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New York Times, Saturday, July 6, 1996

Author:
J. DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Down : Lie, with "oneself"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1408/26/19956/18/20231
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
311092343303
RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
331.59672%
Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FVZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. DiPietro. Saturday freshness: 29%
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© 1996, The New York Times7/6/96 ( No. 17,042 )
Across
1
Ginger : PEPPINESS
10
Old coin of Italy : SCUDO
15
Evenhanded : EQUITABLE
16
Identified as : NAMED
17
Produced : TURNEDOUT
18
Place of worship : ABBEY
19
Barely beat : NIP
20
Deified spirits of ancient Rome : MANES
21
Diamondpreservers? : TARPS
22
Ghost writer? : ANON
24
Mercedes-Benz model designation : ECLASS
25
Kind of support : MORAL
27
Tennis shot : SMASH
30
"___me ae spark o' Nature's fire": Burns : GIE
31
Kicker's object : EXTRAPOINT
33
Hot : SEXY
34
Floor : KNOCKDOWN
36
Some pollutants : PCBS
39
Keen : SHARPNOSED
43
Drop the ball : ERR
44
Fisherman's equipment : SEINE
45
Drafted : WROTE
46
Lets have it : ROASTS
48
It's made in balls : EDAM
49
Cesar Romero role : JOKER
50
Means of support : IBEAM
55
Before now : AGO
56
Tie the knot : UNITE
57
Kind of treatment : REDCARPET
59
French revenue : RENTE
60
Planet's center : INNERCORE
61
Crop fungus : ERGOT
62
Some John Constable paintings : SEASCAPES
Down
1
Honey, for one : PETNAME
2
September occurrence : EQUINOX
3
Profess : PURPORT
4
A.T.M. entry : PIN
5
Twosome : ITEM
6
Goose egg : NADA
7
Dark, to Donne : EBON
8
Pivot : SLUE
9
Goes down : SETS
10
Weight lifter's move : SNATCH
11
Power-seeking clique : CABAL
12
Offense : UMBRAGE
13
Throw away : DEEPSIX
14
Trip : ODYSSEY
23
Informants, in slang : NARKS
24
Bar : ESTOP
26
System that connects computers: Abbr. : LAN
27
Black Sea resort : SOCHI
28
Basketball Hall-of-Famer George : MIKAN
29
Tennis's Agassi : ANDRE
32
They're sometimes struck : POSES
33
Noise that annoys : SNORE
35
Captain's heading : WNW
36
Lie, with "oneself" : PERJURE
37
Balladeer : CROONER
38
Downhill action : BRAKING
40
Sweet drink : SODAPOP
41
Open-shelved piece : ETAGERE
42
Lowers : DEMOTES
44
Coarse, as language : STREET
47
Melee : SETTO
50
Eye part : IRIS
51
Italian well : BENE
52
Mystery writer Buchanan : EDNA
53
First-rate : ACES
54
French brandy : MARC
58
Old Philco competitor : RCA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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