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New York Times, Monday, November 25, 1996

Author:
M. Huret
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Followers of Xerxes
TotalDebut
111/25/1996
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0100000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.60316%
Marilynn Huret

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQUXZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Huret. Monday freshness: 48%
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© 1996, The New York Times11/25/96 ( No. 17,184 )
Across
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Dish of leftovers : HASH
5
Ink problem : BLOT
9
Ill-tempered woman : SHREW
14
Turkish official : AGHA
15
Money to buy a car, maybe : LOAN
16
Kind of fairy : TOOTH
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1981 Treat Williams film : PRINCEOFTHECITY
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Followers of Xerxes : PERSIANS
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Socks cover them : ANKLES
22
Nevertheless : YET
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Weep : CRY
24
Groups entering Noah's ark : TWOS
25
Yield, as a dividend : PAY
26
Actress Arthur and others : BEAS
27
Taxi : CAB
30
Knight's horse : STEED
33
Jai ___ : ALAI
34
Middling : SOSO
35
1945 Mel Torme song : ASTRANGERINTOWN
38
Thin : LANK
39
Start of a counting-out rhyme : EENY
40
Like an old bucket of song : OAKEN
41
Memorable period : ERA
42
E-mail, e.g. : SEND
43
"It's freezing!" : BRR
44
Fountain order : SODA
45
Butt : RAM
46
___ Vegas : LAS
49
Mail-related : POSTAL
52
Spy for the U.S. : CIAAGENT
54
1996 Hillary Clinton best seller : ITTAKESAVILLAGE
56
Purloined : STOLE
57
More than ajar : OPEN
58
___ of Man : ISLE
59
Crossed one's fingers : HOPED
60
Ice block : BERG
61
Toot : BEEP
Down
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One of the Seven Dwarfs : HAPPY
2
Go along (with) : AGREE
3
Polo or tee : SHIRT
4
Storied boy with silver skates : HANS
5
Not sharp, as eyesight : BLEARY
6
Off one's rocker : LOONY
7
Clods : OAFS
8
Explosive : TNT
9
Ones copying from Dictaphones : STENOS
10
Pawns : HOCKS
11
Disturb : ROIL
12
Suffix with kitchen : ETTE
13
Philosophers' questions : WHYS
18
Loud insect : CICADA
19
Michener best seller : HAWAII
24
Moist-eyed : TEARY
25
Job benefit : PERK
26
Mixture : BLEND
27
Boil or broil : COOK
28
"___ forgive our debtors" : ASWE
29
Former German capital : BONN
30
Enticing store sign : SALE
31
Ivan or Nicholas : TSAR
32
Sicilian mount : ETNA
33
Rocket stage : AGENA
34
Lead player : STAR
36
Compass part : NEEDLE
37
Everyday : NORMAL
42
Wet through and through : SOAKED
43
Sheep noise : BAAING
44
Unfresh : STALE
45
Missouri or Delaware : RIVER
46
Renter's paper : LEASE
47
Polygon's corner : ANGLE
48
At quite an incline : STEEP
49
"Nonsense!" : PISH
50
Palindromic emperor : OTTO
51
Halt : STOP
52
Superman attire : CAPE
53
Silver-tongued : GLIB
55
Weep : SOB

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

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