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New York Times, Wednesday, January 29, 1997

Author:
R. Hughes
Editor:
W. Shortz
40-Across : Communications prefix
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Richard Hughes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWX} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Hughes. Wednesday freshness: 67%
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© 1997, The New York Times1/29/97 ( No. 17,249 )
Across
1
Picket line pariah : SCAB
5
Singer McEntire : REBA
9
Laissez-___ : FAIRE
14
"Winnie ___ Pu" : ILLE
15
Hagman TV co-star : EDEN
16
Clinker : ERROR
17
Cafe au ___ : LAIT
18
Tres ___ : BIEN
19
Air Jordans : NIKES
20
Patriotic cheer for the tricolor : VIVELAFRANCE
23
Chocolate on a hotel pillow, e.g. : AMENITY
24
Sycophant : YESMAN
28
"Bravo!" : OLE
29
Bother : FUSS
31
Bother : ADO
32
Central courts : ATRIA
35
Boxers, derogatorily : PUGS
36
Dennis the Menace, at times : BRAT
37
Advice in solving some mysteries : CHERCHEZLAFEMME
40
Communications prefix : TELE
41
Like mud : OOZY
42
Rest stops : OASES
43
Actress Hagen : UTA
44
Scrawny : BONY
45
Bearded beast : GNU
46
Finally makes good on a debt : PAYSUP
48
Was successful, slangily : DIDGOOD
52
Phrase of resignation : CESTLAGUERRE
55
Neck : SPOON
58
Numbskull : BOZO
59
Window part : SILL
60
Forbidden : TABOO
61
Spy in a 1962 exchange : ABEL
62
Plane, e.g. : TOOL
63
Sends forth : EMITS
64
Change the decor : REDO
65
Sicilian province or its capital : ENNA
Down
1
Forest, to Fabius : SILVA
2
Prospector's filing : CLAIM
3
Still with us : ALIVE
4
Bugbear : BETENOIRE
5
Sales lure : REBATE
6
Enlighten : EDIFY
7
Suds : BEER
8
Actress Magnani : ANNA
9
1987 Tony-winning play : FENCES
10
Zodiac start : ARIES
11
Perturb : IRK
12
Caviar : ROE
13
Hems and haws : ERS
21
Pale purple : LILAC
22
Sour gum tree : NYSSA
25
Schoolteachers of old : MARMS
26
"There Is Nothin' Like ___" : ADAME
27
Observes : NOTES
29
Unclear : FUZZY
30
Nasty : UGLY
32
Misbehave : ACTUP
33
It's between eta and iota : THETA
34
Kind of station : RELAY
35
Menial : PEON
36
Noble act : BEAUGESTE
38
Basketball, informally : HOOPS
39
Melted cheese dish : FONDU
44
Like the Aires of Argentina : BUENOS
45
Male escort : GIGOLO
47
Go quickly : SCOOT
48
Bewildered : DAZED
49
Heavenly hunter : ORION
50
Acrylic fiber : ORLON
51
Street on TV : DELLA
53
Skiers' aid : TBAR
54
Ear part : LOBE
55
Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.: Abbr. : STE
56
Popular cooking spray : PAM
57
Sash : OBI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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