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New York Times, Saturday, June 3, 1995

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
57-Across : Mae West wearers
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
601/29/19945/22/201110
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1313121426
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.5746577%
Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KQXYZ} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Klahn. Saturday freshness: 73%
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© 1995, The New York Times6/3/95 ( No. 16,643 )
Across
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Arrogant expression of opinion : DOGMA
6
It's a long story : NOVELLA
13
Bring to a boil : ENRAGE
15
Lady's maid : ABIGAIL
16
Breakwater : SEAWALL
18
C.E.O.'s : TOPGUNS
19
An end to sex? : ISM
20
Sponges : LEECHES
22
"America's longest-lasting car" : REO
23
Party animal? : STAG
25
World book : ATLAS
26
Cairn : HEAP
27
Humped, in Hornsey : TOTED
29
Last word of Kipling's "If" : SON
30
Promenades : MALLS
31
Picnic favorite : POTATOSALAD
34
Valentino was one : MATINEEIDOL
36
50's-60's TV mom : JUNECLEAVER
38
Intimate : BOSOM
41
Coping device : SAW
42
Staff notes : MEMOS
44
League member : ARAB
45
Drops a line : DELES
47
Disport : ROMP
48
Jaye's "The Crying Game" role : DIL
49
Dresses to kill : DOLLSUP
51
Jazz grp. : NBA
52
Take away by truck : HAULOFF
54
Dan Patch, for a famous example : TROTTER
56
Math figure : ANTILOG
57
Mae West wearers : FLIERS
58
Eminent composer : MAESTRO
59
Mount : STAGE
Down
1
Forbear : DESIST
2
Like some shopping : ONESTOP
3
Chemist's unit : GRAMATOM
4
Crop : MAW
5
1946 song "___ in Calico" : AGAL
6
"The Day of the Locust" author : NATHANAELWEST
7
Modern shawms : OBOES
8
High muck-a-mucks : VIPS
9
It runs when broken : EGG
10
"Way Out West" costar : LAUREL
11
Hereditary : LINEAL
12
"We Accuse" coauthors : ALSOPS
14
Where Zeno and Parmenides taught : ELEA
17
Deteriorates : LETSONESELFGO
21
Strike on the outside corner, e.g. : CLOSECALL
24
Silhouettes' 1958 chart-topper : GETAJOB
26
Entertained at home : HADOVER
28
Small quantity of dope? : DATUM
30
Dear ___ (letter start) : MADAM
32
Soldier's leader : TIN
33
First U.N. Secretary General : LIE
35
Popular throat soother : LEMONTEA
37
"Stouthearted Men" composer : ROMBERG
38
"Saturday Night Fever" director John : BADHAM
39
Epithet for Elizabeth I : ORIANA
40
General courtesy? : SALUTE
43
Exiguous : SPARSE
45
Serve : DOFOR
46
Sound swell? : SURF
49
Yo-yo : DOLT
50
Hustings figures : POLS
53
Lille lily : LIS
55
Kind of mouse : TIT

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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