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New York Times, Wednesday, February 23, 1994

Author:
Joel Davajan
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Across : Wine casks
TotalDebutLatest
910/13/19937/4/1994
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1242000
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.4620236%
Joel Davajan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {BFJQZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Davajan. Wednesday freshness: 62%
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© 1994, The New York Times2/23/94 ( No. 16,178 )
Across
1
Give tit for tat : SWAP
5
Pillow covers : SHAMS
10
Bunco : SCAM
14
It debuted in Cairo, Dec. 24, 1871 : AIDA
15
Video screen dot : PIXEL
16
So long : TATA
17
What's my line: #1 : PRESTIDIGITATOR
20
Guard : SENTINEL
21
They make colorful displays : PRISMS
22
Transcending : OVER
23
Have trouble on the ice : SKID
24
Gas, in Greenwich : PETROL
27
Wine casks : TUNS
28
Cleopatra biter : ASP
31
The A in "CAT scan" : AXIAL
32
Cartoonist Peter : ARNO
33
Utah ski center : ALTA
34
What's my line: #2 : PARLIAMENTARIAN
37
Nautical direction : ALEE
38
Danza of "Who's the Boss?" : TONY
39
Refine, as 53-Down : SMELT
40
Old Ford model : LTD
41
Dickey fastener : STUD
42
Thinks out loud : OPINES
43
Level : TIER
44
Amatory writing : ODES
45
Brutality : SADISM
48
Ghostly : SPECTRAL
52
What's my line: #3 : PLENIPOTENTIARY
54
First name in fashion : OLEG
55
Prefix with figure or form : TRANS
56
G.P.A., in slang : CUME
57
"Not my ___" : TYPE
58
Intelligence : SENSE
59
Mr. Culbertson and others : ELYS
Down
1
Easy marks : SAPS
2
Telegraph : WIRE
3
Mideast gulf : ADEN
4
Rural-themed opera : PASTORALE
5
Crystalline gemstone : SPINEL
6
Stowaway : HIDER
7
Leaf angle : AXIL
8
One of Alcott's Little Women : MEG
9
Boy Scout tie : SLIPKNOT
10
Reserved : STAID
11
Musical with the song "Memory" : CATS
12
___ smasher : ATOM
13
Viking touchdown site : MARS
18
Villa d'Este locale : TIVOLI
19
Speaker at Cooperstown : TRIS
23
Cheerful : SUNNY
24
Of the Vatican : PAPAL
25
Glorify : EXALT
26
"Dead" : TIRED
27
Vogue : TREND
28
Green-card applicant : ALIEN
29
Hackneyed : STALE
30
Cords, e.g. : PANTS
32
Love, in Le Havre : AMOUR
33
Signature event : ARMISTICE
35
Goes for : ATTEMPTS
36
Phase : ASPECT
41
Acapulco assent : SISI
42
Danish city : ODENSE
43
Bit of color : TINGE
44
Certain tournaments : OPENS
45
Difficult position : SPOT
46
Confederate : ALLY
47
Philosophical : DEEP
48
Comics publisher Lee : STAN
49
Actor Julia : RAUL
50
"Go, ___!" : ARMY
51
Cleaning agents : LYES
53
Ferriferous rock : ORE

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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