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New York Times, Thursday, March 3, 1994

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
62-Across : Obscene
TotalDebutLatest
1821/12/197810/27/2024
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.534304631%
Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 49 for Mr. Silvestri. Thursday freshness: 23%
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C
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A
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S
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B
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D
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M
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C
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W
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B
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A
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L
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L
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S
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O
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A
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S
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R
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P
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O
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P
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P
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D
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B
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P
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D
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L
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H
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A
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A
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B
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P
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F
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N
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C
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S
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L
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C
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© 1994, The New York Times3/3/94 ( No. 16,186 )
Across
1
Honeydew kin : CASABA
7
Fatherless fellow : ADAM
11
Crow's feat? : CAW
14
Slurred over a syllable : ELIDED
15
Ring happening : BOUT
16
Part of a flick? : ASH
17
College study : LIBERALARTS
19
157° 30' : SSE
20
Gerund maker : ING
21
It's sold in bars : OLEO
22
Wrangle : SPAR
23
Screech, for one : OWL
25
Bit for Fermi : ATOM
26
Stories connector : STAIR
27
Bring in the crops : REAP
29
In an evil way : SINISTERLY
31
Stealthily : ONTIPTOE
33
Flying Peter : PAN
34
Carry : DEALIN
35
Type of tiger : BENGAL
38
Religious sch. : SEM
39
Reflected on : PONDERED
41
Abandoned : LEFTBEHIND
45
Penny or Lois : LANE
46
See eye to eye : AGREE
47
Hertz alternative : AVIS
48
Lose (to) : BOW
49
Way out : DOOR
50
Slow down from a run : TROT
51
Start of the St. Ives riddle : ASI
53
Fleur-de-___ : LIS
54
Trinidad and Tobago's capital : PORTOFSPAIN
58
Exaggerator's suffix : EST
59
Philharmonic instrument : OBOE
60
Monopoly card : CHANCE
61
Hog haven : STY
62
Obscene : LEWD
63
Perfumed, in a way : CENSED
Down
1
Animation frame : CEL
2
"Thrilla in Manila" victor : ALI
3
Ssspeak like thisss : SIBILATE
4
Arabian Sea gulf : ADEN
5
Glacier Bay sight : BERG
6
Orthodontist's org. : ADA
7
Seafood order : ABALONE
8
Scale opening : DOREMI
9
Jam ingredient : AUTO
10
Short range? : MTS
11
One of the Magi : CASPAR
12
Lambaste : ASSAIL
13
Light rowboat : WHERRY
18
Skin softener : LOTION
22
Baseball's Old Professor : STENGEL
23
El Dorado treasure : ORO
24
Travel : WEND
25
"___ Goes By" : ASTIME
26
Kiosk : STAND
28
Piece of eight : PIASTER
30
Loses one's balance? : SPENDS
32
Annapolis freshman : PLEBE
35
Mackerellike fish : BONITO
36
Spirited steeds : ARABIANS
37
Letterman rival : LENO
39
Swiveled : PIVOTED
40
Drops in the morning : DEW
41
Soup scoops : LADLES
42
Self-centered sort : EGOIST
43
Snowman of song : FROSTY
44
Cultivating tool : HARROW
50
Option for Hamlet : TOBE
51
"Off the Court" author : ASHE
52
Stretch over : SPAN
54
D.C. figure : POL
55
TV watchdog : FCC
56
Rocks in a glass : ICE
57
Actor Beatty : NED

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

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