
12
Headlock? : TRESS
14
Bone china : SPODE
20
Bit of regalia : TIARA
21
Cynical laugh syllable : HAR
24
"As Long ___ Needs Me" ("Oliver!" song) : ASHE
25
Gaze dreamily : MOON
26
Fair : EXPO
28
Hägar's daughter, in the comics : HONI
30
Kit Carson Home site : TAOS
32
Enemy of Thor : LOKI
33
Dentist's command : OPEN
34
Eight reals, once : PESO
36
Isolated, in a way : GHETTOED
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Recite in a monotone : THRUM
42
Essen article : DER
43
With ears pricked : ALERT
44
Hubris : PRIDE
45
Sarge's superior : LOOEY
46
In excess of : ABOVE
48
French dessert : GLACE
50
Where the Storting sits : OSLO
51
Its HQ is in Brussels : NATO
52
Mozart opera "La Clemenza di ___" : TITO
53
Panache : ELAN

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

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