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New York Times, Saturday, November 4, 1995

Author:
Frank A. Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Across : Alliances
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
9110/29/199411/24/20192
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
150137142922
RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.4868687%
Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FKQ} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Longo. Saturday freshness: 37%
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© 1995, The New York Times11/4/95 ( No. 16,797 )
Across
1
Not a sore loser : SPORTSMAN
10
Dermatologists' subjects : CYSTS
15
Radio resource : AUDIOTAPE
16
Printing proof : REPRO
17
Spider's organ : SPINNERET
18
Textile lubricant : OLEIN
19
Convenience : HANDINESS
20
Past due : LATE
21
Cattle genus : BOS
22
A lot : SCORES
24
Fifer's drum : TABOR
28
Standby's salvation : NOSHOW
31
___ barrel : OVERA
32
Alliances : ENTENTES
35
Chill out : RELAX
36
Sink, in olden times : SYE
37
One of the Jacksons : JANET
39
Be hooked on : CANTSTOP
41
Get down from this! : EIDER
42
Rises : GOESUP
43
Budget-priced computer : CLONE
44
Jeremiad : LAMENT
47
German composer Franz : ABT
49
Pronto : ASAP
50
Computer program segment : COROUTINE
56
Postal map divisions : ZONES
58
Vetoes : OVERRULES
59
Fish-eating eagles : ERNES
60
Sardine-packing plants : CANNERIES
61
Shopworn : STALE
62
Vice, so to speak : ALTERNATE
Down
1
Miss's item of apparel : SASH
2
Stage of metamorphosis : PUPA
3
Ymir's defeater : ODIN
4
Cheese coating : RIND
5
"Another Sad Love Song" singer : TONIBRAXTON
6
Office assistant : STENO
7
Delusions : MARESNESTS
8
Zoo attractions : APES
9
Clears : NETS
10
___-Magnon : CRO
11
Game fish : YELLOWTAIL
12
Kind of gun or head : SPEAR
13
Uninspired : TRITE
14
Loudness units : SONES
22
"The ___ Creature" (1957 monster flick) : SHE
23
One who hypothesizes : CONJECTURER
24
Bare prominence : TOR
25
___ votre permission : AVEC
26
Mr. Lugosi : BELA
27
Drink garnish : ORANGEPEEL
29
"The joke's ___!" : ONYOU
30
Cinderella's mother, e.g. : STEPPARENT
33
Beginning with blast or carp : ENDO
34
Spotted : SEEN
38
Liszt's "___ sonetti del Petrarca" : TRE
40
Mount, as a gem : SET
44
Loafs : LAZES
45
Of ___ (somewhat) : ASORT
46
Spiritual sustenance : MANNA
48
Carried : BORNE
50
Kind of leaf : COCA
51
Paramecium's shape : OVAL
52
Out of ___ : TURN
53
They adjoin the ischia : ILIA
54
Nair rival : NEET
55
In ___ (actually) : ESSE
57
Vane dir. : SSE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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