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New York Times, Friday, February 4, 1994

Author:
Joe Clonick
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Across : Like "The Persistence of Memory"
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Joe Clonick

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 25 Missing: {BFJQXYZ} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Clonick. Friday freshness: 95%
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© 1994, The New York Times2/4/94 ( No. 16,159 )
Across
1
Started wrongly? : HOTWIRED
9
Mouse : SHINER
15
Number after 1? : AREACODE
16
Ravel's "___ for a Dead Princess" : PAVANE
17
Is in the running : CONTENDS
18
Unimak Island inhabitants : ALEUTS
19
Home folks : KIN
20
Adriatic seaport : TRIESTE
22
Endangered whale : SEI
23
African tyrant and namesakes : IDIS
25
Like a wolf's howl : EERIE
26
Furnish : LEND
27
Legal landmarks : TESTCASES
29
Digital clock's light emitter : DIODE
30
La Plata locale: Abbr. : ARG
31
Gary Cooper-ish? : TACITURN
33
Like "The Persistence of Memory" : SURREAL
37
6-0, courtesy of Steffi : LOVESET
38
Immortal Pirate : CLEMENTE
40
French sea : MER
41
It's bound to show the way : ATLAS
42
Site north of Frederick, Md. : CAMPDAVID
47
Emblem on an English shield : LION
48
Fabulous finish? : MORAL
49
Stories : LORE
50
Health org. : AMA
51
Film makers' equipment : DOLLIES
53
Certain degrees: Abbr. : LAT
54
Crumples : WADSUP
56
Aeronautical inclination : ATTITUDE
58
Army command : ATEASE
59
Casts an absentee ballot : PREVOTES
60
Designer Norman Bel ___ : GEDDES
61
TV address, in short : SESAMEST
Down
1
Cut the mustard : HACKIT
2
Cheap jewelry material : OROIDE
3
Anyone's game? : TENNIS
4
Angkor ___ : WAT
5
Noted rapper : ICET
6
Host of a short-lived talk show : RONREAGAN
7
Swirls : EDDIES
8
Utah's early name : DESERET
9
Outpouring : SPATE
10
Hearty accompaniment? : HALE
11
"___ Gotta Be Me" : IVE
12
Upset : NAUSEOUS
13
Double ___ : ENTENDRE
14
Junk-mail addressee : RESIDENT
21
A rug : SISAL
24
1984 Jeff Bridges role : STARMAN
26
Not loose : LITERAL
28
Manitoba Indians : CREES
29
Went under : DIVED
32
Puts a wrap on : COMPLETES
33
No-goodnik : SCALAWAG
34
Superlative : ULTIMATE
35
Fed the Colt again : RELOADED
36
Maj.'s superior : LTCOL
39
Frostbite preventers : EARLAPS
43
Ecole employee : MAITRE
44
Scroll-shaped ornament : VOLUTE
45
Decrees : IRADES
46
Have an aversion to : DETEST
48
Acts hangdog : MOPES
51
Early actress Eleanora : DUSE
52
God of destruction : SIVA
55
Downcast : SAD
57
Name in voyeurism : TOM

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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