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New York Times, Monday, December 19, 1994

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Shortz
73-Across : Schmoes
TotalDebutLatest
2033/27/19742/8/1999
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.47891535%
Sidney L. Robbins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {BFJQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 170 for Mr. Robbins. Monday freshness: 37%
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© 1994, The New York Times12/19/94 ( No. 16,477 )
Across
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Came up : AROSE
6
Good farm soil : LOAM
10
Son of Seth : ENOS
14
1981 John Lennon hit : WOMAN
15
Formerly : ONCE
16
Songbird : LARK
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"Blithe Spirit" playwright : NOELCOWARD
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Wearing-out point for pants : KNEE
20
Creek : STREAM
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Tidy : NEAT
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Vintage : OLD
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Fr. ladies : MMES
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Toboggans : SLEDS
28
Fondle : PET
31
"Not guilty," e.g. : PLEA
33
Stow in a ship's hold : STEEVE
36
___ bomb : ATOM
38
Miss Cinders of early comics : ELLA
40
Spy work, for short : RECON
41
Songs sung from house to house : CHRISTMASCAROLS
44
Succinct : TERSE
45
Looped handle : ANSA
46
Within: Prefix : ENTO
47
Kind of hammer : SLEDGE
49
Texas pioneer Houston et al. : SAMS
51
___ es Salaam : DAR
52
Midnights' counterparts : NOONS
54
"Alice" diner : MELS
56
Pussy : CAT
58
Tie fabric : SILK
60
Lariats : RIATAS
64
Sills solo : ARIA
66
Seasonal worker : SANTACLAUS
68
Bridge feat : SLAM
69
Heinz number, to Ovid : LVII
70
Happening : EVENT
71
"O ___ Night" : HOLY
72
Town near Padua : ESTE
73
Schmoes : DOLTS
Down
1
Bristles : AWNS
2
Cheer (for) : ROOT
3
Hebrew dry measure : OMER
4
City of witch hunts : SALEM
5
Pitch tents : ENCAMP
6
Temperature extreme : LOW
7
___ even keel : ONAN
8
Lots of lots : ACRES
9
Military awards : MEDALS
10
Antlered animal : ELK
11
Not much time : NANOSECOND
12
Pitcher Hershiser : OREL
13
Calendar a la Variety : SKED
18
Eggs-and-cheese dish : OMELET
22
Aquarium fish : TETRA
25
1965 march site : SELMA
27
Lawn mower brand : DEERE
28
Agreements : PACTS
29
Miss Barrymore : ETHEL
30
Like a downpour : TORRENTIAL
32
Astronaut Shepard et al. : ALANS
34
Upper ___ (now Burkina Faso) : VOLTA
35
TV newsman David : ENSOR
37
Err : MISDO
39
State of India : ASSAM
42
Lilies : SEGOS
43
Minolta, e.g. : CAMERA
48
Isolate : ENISLE
50
Cut : SLICED
53
Serbs and Croats : SLAVS
55
Round of cheers : SALVO
56
Neither check nor charge : CASH
57
Singer Guthrie : ARLO
59
Make stockings : KNIT
61
Far East weight : TAEL
62
Polly, to Tom : AUNT
63
Fast planes : SSTS
65
1948 song "Once in Love With ___" : AMY
67
Come out even : TIE

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

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