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New York Times, Monday, April 18, 1994

Author:
Nancy Joline
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Tex-___ (hot cuisine)
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Nancy Nicholson Joline

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 37 Missing: {HJQWYZ} This is puzzle # 65 for Ms. Joline. Monday freshness: 100%
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© 1994, The New York Times4/18/94 ( No. 16,232 )
Across
1
Tops of wine bottles : CORKS
6
Wreak havoc upon : RAVAGE
12
Gorge : RAVINE
13
Undergoes again, as an experience : RELIVES
14
Fund-raiser : BENEFIT
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Requiring immediate action : EXIGENT
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Postprandial drinks : AMARETTOS
18
Dessert pastry : TORTE
19
___ hurrah : LAST
20
Actor Jannings : EMIL
22
Chest rattle : RALE
23
Brightened : LITUP
25
Burghoff role on "M*A*S*H" : RADAR
27
Columbia, vis-a-vis the ocean : GEM
28
Entraps : SNARES
30
Nullifies : NEGATES
32
Hash house sign : EATS
34
Info : DOPE
35
Reduces : LESSENS
38
Glass ingredient : SILICA
42
Tex-___ (hot cuisine) : MEX
43
DeMille films : EPICS
45
Exorcist's adversary : DEMON
46
Elderly : AGED
48
Angry to-do : SPAT
49
Cable TV's C-___ : SPAN
50
Scuttlebutt : RUMOR
52
Take to court : PROSECUTE
55
Burst inward : IMPLODE
57
Aficionado : DEVOTEE
58
It stretches across a tennis court : NETCORD
59
Bellyached : GRIPED
60
They may be liquid : ASSETS
61
Tried to catch a conger : EELED
Down
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Variety of rummy : CANASTA
2
William Tell and others : OVERTURES
3
Prevalent : RIFE
4
Make a sweater : KNIT
5
Hunting dog : SETTER
6
Tyrannosaurus ___ : REX
7
Parted company with a horse : ALIT
8
Good physical health : VIGOR
9
Nothing special : AVERAGE
10
Calms : GENTLES
11
Hold in high regard : ESTEEM
12
Stay : REMAIN
13
Sojourned : RESIDED
14
Strike alternatives : BALLS
17
Muscat is its capital : OMAN
21
Former capital of Nigeria : LAGOS
24
"___-porridge hot..." : PEASE
26
Word before fire or transit : RAPID
29
Hitchcock's "The Thirty-Nine ___" : STEPS
31
Hubble, e.g. : TELESCOPE
33
Cut, as roses : SNIPPED
35
Peanuts, e.g. : LEGUMES
36
Frees from liability : EXEMPTS
37
Disfigure : SCAR
39
Ascribed : IMPUTED
40
Like nuts at a chocolatier's : COATED
41
French year : ANNEE
42
Boater's haven : MARINA
44
Plodding person : STODGE
47
Fellini's "La ___ Vita" : DOLCE
51
Cheer (for) : ROOT
53
Devoid of moisture : SERE
54
The dark force : EVIL
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O.R. personnel : DRS

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

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