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New York Times, Saturday, December 10, 1994

Author:
Bryant White
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Sufferers of senility
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Bryant White

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. White. Saturday freshness: 14%
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A
2
B
3
J
4
U
5
R
6
E
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T
8
R
9
E
10
A
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G
12
R
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A
14
N
O
O
N
E
R
15
H
E
N
16
R
I
I
I
I
17
T
O
U
T
E
R
18
E
X
T
E
R
N
A
L
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I
S
L
E
S
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DOT
A
R
D
S
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DOT
T
E
R
E
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L
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L
E
S
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O
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B
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E
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E
S
S
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S
O
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R
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E
L
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T
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E
R
A
I
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N
E
A
34
L
A
G
E
R
S
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W
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A
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I
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T
I
N
G
39
F
O
R
G
O
DOT
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Z
E
L
D
A
S
41
L
A
C
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A
L
L
O
F
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S
E
N
A
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T
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A
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R
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A
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P
L
Y
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F
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G
H
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L
E
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A
V
E
N
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P
E
R
I
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DOT
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A
G
A
P
E
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A
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Q
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U
A
T
I
N
T
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E
R
O
T
I
C
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M
U
S
C
A
T
E
L
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T
U
R
A
N
DOT
62
P
E
C
K
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S
S
E
64
S
P
A
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© 1994, The New York Times12/10/94 ( No. 16,468 )
Across
1
Renounce : ABJURE
7
Half of sei : TRE
10
Pearl Mosque city : AGRA
14
Lunch hour meeting, e.g. : NOONER
15
Charles IX's successor : HENRIIII
17
Pitchman : TOUTER
18
Outer : EXTERNAL
19
British ___ : ISLES
20
Sufferers of senility : DOTARDS
21
Plover : DOTTEREL
23
Cocteau's "___ enfants terribles" : LES
24
Brit. award : OBE
27
Mountain road feature : ESS
28
French social philosopher Georges : SOREL
31
Felt sun hat : TERAI
33
Teachers' org. : NEA
34
Some drafts : LAGERS
35
Tragicomic play of 1952 : WAITINGFORGODOT
40
Fitzgerald and others : ZELDAS
41
100,000 rupees : LAC
42
In its entirety : ALLOF
43
French assembly : SENAT
45
Constellation near Norma : ARA
48
Work steadily at : PLY
49
I opener? : FGH
51
Yeast : LEAVEN
53
August birthstone : PERIDOT
55
Wonderstruck, in a way : AGAPE
56
Etching process : AQUATINT
59
Amatory : EROTIC
60
Sweet wine : MUSCATEL
61
Puccini opera : TURANDOT
62
Author of "The Road Less Traveled" : PECK
63
Compass dir. : SSE
64
Thin : SPARSE
Down
1
Remedy : ANTIDOTE
2
Increases : BOOSTS
3
___ law (physics principle) : JOULES
4
___ den Linden (Berlin boulevard) : UNTER
5
Cup name : REESES
6
Be off the mark : ERR
7
On___(precisely) : THEDOT
8
Drugstore name : REXALL
9
___-temps (meanwhile): Fr. : ENTRE
10
Haughtiness : AIRS
11
Singapore sling ingredient : GIN
12
Fjord's kin : RIA
13
Trouble : AIL
16
Algeria's flag has one : REDSTAR
22
Anderson et al. : LONIS
24
Fig Newton rival : OREO
25
"Contempt" star, 1963 : BARDOT
26
Frozen Wasser : EIS
29
Half of a TV duo : REN
30
25 cent picture : EAGLE
32
___ and dart (molding design) : EGG
34
Certain train : LOCAL
35
Fountainhead : WELL
36
Conjoin : ALLY
37
Common oath : IDO
38
Lustrous fabric : TAFFETA
39
Noh prop : FAN
40
Shoot à la Buck Rogers : ZAP
43
Foolish pranks : SHINES
44
Shred : TEARUP
45
1975 Belmont Stakes winner : AVATAR
46
Fixes the donkey's tail : REPINS
47
Short story : ANECDOTE
50
Coarsely ground hominy : GRITS
52
Where drachmae changed hands : AGORA
53
Stuff : PACK
54
Plug of half-smoked tobacco : DOTTLE
56
Roadie's burden : AMP
57
Ici on parle francais: Abbr. : QUE
58
Trojans' home : USC
59
Unexpected visitors, for short : ETS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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