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New York Times, Tuesday, February 8, 1994

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : Copy of a sort
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Gordon. Tuesday freshness: 30%
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© 1994, The New York Times2/8/94 ( No. 16,163 )
Across
1
Spirogyra or frog spit : ALGA
5
Impression : IDEA
9
Diamond protector : TARP
13
Burpee bit : SEED
14
Conclude, as negotiations : SEWUP
16
See 31-Across : ELIA
17
Lefty celebrity relative : CAROLINEKENNEDY
20
Turkish title : AGA
21
Customary practice : USE
22
Strengthens, with "up" : GOOSES
23
Tugs : PULLS
25
"Babes in Toyland" star, 1960 : BOLGER
28
Head of the costume department? : EDITH
30
Leonard and Charles : RAYS
31
With 16-Across, former Phillies manager : LEE
34
"Queen ___ Day" (old game show) : FORA
35
Corporate abbr. : INC
36
Have a hunch : FEEL
37
Lefty artist : LEONARDODAVINCI
41
Shows one's humanity : ERRS
42
Bud : PAL
43
___ Fein : SINN
44
Voted : XED
45
Great : AONE
46
Overwhelms with humor : SLAYS
48
Catch in a net : ENMESH
50
Pipe type : ELBOW
52
Highest point in Sicily : MTETNA
55
Course for a newcomer to the U.S.: Abbr. : ESL
57
Lament : RUE
58
Lefty actor : RICHARDDREYFUSS
62
French 101 word : ETRE
63
Copy of a sort : XEROX
64
Noted rap artist : ICET
65
Gloomy : DOUR
66
Overdecorated : BUSY
67
Danson et al. : TEDS
Down
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Composers' org : ASCAP
2
Three miles, roughly : LEAGUE
3
Lefty President : GERALDFORD
4
Foofaraw : ADO
5
Horus's mother : ISIS
6
Star in Cygnus : DENEB
7
Baa maid? : EWE
8
Razor-billed bird : AUK
9
Kind of sax : TENOR
10
Publican's offerings : ALES
11
Ridicule persistently : RIDE
12
Is worthwhile : PAYS
15
Lefty actress : PEGGYCASS
18
Five-year periods : LUSTRA
19
Refusals : NOES
24
Pontiac Silverdome team : LIONS
26
Camden Yards team : ORIOLES
27
Polaroid inventor : LAND
29
Lefty comedian : HARPOMARX
31
Lefty comedian : LENNYBRUCE
32
ECU issuer : EEC
33
Lawyer in both "Civil Wars" and "L.A. Law" : ELI
36
Student's worry : FINAL
37
Roman law : LEX
38
Before, to Byron : ERE
39
Jutlander, e.g. : DANE
40
In a despicable way : VILELY
45
Writer Quindlen : ANNA
47
Blotto : SOUSED
48
Anesthetic gas : ETHER
49
Subs : HEROS
51
Bridge seats : WESTS
52
Horse that made sense? : MRED
53
One of the Jackson 5 : TITO
54
Tannish color : ECRU
56
Hot : SEXY
59
Chaperoned girl : DEB
60
Actress Joanne : DRU
61
Paroxysm : FIT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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