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New York Times, Tuesday, March 19, 1996

Author: P. Jordan
Editor: Will Shortz
Patrick Jordan
Patrick Jordan
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FVXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Jordan. NYT links: Across Lite
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© 1996, The New York TimesNo. 0319 ( 16,933 )
Across Down
1. Grant's successor : HAYES
6. Play, as a ukulele : STRUM
11. Mil. command centers : HQS
14. Henry Ford's only son : EDSEL
15. Half of Hispaniola : HAITI
16. Not at home : OUT
17. "The Winds of War" actress : POLLYBERGEN
19. British "relief station" : LOO
20. Zip, to Zapata : NADA
21. ___the good (beneficial) : ALLTO
23. Nags : BADGERS
27. Digressed : STRAYED
29. Stimulate, as curiosity : AROUSE
30. Oration : SPEECH
31. Register receptacles : TILLS
32. Ball-and-socket, for one : JOINT
33. Conversational fillers : UMS
36. "S O S!" : HELP
37. Casts off the skin : MOLTS
38. Have memorized : KNOW
39. TV Tarzan Ron : ELY
40. "Land___!" : SAKES
41. Led Zeppelin's "Whole___Love" : LOTTA
42. Jigsaw components : PIECES
44. Corset material, once : BALEEN
45. More hair-raising : SCARIER
47. Hits the road : DEPARTS
48. Goods for sale : WARES
49. Russian river : URAL
50. Aardvark's treat : ANT
51. "Sweet" girl of Irish song : MOLLYMALONE
58. Pasture plaint : MOO
59. Senseless : INANE
60. Eminent : NOTED
61. Wayfarer's stop : INN
62. Pencil wood, usually : CEDAR
63. Companions : DATES
 1. Cool, in the 50's : HEP
2. Hue and cry : ADO
3. Fashionable initials : YSL
4. Sinuous swimmer : EEL
5. Reynard's quality : SLYNESS
6. Houses for hoses and hoes : SHEDS
7. Scarlett's home : TARA
8. Fix the outcome : RIG
9. Shoshonean : UTE
10. Mosque adjunct : MINARET
11. "The Piano" player : HOLLYHUNTER
12. Stock market stat : QUOTE
13. Endured : STOOD
18. Unclothed : BARE
22. Fond du___, Wis. : LAC
23. Scrub in the tub : BATHE
24. Disney mermaid : ARIEL
25. "Here You Come Again" crooner : DOLLYPARTON
26. Eat greedily : GULP
27. Roasting rods : SPITS
28. Addition column : TENS
30. Feet bottoms : SOLES
32. One getting lost in the shuffle? : JOKER
34. Sacred song : MOTET
35. Graceful paddlers : SWANS
37. Riot queller : MACE
38. Soft drink nut : KOLA
40. Like fault-line activity : SEISMIC
41. Northern European region : LAPLAND
43. Wrath : IRE
44. Grin broadly : BEAM
45. Hindu teacher : SWAMI
46. Church law : CANON
47. Salon apparatus : DRYER
49. Forearm bone : ULNA
52. It's "for the money" : ONE
53. Terhune dog : LAD
54. Mauna___ : LOA
55. Baseball's Mel : OTT
56. Prenuptial indicator : NEE
57. Begleys Sr. and Jr. : EDS

Answer summary: 2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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