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New York Times, Saturday, September 2, 1995

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Across : Truffant subject
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 44 for Mr. Nosowsky. Saturday freshness: 9%
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© 1995, The New York Times9/2/95 ( No. 16,734 )
Across
1
Got off : ALIT
5
Typesetters' measures : PICAS
10
Sent to the bottom : SANK
14
Figure this! : MATH
15
Truffant subject : ADELE
16
___ College, N.C. : ELON
17
Enlargement: Abbr. : INCR
18
Cesira portrayer, 1960 : LOREN
19
Gare de l'Est platform : QUAI
20
Platonism, e.g. : SCHOOLOFTHOUGHT
23
"Begin the Beguine" pianist Eddie : HEYWOOD
24
Color quality : TONE
25
Letters on a cross : INRI
26
Soon : ERELONG
30
Tumbler, e.g. : GYMNAST
33
Matman, in dialect : RASSLER
34
Tic-tac-toe winner : OOO
35
Time of the past : ERA
36
Beat in a debate : OUTTALK
41
English poet Siegfried : SASSOON
45
Handout: Var. : FREEBEE
46
Irish novelist O'Brien : EDNA
47
Contemporary poet James : SEAY
48
Rama-fications? : AVATARS
52
"Hold on one gosh darn minute!" : WHATSTHEBIGIDEA
56
Locks : HAIR
57
Joyous dances : HORAS
58
Film purchase : ROLL
59
Karachi language : URDU
60
Christine ___ of "Beverly Hills 90210" : ELISE
61
Quod ___ faciendum : ERAT
62
Round pounder : PEEN
63
Air base near Lubbock : REESE
64
Hot : SEXY
Down
1
Anabaptist group : AMISH
2
Part of a charge : LANCE
3
Raring to go : ITCHY
4
Add, as a bonus : THROWIN
5
Ashen-faced hues : PALLORS
6
Red Skelton catch phrase : IDOODIT
7
Old "What's My Line" panelist : CERF
8
"Take ___" (office order) : ALETTER
9
Lady from Lisbon : SENHORA
10
Movie trailers? : SEQUELS
11
Chug-___ : ALUG
12
Famous flood survivor : NOAH
13
Sweater or sock : KNIT
21
An O'Neill : OONA
22
Counting method : ONES
27
Cheaper topper : OLEO
28
Franco of "Camelot" : NERO
29
___ Canaria island : GRAN
30
Foolish person : GOOF
31
1953 hit "___ Cheatin' Heart" : YOUR
32
Eye irritant : MOTE
37
Trial : TESTRUN
38
Burrows et al. : ABES
39
Kid, e.g. : LEATHER
40
Voyeur's vantage : KEYHOLE
41
Marine food fish : SEABASS
42
Person getting counseling : ADVISEE
43
Hang-up : SNAG
44
Wilde works : SATIRES
49
Like loads : ADORE
50
Get mellow : RELAX
51
More than brackish : SALTY
52
Defeat, slangily : WHUP
53
Leporine creature : HARE
54
Right hand : AIDE
55
Old name in railroading : ERIE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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