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New York Times, Thursday, April 28, 1994

Author:
Randy Sowell
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Relieved
TotalDebutLatest
224/28/19947/8/2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
01263100
ScrabDebutFresh
1.575217%
Randy Sowell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FKQXZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Sowell. Thursday freshness: 0%
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© 1994, The New York Times4/28/94 ( No. 16,242 )
Across
1
Instance : CASE
5
Kind of metabolism : BASAL
10
Loading site : PIER
14
"... ___forgive our debtors" : ASWE
15
Get the lead out? : ERASE
16
"The Cherry Orchard" miss : ANYA
17
18th-century poet (whose name shares a feature with 36- and 56-Across) : PHILLISWHEATLEY
20
Sweetheart : PET
21
February 14 figure : EROS
22
Major-league transaction : TRADE
23
It may be proper : NOUN
24
Opera composer Nikolai : OTTO
26
Highlight : ACCENT
29
Relieved : SPELLED
32
Narrative Byron poem : LARA
33
Room to ___ : SPARE
34
Support : LEG
36
17th-century dramatist : PIERRECORNEILLE
40
United : ONE
41
Navratilova rival : EVERT
42
Boston athlete : CELT
43
Natural habitat : ELEMENT
45
"Martha" et al. : OPERAS
47
Isolated : LONE
48
TV sheriff Tupper : AMOS
49
Plus : ASSET
52
Onetime labor chief : ABEL
53
Good name for a cook? : STU
56
20th-century writer : JOYCECAROLOATES
60
Old song "___ She Sweet?" : AINT
61
Get ___ on : AMOVE
62
Churchill prop : CANE
63
Hwys. : RTES
64
"John Brown's Body" poet : BENET
65
Linemen : ENDS
Down
1
Daisy Mae's drawer : CAPP
2
"Days of Grace" author : ASHE
3
"M*A*S*H" actress : SWIT
4
That's amoray : EEL
5
Rough posting for a foreign correspondent : BEIRUT
6
Illegal firing : ARSON
7
Processes lumber : SAWS
8
Quiet color : ASH
9
Dracula actor Christopher : LEE
10
Traverse a beat : PATROL
11
"To Live and Die ___" : INLA
12
Looked at : EYED
13
Comic Martha : RAYE
18
Ancient land of Spain : LEON
19
Leader of '45 : ATTLEE
23
Around : NEAR
24
Eye-cue tests? : OPART
25
Ocean flier : TERN
26
Ken-L-Ration competitor : ALPO
27
Queeg's command : CAINE
28
Fish basket : CREEL
29
Wear : SPORT
30
"Oklahoma!" aunt : ELLER
31
Singer Reese : DELLA
33
Vista : SCENE
35
Realizes : GETS
37
Not hands-on : REMOTE
38
Tied : EVEN
39
Low-fat desserts : ICES
44
Picks : ELECTS
45
Spanish ___ : OMELET
46
Charles's game : POLO
48
Mightier than : ABOVE
49
Partly open : AJAR
50
"___ was you!" (mystery denouement) : SOIT
51
Nostalgic song ending : SYNE
52
Middle name in Memphis : ARON
53
Mr. Musial : STAN
54
Take care of : TEND
55
Spends : USES
57
Rainy day rarity : CAB
58
Soul, in Soissons : AME
59
Virtuoso : ACE

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

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