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New York Times, Wednesday, December 28, 1994

Author:
Gerald R. Ferguson
Editor:
Will Shortz
19-Across : Defeats
TotalDebutLatest
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Gerald R. Ferguson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {GJKQXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Ferguson. Wednesday freshness: 100%
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© 1994, The New York Times12/28/94 ( No. 16,486 )
Across
1
"X" denotes it : THESPOT
8
Swiss abodes : CHALETS
15
Continental, e.g. : AIRLINE
16
Regular : HABITUE
17
No-___ (easy decision) : BRAINER
18
Radius, e.g. : ARMBONE
19
Defeats : BESTS
20
Brit. legislators : MPS
22
Posts : SENDS
23
Debtors' notes : IOUS
24
Runs amok : RIOTS
26
Bit of Livorno lucre : LIRA
27
It's north of Afr. : EUR
28
Petrarch products : SONNETS
30
Crow's cry : CAW
31
Move back (from) : STEPAWAY
33
Make ___ at (try to pick up) : APASS
35
Felt the heat : SWELTERED
37
Soviet cooperative : ARTEL
39
Demonstrated via charades : ACTEDOUT
43
Baden-Powell offshoot org. : BSA
44
Besmirched : DEFILED
46
Computer's heart: Abbr. : CPU
47
Off-road conveyances, for short : ATVS
49
Handed (out) : DOLED
50
Suffix with slug or song : FEST
51
Old hat : TRITE
53
Trojans' sch. : USC
54
___ the good (beneficial) : ALLTO
55
Tiniest : MINIMAL
57
Arranged in rows and columns : TABULAR
59
"The flower of my heart" in song : ADELINE
60
Office of a Muslim leader : IMAMATE
61
Fit in perfectly : NESTLED
62
Emergency indicator : CODERED
Down
1
Female felines : TABBIES
2
Take on a freelance job : HIREOUT
3
Deletion : ERASURE
4
Narrow openings : SLITS
5
Bowling targets : PINS
6
Washington bill : ONE
7
Bus depot : TERMINAL
8
Squeaky clean : CHASTE
9
Start of a Ralph Kramden laugh : HAR
10
Airborne defenses, for short : ABMS
11
Smear : LIBEL
12
Alternatives to Nikes : ETONICS
13
Frozen expanses : TUNDRAS
14
Playground apparatus : SEESAW
21
Easy-maintenance hairstyles : PONYTAILS
24
Urged on with spurs : ROWELED
25
Began : STARTED
28
Cut (off) : SAWED
29
Something to get up to : SPEED
32
"Hey, you!" : PST
34
Annex : ADD
36
Wide-ranging, as tastes : ECLECTIC
37
In the saddle : ASTRIDE
38
Gulches : RAVINES
40
Having eyelike spots : OCELLAR
41
Like Albany vis-à-vis New York City : UPSTATE
42
Coached : TUTORED
43
Top film of 1989 : BATMAN
45
Bumped illegally : FOULED
48
Clown's prop : STILT
50
Water channel : FLUME
52
Actor Jannings : EMIL
54
Have ___ hair day : ABAD
56
Dijon donkey : ANE
58
Te ___ (cigar brand) : AMO

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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