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New York Times, Wednesday, December 15, 1993

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
69-Across : Catch some Z's
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {W} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Piscop. Wednesday freshness: 26%
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T
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I
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M
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D
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A
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L
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S
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O
C
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A
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D
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B
O
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J
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Y
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R
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C
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C
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H
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R
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Y
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E
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O
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F
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G
R
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N
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G
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D
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M
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Y
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P
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N
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G
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L
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T
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D
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© 1993, The New York Times12/15/93 ( No. 16,108 )
Across
1
Like Caspar Milquetoast : TIMID
6
Yodeling locale : ALPS
10
Quantities: Abbr. : AMTS
14
City south of Gainesville : OCALA
15
Chip's partner : DALE
16
Attack of the flu : BOUT
17
Hook's flag : JOLLYROGER
19
Florence's river : ARNO
20
Like some shopping : ONESTOP
21
Just say no? : ABSTAIN
23
Grp. founded in 1960 : OPEC
25
Present, for one : TENSE
26
Antiknock number : OCTANE
30
___ and hounds : HARE
33
Calhoun of "The Texan" : RORY
34
Swiss mathematician : EULER
35
Son-gun link : OFA
38
Dr. Seuss classic : GREENEGGSANDHAM
42
Da or ja : YES
43
Onetime pupa : IMAGO
44
Austen's Woodhouse : EMMA
45
Duchamp subject : NUDE
46
Gym class, for short : PHYSED
48
"Siddhartha" author : HESSE
52
Stat starter : RHEO
54
Craftsperson : ARTISAN
57
Short vocal solo : ARIETTA
62
"Jurassic Park" beast, for short : TREX
63
Ocean denizen : GIANTSQUID
65
It's nothing : LOVE
66
Split___ : ENDS
67
Ottoman: Prefix : TURCO
68
South-of-the- border shouts : OLES
69
Catch some Z's : DOZE
70
Torpedoes : SINKS
Down
1
Axis leader : TOJO
2
Macintosh screen symbol : ICON
3
Type of bonding? : MALE
4
Miseries : ILLS
5
Wright brothers' home : DAYTON
6
See 18-Down : ADOPE
7
Jet follower : LAG
8
No contest, e.g. : PLEA
9
Belgrade resident : SERB
10
Cut down : ABATE
11
Notorious Bugs : MORAN
12
City near the ruins of Carthage : TUNIS
13
"JFK" director : STONE
18
With 6-Down, Ali maneuver : ROPE
22
"Private Parts" author : STERN
24
Locomotive, perhaps : CHUGGER
26
Overindulgence : ORGY
27
Roy lnnis's org. : CORE
28
Very, in Versailles : TRES
29
Parliament vote : AYE
31
What's more : ALSO
32
Davidson's "The Crying Game" co-star : REA
34
"Holy cow!" : EGAD
35
Resistance figures : OHMS
36
Celebrity : FAME
37
Make ___ dash for : AMAD
39
Dress to the ___ : NINES
40
Cassowary kin : EMU
41
Susan of "L.A. Law" : DEY
46
Saucy : PERT
47
Block and tackle et al. : HOISTS
48
Little Iodine creator : HATLO
49
"My Wicked, Wicked Ways" author Flynn : ERROL
50
Eydie's partner : STEVE
51
Boxcars : SIXES
53
Medieval guild : HANSE
55
Like some cheeses : AGED
56
El ___ (ocean current) : NINO
58
Lateral lead-in : EQUI
59
Go sour : TURN
60
___ off (anger) : TICK
61
Commotions : ADOS
64
Cooper's tool : ADZ

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

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