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New York Times, Wednesday, January 5, 1994

Author:
Chet Currier
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Dagger handles
TotalDebutLatest
1811/25/19741/15/1997
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1416150
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.54261240%
Chet Currier

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Currier. Wednesday freshness: 11%
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© 1994, The New York Times1/5/94 ( No. 16,129 )
Across
1
Noodlehead : DOLT
5
Dagger handles : HAFTS
10
Silver-tongued : GLIB
14
Eminently draftable : ONEA
15
He has "99 beautiful names" : ALLAH
16
San___, Italy : REMO
17
"Murder in the Cathedral" setting : CANTERBURY
19
Faux pas follower : OOPS
20
Auto part : AXLE
21
Abe's "The Woman in the ___" : DUNES
22
Bohea, e.g. : TEA
25
Caddies carry them : TEES
27
In fairness : JUSTLY
28
Boulevard : ARTERY
30
Genteel : PROPER
32
Aquarium fish : TETRA
33
Humble toiler : PROLE
34
Pick : OPT
37
Training-room complaint : ACHE
38
Robbery : HEIST
39
National Enquirer rival : STAR
40
66,e.g.: Abbr. : RTE
41
Like "Hee Haw" humor : CORNY
42
Italian Renaissance poet : TASSO
43
Two-time A.L. M.V.P. : GEHRIG
45
Lecture : TALKTO
46
Reserve supply : SPARES
48
Promise word : SOON
50
Beat one's gums : YAP
51
Brook : ALLOW
52
Writer Angelou : MAYA
54
Eaglelike, perhaps : BALD
55
Perambulates : TAKESAWALK
61
Plains Indian : OTOE
62
Regarding : ANENT
63
Xenia's home : OHIO
64
First-rate : TOPS
65
Violet relative : PANSY
66
Arctic native : LAPP
Down
1
Baseball's Gooden : DOC
2
___roll : ONA
3
Actor Cariou : LEN
4
"So long" : TATA
5
Yamaha rival : HARLEY
6
Noted absurdist : ALBEE
7
Kind of shot : FLU
8
Tobacco figure : TAR
9
Like a wallflower : SHY
10
Ptarmigan : GROUSE
11
Assassin's victim, 8/20/40 : LEONTROTSKY
12
Spur : IMPEL
13
Imperious : BOSSY
18
Lagniappe : EXTRA
21
Con : DUPE
22
Golden Horde member : TATAR
23
Upright : ERECT
24
Miss Marple film "Murder ___" : ATTHEGALLOP
26
Upholstery concern : SPRINGS
27
Stun : JOLT
29
Up to : ERE
31
Cheerful : ROSY
33
Persian sprite : PERI
35
Fettuccelle, e.g. : PASTA
36
Scout group : TROOP
38
___de combat : HORS
39
"They called her frivolous ___" : SAL
41
Tobacco wad : CHEW
42
Singer Tucker : TANYA
44
Deteriorates : ERODES
45
Nice and warm : TOASTY
46
Work shoe : SABOT
47
"Symposium" man : PLATO
49
Sibyl subjects : OMENS
53
Baseless? : AWOL
55
Kind of dance : TAP
56
Cultural collection : ANA
57
Writer Auletta : KEN
58
"Great idea!" : AHA
59
Sass : LIP
60
Keystone fellow : KOP

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

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