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New York Times, Friday, February 25, 1994

Author:
Bob Lubbers
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : Come before
TotalDebutLatest
54/13/19758/1/1996
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5019135%
Bob Lubbers

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 44 Missing: {JQUZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Lubbers. Friday freshness: 1%
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I
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N
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D
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I
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A
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N
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S
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C
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A
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M
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P
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A
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N
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D
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P
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T
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C
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D
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I
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P
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A
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C
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H
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O
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M
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L
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O
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O
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W
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P
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M
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K
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N
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G
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O
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C
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D
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N
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© 1994, The New York Times2/25/94 ( No. 16,180 )
Across
1
Kind of file : INDIAN
7
Dupe : SCAM
11
Vacation spot : SPA
14
Razz : NEEDLE
15
Speed : PACE
16
Total cost : TAB
17
Dear ones : CHERIS
18
Come before : ANTEDATE
20
Psychiatrist? : IDOCTOR
22
Mirror image? : ISIGHT
23
Pain of a sort : PEST
24
Express : AVER
25
Cookout fare : CHOPS
28
Bus starter : OMNI
30
Actor Jannings : EMIL
34
Canter : LOPE
35
Re-election runners : INS
36
"___ to Psyche" : ODE
37
In a managerial position to : OVER
38
Self-diagnosis? : IEXAM
40
Fancy : IDEA
41
It's bleu on maps : MER
42
"Steve Allen Show" veteran : NYE
43
Detach, in a way : WEAN
44
Hyde Park sight : PRAM
46
"The Last Time I Saw Paris" composer : KERN
48
Oxygenators : GILLS
49
Sci-fi objects : ORBS
51
Shopper's helper : CART
53
Where one is in the stadium? : ILEVEL
56
Personal revelation? : IOPENER
59
Stove stuffing : FIREWOOD
61
Land, as a fish : REELIN
63
Back : FRO
64
To be, abroad : ETRE
65
Kind of kick : ONSIDE
66
Of course : YES
67
U.S. Army medals : DSCS
68
Camera-shy critter? : NESSIE
Down
1
Forbes competition : INC
2
Nostalgic soft drink name : NEHI
3
Boy Scout's act : DEED
4
One who makes personal plugs? : IDROPPER
5
"___ Restaurant" : ALICES
6
Condor condos : NESTS
7
Tangle (with) : SPAR
8
Ax : CAN
9
Demonstrator's doctrine : ACTIVISM
10
"With Reagan: The Inside Story" author : MEESE
11
Dateless : STAG
12
Orbit : PATH
13
Help : ABET
19
Urgent : DIRE
21
Native Nebraskan : OTO
24
Sigmund's daughter : ANNA
25
Tiptoe's opposite : CLOMP
26
Fly like a flying saucer : HOVER
27
Works : OPERA
29
Party : MIXER
31
Display : MODEL
32
Standard : IDEAL
33
Is attracted : LEANS
38
Section in a psychological test : INKBLOTS
39
This puzzle's punning theme : EYES
40
Self-defense testifier? : IWITNESS
45
Make a proposal : MOVE
47
Sergeant major: Abbr. : NCO
48
"Brighton Rock" novelist : GREENE
50
Say "I do" again : REWED
52
Splatter safeguard : APRON
53
Questionable : IFFY
54
Cassino cash : LIRE
55
Romance symbol : EROS
56
Time in "Julius Caesar" : IDES
57
Boola-boola cheerers : ELIS
58
"___, Pagliaccio" : RIDI
60
Killer of the deep : ORC
62
Formerly : NEE

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

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