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New York Times, Saturday, December 31, 1994

Author:
Alex K. Justin
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : Kurosawa epic
TotalDebutLatest
195/21/19924/2/1998
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1.54103557%
Alex K. Justin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JKQX} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Justin. Saturday freshness: 38%
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© 1994, The New York Times12/31/94 ( No. 16,489 )
Across
1
Tableaux : PICTURES
9
Noted wine merchant : GALLO
14
Presently : INAWHILE
15
Poetic England : ALBION
16
Personal choice : CUPOFTEA
17
Shalimar Gardens locale : LAHORE
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Horace's "___ Poetica" : ARS
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Brilliantly decorated : EMBLAZONED
21
"___ a bug..." : SNUGAS
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One with an objective : AIMER
25
Word in the name of many political movements : LIB
26
Screen Artists Guild president, 1981-85 : ASNER
27
Body-building stuff : DNA
30
Stiffness : SPINE
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Played for a sucker : USED
33
Vietnam War legacy: Abbr. : MIAS
34
Without a clue : PUZZLED
36
"Woman with the Hat" painter : MATISSE
38
Field of interest : AREA
39
In one's prime : RIPE
41
Works over : EDITS
42
Bats : MAD
43
Songwriter Blades : RUBEN
44
Kurosawa epic : RAN
45
Source of autumn red : MAPLE
46
Carson's erstwhile ABC rival : BISHOP
49
Actress from Coventry, England : ELLENTERRY
53
Continental abbr. : EUR
54
Greenroom : LOUNGE
55
On the wing : AIRBORNE
58
Was plenty angry : BOILED
59
Some drugs : GENERICS
60
Pioneer Expressionist James : ENSOR
61
Glorifies : ELEVATES
Down
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Type fonts : PICAS
2
Bury : INURN
3
Like a news brief : CAPSULIZED
4
1940 Broadway hit "___for the Show" : TWO
5
TV band : UHF
6
Solemn procedures : RITES
7
Certain sch. : ELEM
8
Catch of the deep : SEABASS
9
Bakery gizmo : GLAZER
10
Can't stand : ABHOR
11
Share holder? : LION
12
Folk follower : LORE
13
Lacking height and depth : ONED
15
Public walk : ALAMEDA
20
Tackles, e.g. : LINEMEN
22
Tokyo shopping district : GINZA
23
"J'Accuse" director Gance : ABEL
26
Loud enough : AUDIBLE
27
Leave out, in a way : DISINHERIT
28
Frank Leslie illustrator : NAST
29
"___ Death" (Grieg elegy) : ASES
30
Infantry fare : SPAM
31
Aqua ___ : PURA
33
Muffler king? : MIDAS
35
Broke out : ERUPTED
37
Hatcher of "Lois and Clark" : TERI
40
Nobility : PEERAGE
43
Word with Power or park : RANGER
45
___ Park, Calif. : MENLO
46
Mayor of Chicago, 1979-83 : BYRNE
47
Little bit : OUNCE
48
Squeeze : PRESS
49
Hamburg's river : ELBE
50
Nutcase : LOON
51
___ de Velasco (University of Mexico founder) : LUIS
52
Monetary unit of Cambodia : RIEL
56
Girl's nickname : BEV
57
Mouths, anatomically : ORA

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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