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New York Times, Thursday, August 15, 1996

Author:
S. B. Whitten
Editor:
W. Shortz
43-Across : Hold protectively
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Stanley B. Whitten

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BJQZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Whitten. Thursday freshness: 22%
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© 1996, The New York Times8/15/96 ( No. 17,082 )
Across
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Football executive Hunt : LAMAR
6
Proofreader's direction : STET
10
Opposite of "absent" : HERE
14
Run off together : ELOPE
15
Olympic sport discontinued after 1936 : POLO
16
Poles' connector : AXIS
17
Spills (over) : SLOPS
18
Garden site : EDEN
19
Equips : RIGS
20
1957 Cooper/Hepburn film title, literally : NOONLOVEINTHE
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Fleet runner : ADMIRAL
25
Circular homes : NESTS
26
Some art : PRINTS
27
Biographical data : DEEDS
30
Fuel that's burned : PEAT
31
Makes livable, as a house : FURNISHES
35
Escape : LAM
36
1980's invasion site : GRENADA
38
Gnaw at : EAT
39
Settles elsewhere : EMIGRATES
41
Batting backstop : CAGE
42
Bowling alleys : LANES
43
Hold protectively : CRADLE
45
Ditch : SCRAP
48
Aquatic bird : MOORHEN
49
1951 Grable/Carey film title, literally : THESHOWMEETME
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Pub round : ALES
54
Way to go : ROAD
55
Former swimsuit cover model : TIEGS
58
Building regulations : CODE
59
"Caro nome," e.g. : ARIA
60
Zhou ___ : ENLAI
61
Jailer's need : KEYS
62
1994 Jodie Foster film : NELL
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Musical bars? : RESTS
Down
1
Article in France-Soir : LES
2
Exclusively : ALL
3
1941 Ameche/Grable film title, literally : MOONMIAMI
4
Select : APPOINT
5
Vacation destination : RESORT
6
Incantation : SPELL
7
Kind of list : TODO
8
Mountain sign abbr. : ELEV
9
___ of voice : TONE
10
Bring under control : HARNESS
11
Leaves : EXITS
12
Amendment subject : RIGHT
13
Largest section of a dictionary, usually : ESSES
21
TV's "Emerald Point ___" : NAS
22
Where George Orwell was born : INDIA
23
PowerBook maker : APPLE
24
Fantasize : DREAM
27
Beach terrain : DUNES
28
Times to remember : ERAS
29
Intention : END
31
Entertain grandly : FETE
32
1979 Heard/Hurt film title, literally : HEADHEELS
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Boy Scout rank : EAGLE
34
"Skittle Player Outside an Inn" painter : STEEN
36
Place for peaks : GRAPH
37
Competed : RAN
40
Specs : GLASSES
41
Purplish-red : CARMINE
43
Former mile record holder : COE
44
Scoundrel : ROTTER
45
Pancake arrangement : STACK
46
Daphnis's lover, in Greek romance : CHLOE
47
Slender : REEDY
48
Take first, second or third, in the Olympics : MEDAL
50
Mediterranean port : ORAN
51
Exhausted, with "out" : WORE
52
Letters : MAIL
56
Gangster's gun : GAT
57
Family member : SIS

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

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