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New York Times, Thursday, November 3, 1994

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Deck officer
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Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JXYZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 13 for Ms. Allis. Thursday freshness: 9%
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© 1994, The New York Times11/3/94 ( No. 16,431 )
Across
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Singer Vikki : CARR
5
Dadaist Hans : ARP
8
Rabbitlike animals : PIKAS
13
Stage award : OBIE
14
Didst exist : WERT
16
Mutual of ___ : OMAHA
17
Spool decoratin' Granny Smiths? : BOBBINFORAPPLES
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Deck officer : BOSUN
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Bulgar, e.g. : SLAV
22
Cloned computers : IBMS
23
Weekday abbr. : FRI
25
Southwest New York city : OLEAN
27
Bird sittin' atop a stogie? : PUFFINONACIGAR
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Nantucket I.'s in it : ATL
34
Joke : GAG
35
Richards of tennis : RENEE
37
Cork, e.g. : STOPPER
40
Scraped the bottom of : DREDGED
42
"Dynasty" actress Garber : TERRI
43
___ Canals : SOO
44
Keats's "The ___ of St. Agnes" : EVE
45
Result of currants marryin'? : RAISINCHILDREN
50
"West Side Story" song : MARIA
51
"Love Story" composer Francis : LAI
52
Greenish-blue : AQUA
55
Pods for stews : OKRA
57
Map dot, maybe : ISLET
61
Actor havin' missed his seat? : DUSTINOFFACHAIR
64
Payment for dozens? : DIMES
65
Dweeb : NERD
66
Purviance of Chaplin films : EDNA
67
Hoard : STASH
68
Cordoba couple : DOS
69
Ooze : SEEP
Down
1
Our Gang's Fat Joe : COBB
2
"Peek-___" : ABOO
3
Some are spare : RIBS
4
Blunt turndown : REBUFF
5
Barley beard : AWN
6
KO callers : REFS
7
Extend : PROLONG
8
Balloon sound : POP
9
Encroached : IMPINGED
10
TV journalist Marvin : KALB
11
"Psst" alternative : AHEM
12
Smart talk : SASS
15
Refrain syllables : TRALA
18
Cross inscription : INRI
19
With: Fr. : AVEC
24
Pulitzer dramatist of 1953 : INGE
26
Yorkshire river : AIRE
27
Former life : PAST
28
Put into words : UTTER
29
Biota part : FLORA
30
One of a pair at Henley : OAR
31
Provoke : ANGER
32
Actor Christopher : REEVE
36
P.M. before Macmillan : EDEN
38
Humans and monkeys : PRIMATES
39
City on the Arno : PISA
40
Play-___ (kids' art medium) : DOH
41
Churn : ROIL
43
Wolfed (down) : SCARFED
46
Nutritional necessity : IRON
47
Canon rival : NIKON
48
Nonclerical : LAIC
49
Set on the table : DISHES
52
Puts on : ADDS
53
Surrender : QUIT
54
Plebe's. place: Abbr. : USMA
56
___-American : AFRO
58
Load cargo : LADE
59
Strauss's "___ Nacht in Venedig" : EINE
60
Golfing snag : TRAP
62
Ending with oaf : ISH
63
PBS no-no : ADS

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

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