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New York Times, Monday, November 4, 1996

Author:
P. Wilson
Editor:
Will Shortz
Start of a comment by critic George Jean Nathan
TotalDebut
111/4/1996
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0100000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.65528%
Pauline Wilson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Wilson. Monday freshness: 74%
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C
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D
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B
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H
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P
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M
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M
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H
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K
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A
© 1996, The New York Times11/4/96 ( No. 17,163 )
Across
1
Blue-ribbon position : FIRST
6
Tiny aquatic plant : ALGA
10
Radar screen dot : BLIP
14
Thespian : ACTOR
15
"Crazy" bird : LOON
16
Moreno of "West Side Story" : RITA
17
School essay : THEME
18
Pepper's partner : SALT
19
"Oh, woe!" : ALAS
20
Start of a comment by critic George Jean Nathan : BADOFFICIALS
23
Like hen's teeth : SCARCE
26
"I surrender!" : UNCLE
27
Part 2 of the comment : AREELECTEDBY
32
Washington Mayor Marion : BARRY
33
Sharpens : HONES
34
Puppy's bite : NIP
37
Opera singer Pinza : EZIO
38
Virile : MANLY
39
Zola courtesan : NANA
40
Kind of whisky : RYE
41
Ill-fated ship Andrea ___ : DORIA
42
Olympian's prize : MEDAL
43
Part 3 of the comment : GOODCITIZENS
45
Atlantic fish : SCROD
48
Fish-eating hawk : OSPREY
49
End of the comment : WHODONOTVOTE
54
Helps : AIDS
55
Natural balm : ALOE
56
Prefix with -pedic : ORTHO
60
Prefix with logical : IDEO
61
Not the front or back : SIDE
62
Arctic, for one : OCEAN
63
Sign gas : NEON
64
"___ Dreams" (1994 documentary film) : HOOP
65
Nairobi's land : KENYA
Down
1
More than hefty : FAT
2
"___ bin ein Berliner" : ICH
3
Expy., e.g. : RTE
4
Hat for a siesta : SOMBRERO
5
Excessively sweet : TREACLY
6
As well : ALSO
7
Goof off : LOAF
8
Game on a green : GOLF
9
Not pro : ANTI
10
Intellectually gifted : BRAINY
11
State flower of New Hampshire : LILAC
12
"Darn ___!" : ITALL
13
Old hat : PASSE
21
Joey ___ & the Starliters (60's group) : DEE
22
Chicago team : CUBS
23
Cavalry sword : SABER
24
Nutso : CRAZY
25
Eagle's nest : AERIE
28
Swiss ___ (vegetable) : CHARD
29
Gin's partner : TONIC
30
China's Zhou ___ : ENLAI
31
Actress Susan : DEY
34
Ralph who wrote "Unsafe at Any Speed" : NADER
35
Silly : INANE
36
Very friendly : PALSY
38
Dairy farm sound : MOO
39
Chief Joseph's tribe : NEZPERCE
41
Dumbbell : DODO
42
Identified wrongly : MISTOOK
43
Special boy : GODSON
44
Overly : TOO
45
Beau : SWAIN
46
Rebuke : CHIDE
47
Bucking bronco event : RODEO
50
"Candy / Is dandy..." humorist : NASH
51
Mishmash : OLIO
52
Kind of list : TODO
53
Mondale or Quayle, e.g. : VEEP
57
Countdown start : TEN
58
Cow chow : HAY
59
Go ___ diet : ONA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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