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New York Times, Friday, October 21, 1994

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Octogenarian's goal in life?
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Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Diehl. Friday freshness: 27%
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© 1994, The New York Times10/21/94 ( No. 16,418 )
Across
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Erle Stanley Gardner pen name : AAFAIR
7
Bo Derek's film debut : ORCA
11
Jack or jenny : ASS
14
Kind of association : ALUMNI
15
Preliminary race : HEAT
16
Penn, for one: Abbr. : STA
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A, to Ludwig van Beethoven : MAJORORMINORKEY
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Octogenarian's goal in life? : NINETY
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Thorns in one's side : NEMESES
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Ask overpersonally : PRY
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Framework : SASH
25
Flood residues : MUDS
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Presided over, as a case : HEARD
29
Chevron wearers: Abbr. : NCOS
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___ facto : IPSO
32
Humble : DEMEAN
34
Dog-tired : ALLIN
36
B, to Samuel Morse : DASHDOTDOTDOT
40
Kind of kingdom : PLANT
41
___Aires : BUENOS
43
Sharpen : EDGE
46
Critic Pauline : KAEL
48
Italian "please" : PREGO
49
Playwright Connelly : MARC
50
Marched along : TROD
52
Fresh : NEW
53
Last words : EPITAPH
56
Grammy song of '83 : BEATIT
59
C, to Albert Einstein : THESPEEDOFLIGHT
62
The elected : INS
63
Humorist Bombeck : ERMA
64
Waterford worker : ETCHER
65
Middle grade : CEE
66
Monopoly piece : DEED
67
Platforms : ROSTRA
Down
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"Pooh" monogram : AAM
2
TV voice of Fred Flintstone : ALANREED
3
View from Tokyo : FUJIYAMA
4
Egypt's ___-Ra : AMON
5
Legal memo starter : INRE
6
Laugh-a-minute comedies : RIOTS
7
Electrical unit : OHM
8
"Beverly Hills Cop" co-star : REINHOLD
9
Beat, in away : CANE
10
Building block of nature : ATOM
11
Invites, as to an apartment : ASKSUP
12
Lippizaners : STEEDS
13
Insists : SAYSSO
18
Ford role in "Clear and Present Danger" : RYAN
19
String on a finger, e.g. : REMINDER
22
Third degree? : PHD
24
Break up : SCATTER
27
Things to be paid : RESPECTS
28
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" screenwriter : DAHL
30
Oscar Madison, e.g. : SLOB
33
Mont. neighbor : NDAK
35
Live ___ : ITUP
37
Phrase after "Variations" : ONATHEME
38
Type of stand : ONENIGHT
39
As a unit : TOGETHER
42
Farm mother : SOW
43
Like ipecac : EMETIC
44
Strauss opera : DAPHNE
45
Dolphin Hall-of-Famer Bob : GRIESE
47
Wolf, in Juarez : LOBO
51
Put off : DEFER
54
Mimed : APED
55
One of the Dumas : PERE
57
Musical part : ALTO
58
Spasms : TICS
60
Pop : DAD
61
Refrain intro : TRA

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

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