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New York Times, Tuesday, November 29, 1994

Author:
Bernice Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Across : Group of nine
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Bernice Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {X} This is puzzle # 129 for Ms. Gordon. Tuesday freshness: 93%
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H
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I
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F
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P
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C
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W
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M
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R
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G
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S
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J
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P
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C
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A
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M
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B
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R
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A
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O
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R
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P
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L
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A
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K
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M
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M
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P
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G
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G
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Q
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D
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© 1994, The New York Times11/29/94 ( No. 16,457 )
Across
1
Record player : HIFI
5
Retrieve, as fly balls : SHAG
9
Conclude successfully : SEWUP
14
The King's middle name : ARON
15
Deal (with) : COPE
16
Forgo : WAIVE
17
Bach's "___ in B Minor" : MASS
18
Place for Pete? : ROSEGARDEN
20
Part of a radio wave : ANTINODE
22
Group of nine : ENNEAD
23
Blockaded : SIEGED
24
One-liner : JOKE
25
Fraternity letter : RHO
26
Kind of cue : POOL
28
Con artist's game : SCAM
32
Thai money : BAHT
34
"Easy Aces" medium : RADIO
35
Rap's Salt-N-Pepa, e.g. : TRIO
36
___ Annie ("Oklahoma!" role) : ADO
37
Doing a takeoff : APING
38
Canadian prov. : ONT
39
Upper cut? : RUMP
41
Spirited : LUSTY
42
Regarding : ASTO
43
"Dallas" actor Howard : KEEL
44
Diner sign : EATS
45
"___ Doubtfire" : MRS
46
Ousted Ugandan : AMIN
48
Argentine grasslands : PAMPAS
51
Seasonal pick-me-up : EGGNOG
54
90-degree arc : QUADRANT
56
Place for Tyrone? : POWERHOUSE
58
"___, Brute?" : ETTU
59
Like some gases : INERT
60
Actress Merrill : DINA
61
A whole lot : SCAD
62
Make the air fragrant : CENSE
63
Call from the minaret : AZAN
64
Unnamed ones : THEY
Down
1
Radical Mideast group : HAMAS
2
Shiraz native : IRANI
3
Place for Jodie? : FOSTERHOME
4
Discernment : INSIGHT
5
Young haddock : SCROD
6
Ruffian : HOOD
7
Semicircular church section : APSE
8
$1000, slangily : GEE
9
Ritzy : SWANK
10
Showing sincerity : EARNEST
11
Not on target : WIDE
12
Part of the eye : UVEA
13
Hang in the balance : PEND
19
Science course : GEOLOGY
21
Prefix with liberal : NEO
24
Nightclubs : JOINTS
26
Port Moresby resident : PAPUAN
27
Pindar, e.g. : ODIST
29
Place for Ben? : CROSSPATCH
30
"___ We Got Fun?" : AINT
31
Marquand sleuth : MOTO
32
Trunk cover : BARK
33
Direction for Solti : ADUE
34
Andrew Johnson's birthplace : RALEIGH
40
Carpentry machines : PLANERS
42
Antimacassar locale : ARMREST
45
Epithet for Anthony Wayne : MAD
47
Malory's "Le ___ d'Arthur" : MORTE
48
Hymn of praise : PAEAN
49
Architectural piers : ANTAE
50
Book-lined room : STUDY
51
Like Homer's "Iliad" : EPIC
52
Missing : GONE
53
Verdon of "Red Head" : GWEN
54
"Jeopardy!" is one : QUIZ
55
Annapolis inits. : USNA
57
Ladies' room, of a sort : ODA

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

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