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New York Times, Saturday, April 15, 1995

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : Plant too much
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
601/29/19945/22/201110
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.5746577%
Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 26 Missing: {GQUX} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Klahn. Saturday freshness: 83%
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© 1995, The New York Times4/15/95 ( No. 16,594 )
Across
1
Rudimentary stages : EMBRYOS
8
Loser to Herbert Hoover : ALSMITH
15
"Measure for Measure" character : MARIANA
16
"War and Peace" heroine : NATASHA
17
Flipped out : FREAKED
18
Plant too much : OVERSOW
19
It's spotted in the woods : OCELOT
20
Readily predictable : KNEEJERK
21
Cartoonist Chast : ROZ
22
Relative of the lemming : VOLE
24
Butcher shop buys : LOINS
25
Blueprint detail : SPEC
27
Utopia, literally : NOPLACE
30
Rowdydows : TODOS
32
Filibuster : STALL
33
1970's discipline : EST
36
"Butterfield 8" Oscar winner : ELIZABETHTAYLOR
39
Triple Crown jockey Turcotte : RON
40
In ___ (from a lab) : VITRO
41
Crosby's record label : DECCA
42
Get back on : REBOARD
44
Nice bread : PAIN
45
Spooks : SPIES
48
Biz biggies : CEOS
50
Family members : PAS
51
Family members : KINSFOLK
54
Tarnish : DEFILE
56
Away, in a way : ONLEAVE
57
Body ___ : POLITIC
58
Attitudes : STANCES
59
Queen's University site : BELFAST
60
Tomboys : HOYDENS
61
Nods : ASSENTS
Down
1
"Howards End" novelist : EMFORSTER
2
Favorite of Kublai Khan : MARCOPOLO
3
Arrived airily : BREEZEDIN
4
Muscat moolah : RIAL
5
Comic Smirnoff : YAKOV
6
About 907 kilograms : ONETON
7
Crushed : SAD
8
Mr. X, for short : ANON
9
Deterge : LAVE
10
Reinforced, in a way : STEELCLAD
11
Gortner of "Falcon Crest" : MARJOE
12
Ichikawa immigrant : ISSEI
13
Annoyance : THORN
14
Advertises : HAWKS
20
Stayed on top (of) : KEPTTRACK
23
Be beaten by : LOSETO
26
Bro : COZ
28
Punjab capital : LAHORE
29
High, in music : ALT
31
Avoids embarrassment : SAVESFACE
33
Yosemite peak : ELCAPITAN
34
Bolshevik : SOCIALIST
35
Cuts across : TRANSECTS
37
Catcher behind the plate? : BIB
38
Ozarks O.K. : YEP
42
Forward : RESEND
43
Old fogies : DODOES
45
Smidgen : SKOSH
46
Scout, for one : PINTO
47
Champleve : INLAY
49
Unloads : SELLS
52
Tandoor : OVEN
53
Subtracting : LESS
55
"Spirit of 76" instrument : FIFE
57
Striking grp. : PBA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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