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New York Times, Thursday, November 17, 1994

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : Made tracks
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {Z} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Norris. Thursday freshness: 88%
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K
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© 1994, The New York Times11/17/94 ( No. 16,445 )
Across
1
Overabundance : PLETHORA
9
More expeditious : FASTER
15
Superior : HIGHERUP
16
Secret : INWARD
17
Corrupts : DEGRADES
18
Granitelike rock : GNEISS
19
Poetic tribute : ODE
20
Actress Winwood : ESTELLE
22
They're usually found in beds : FLOWERS
26
Orsk's river : URAL
27
Isr. neighbor : LEB
28
Change the sticker : RELABEL
30
Newscaster Lindstrom : PIA
33
S-shaped molding : OGEE
35
City with a view of Mt. Everest : DARJEELING
37
Some stitches : PURLS
39
Wedding column word : NEE
40
Ball : DANCE
41
Factory feature : SMOKESTACK
44
Lawyer Roy : COHN
45
Appetite : YEN
46
Sewing machine attachment : QUILTER
48
Warrant : LET
49
Cut into kabobs : CUBE
50
Prophet : SEERESS
52
Apollo 7 astronaut : SCHIRRA
55
Jazz org. : NBA
56
It follows San or Dan : MARINO
57
Splitting : CLEAVAGE
62
Some chalcedonies : AGATES
63
Made tracks : HASTENED
64
Holiday Inn alternative : RAMADA
65
Longer : EXTENDED
Down
1
Advanced deg. : PHD
2
Canard : LIE
3
Object of a hunt : EGG
4
Afghan : THROW
5
Soccer maneuver : HEADER
6
Sequential : ORDERED
7
Paris's ___ La Fayette : RUE
8
It's behind the altar : APSE
9
Legendary leaf source : FIGTREE
10
Heated, as glass : ANNEALED
11
Balloon : SWELL
12
Follow : TAIL
13
Gaelic : ERSE
14
Rural rtes. : RDS
21
Vassalry : SUBJECTS
22
Beatrix Potter character : FLOPSY
23
Pea, e.g. : LEGUME
24
Moon of Uranus : OBERON
25
More oblique, colloquially : SLANTIER
29
Of a particular locale : AREAL
30
Corn flour : PINOLE
31
Moves at a snail's pace : INCHES
32
Proxies : AGENTS
34
Wapiti : ELK
36
Resin : LAC
38
Glittery, as a gown : SEQUINED
42
Confidentially : SUBROSA
43
Most enthusiastic : KEENEST
47
Sale incentive : REBATE
49
Dancer-actress Rivera : CHITA
51
"Rapper" of verse : RAVEN
52
Tale of derring-do, e.g. : SAGA
53
Study feverishly : CRAM
54
Yearn : ACHE
56
Deface : MAR
58
Undisciplined : LAX
59
The Beatles' "___ I Love Her" : AND
60
Thousand, to a yegg : GEE
61
Actor Byrnes : EDD

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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