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New York Times, Monday, July 31, 1995

Author:
Elizabeth Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
3-Down : Punster's instrument
TotalDebutLatest
2197/31/19952/23/2016
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Gorski. Monday freshness: 94%
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A
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© 1995, The New York Times7/31/95 ( No. 16,701 )
Across
1
Muscle malady : ACHE
5
Fitzgerald and others : ELLAS
10
Computer drive capacity, in slang : MEGS
14
Weaver's apparatus : LOOM
15
Intimidate : DAUNT
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With the stroke of ___ : APEN
17
At times, it's a stretch : LIMO
18
Secretary's instrument : DICTAPHONE
20
Opening for a coin : SLOT
21
Tick off : IRK
22
New York's ___ Mansion : GRACIE
23
Evergreens : PINES
25
One more : ANOTHER
26
Louts : YAHOOS
28
Muscle malady : SPASM
29
Parallel to : ALONG
30
Evening's opposite : MORN
31
In the center of : AMID
35
Ashen : WAN
36
Discharge, as a liquid : SECRETE
39
Flightless bird : EMU
40
Gladly : LIEF
42
Butter squares : PATS
43
Boston airport : LOGAN
45
Doesn't include : OMITS
47
Turned into : BECAME
48
Post office deliveries : PARCELS
51
Expletive replacement : BLEEP
52
Titillate : AROUSE
53
Miler Sebastian : COE
54
Pequod's captain : AHAB
57
Band member's instrument : SOUSAPHONE
59
It's off-limits : NONO
60
Carry : TOTE
61
Like oxfords : SOLED
62
What's gotten ___ you? : INTO
63
Ed of "Daniel Boone" : AMES
64
1923 Literature Nobelist : YEATS
65
Average marks : CEES
Down
1
"___ Well That Ends Well" : ALLS
2
Snake shape : COIL
3
Punster's instrument : HOMOPHONE
4
Feeling : EMOTION
5
Whirling currents : EDDIES
6
Dens : LAIRS
7
Gambler's need : LUCK
8
Industrious worker : ANT
9
Not moving : STAGNANT
10
Gandhi's title : MAHATMA
11
Geologic time : EPOCH
12
Wish granter : GENIE
13
Show of contempt : SNEER
19
U.S. Open players, usually : PROS
24
Yuletide drinks : NOGS
25
"___ moi le déluge" : APRES
26
Two-master : YAWL
27
Jai ___ : ALAI
28
Does prelaundry work : SORTS
30
Exams for future drs. : MCATS
32
Cheerleader's instrument : MEGAPHONE
33
Muslim leader : IMAM
34
Sand formation : DUNE
37
Neurontin treats it : EPILEPSY
38
Gen. Robt. ___ : ELEE
41
Zeroes in (on) : FOCUSES
44
Relating to the sea : OCEANIC
46
Natural table : MESA
47
Runs, as a color : BLEEDS
48
Trattoria plateful : PASTA
49
Woolf's "___ of One's Own" : AROOM
50
Way to go : ROUTE
51
Lisa of "The Cosby Show" : BONET
53
Pepsi, e.g. : COLA
55
Sometimes its upped : ANTE
56
Opposite of huzzahs : BOOS
58
Garden tool : HOE

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

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