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New York Times, Monday, March 28, 1994

Author:
William P. Baxley
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Artistic skill
TotalDebut
13/28/1994
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0100000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.36152%
William P. Baxley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Baxley. Monday freshness: 96%
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© 1994, The New York Times3/28/94 ( No. 16,211 )
Across
1
Artistic skill : CRAFT
6
Card game also called sevens : FANTAN
12
Holed out in two under par : EAGLED
14
Warned : ALERTED
16
English essayist Richard : STEELE
17
Burglar : STEALER
18
Cools, as coffee : STIRS
19
Pumpkin eater of rhyme : PETER
21
Summer drink : ADE
22
Employee health plan, for short : HMO
23
Horse trainer's equipment : HALTER
25
Black cuckoos : ANIS
26
Long, long time : EONS
28
Like some schools : COED
29
Sweetens the kitty : ANTES
30
Smart alecks : WISEGUYS
32
Traffic circle : ROTARY
33
Charlie Brown's "Darn!" : RATS
34
Ex-Mrs. Burt Reynolds : LONI
35
Charge with gas : AERATE
38
Adorned : BEDECKED
42
Vineyard fruit : GRAPE
43
Kismet : FATE
44
Snick's partner : SNEE
45
Detest : HATE
46
Alternative to eggdrop : WONTON
48
A Gershwin : IRA
49
Drunk ___ skunk : ASA
50
Analyze a sentence : PARSE
51
Actor John of TV's "Addams Family" : ASTIN
53
Locale : SETTING
55
Money-back deal : REBATE
57
Boot camp denizen : TRAINEE
58
Noted family in china manufacture : SPODES
59
Arabs : STEEDS
60
Cancel the launch : ABORT
Down
1
"L'etat ___": Louis XIV : CESTMOI
2
Army grub : RATIONS
3
Ripening agent : AGER
4
Butler's "The Way of All ___" : FLESH
5
___ Aviv : TEL
6
Observed Lent : FASTED
7
Change the hemline : ALTER
8
___-do-well : NEER
9
"La-la" preceder : TRA
10
Home of the '96 Olympics : ATLANTA
11
Poorer : NEEDIER
13
Arranges strategically : DEPLOYS
15
Smart : DRESSY
18
Sullivan's "really big" one : SHEW
20
Summers, in Haiti : ETES
24
Sharp : ACUTE
25
Clowning achievements? : ANTICS
27
Mexican shawl : SERAPE
29
Top-flight : AONE
31
Arena receipts : GATE
32
Drive in Beverly Hills : RODEO
34
Epistles : LETTERS
35
Shocked : AGHAST
36
Pencil ends : ERASERS
37
Knocking sound : RATATAT
38
Forbids : BANS
39
Bootee maker : KNITTER
40
Most Halloween-like : EERIEST
41
Doyen : DEAN
43
Smithies : FORGES
46
Dwindled : WANED
47
High-muck-a-muck : NABOB
50
Fir : PINE
52
Prefix with masochism : SADO
54
Item of office attire : TIE
56
Fuel efficiency rater: Abbr. : EPA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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