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New York Times, Tuesday, December 19, 1995

Author:
Marie Heller
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Bugbear
TotalDebut
112/19/1995
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0010000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.53553%
Marie Heller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJKZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Heller. Tuesday freshness: 90%
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© 1995, The New York Times12/19/95 ( No. 16,842 )
Across
1
Year before jr. : SOPH
5
Dhaka dress : SARI
9
Bacteria destroyer : PHAGE
14
Command to Dobbin : WHOA
15
Desertlike : ARID
16
First duke of Normandy : ROLLO
17
Women's rights advocate Lucretia : MOTT
18
Mathematician Descartes : RENE
19
Church instrument : ORGAN
20
Military bigwigs : PENTAGONBRASS
23
Chemical relative : ISOMER
25
"A Lesson From ___" : ALOES
26
Brig, for one : SQUARERIGGER
30
Like some tabloid headlines : LURID
31
To the point, as a remark : ADREM
32
Evening hour : SIX
35
Rank between viscount and marquis : EARL
36
Fishing basket : CREEL
37
Infested, in a way : MITY
38
Reagan milit. program : SDI
39
Bel ___ (cheese) : PAESE
40
Relating to pitch : TONAL
41
"Jules and Jim" situation : LOVETRIANGLE
43
Relinquish, as a right : WAIVE
45
Skiing event : SLALOM
46
Post-Derby site : WINNERSCIRCLE
50
Writer of boys' tales : ALGER
51
Mexican girl : NINA
52
Yen : ITCH
55
Barnyard sound : BLEAT
56
Formerly : ONCE
57
London restaurant district : SOHO
58
Beforehand : EARLY
59
Prosperity : WEAL
60
Freshly : ANEW
Down
1
Personal ad abbr. : SWM
2
Exclamation of surprise : OHO
3
Mishmash : POTPOURRI
4
Nasty letters : HATEMAIL
5
French existentialist : SARTRE
6
Neighborhood : AREA
7
Wagnerian cycle : RING
8
Prefix with gram or logical : IDEO
9
Bugbear : PROBLEM
10
"Friday the 13th" genre : HORROR
11
Pond cover : ALGAE
12
Word with drinking or looking : GLASS
13
Ages and ages : EONS
21
Dork : NERD
22
Old movie star Conrad : NAGEL
23
Enchanted places, perhaps : ISLES
24
Military unit : SQUAD
27
Street show : RAREE
28
Words before a clarification : IDEST
29
"The Female Eunuch" author : GREER
32
One heart in hand : SINGLETON
33
Author Calvino : ITALO
34
Woody tissue : XYLEM
36
Spelunker : CAVER
37
Big draw at the Louvre : MONALISA
39
Destitution : POVERTY
40
Soft mineral : TALC
41
Of direct descent : LINEAL
42
Tel Aviv's land : ISRAEL
43
Author Cather : WILLA
44
Fury : ANGER
46
"Jabberwocky" word : WABE
47
Cable TV clears it up : SNOW
48
Art film theater : CINE
49
One whom Pizarro encountered : INCA
53
___ Guevara : CHE
54
"By what means?" : HOW

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

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