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New York Times, Saturday, April 30, 1994

Author:
Wayne Robert Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Across : Frightened, in dialect
TotalDebutLatest
384/30/19943/5/1998
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
44312843
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.5516243%
Wayne Robert Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Williams. Saturday freshness: 19%
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© 1994, The New York Times4/30/94 ( No. 16,244 )
Across
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Market place : SHOP
5
Frank : FOURSQUARE
15
Fast time : LENT
16
Sophocles tragedy : OEDIPUSREX
17
Realm : AREA
18
Pioneering step : INITIATIVE
19
Law-enforcement support grp. : PBA
20
North Carolina school : ELON
21
Kind of journal : TRADE
22
Gain a lap : SIT
23
Continuing subscriber : RENEWER
25
New Deal initials : TVA
26
"The Sultan of Sulu" writer : ADE
27
Frightened, in dialect : AFEARD
31
Jots : IOTAS
33
"The Scarlet Letter" topic : ADULTERY
35
Lit-___ (college study) : CRIT
36
Gravel-voiced singer Mercer : MABEL
38
Double-curved decoration : OGEE
39
The Lone Ranger : KEMOSABE
41
Kafka novel, with "The" : TRIAL
42
Without varying, in music : SEMPRE
43
O.T. book : ISA
45
Year Helsinki was founded : MDL
46
Verbatim : LITERAL
48
"Xanadu" rock group : ELO
49
Golf gimme : TAPIN
52
Kick back : LOLL
53
"In" : NOW
54
1978 Barry Manilow hit : COPACABANA
56
Customary extras: Abbr. : ETCS
57
Made the circuit : ITINERATED
58
Water trail : WAKE
59
Highly maneuverable warships : DESTROYERS
60
Adamson heroine? : ELSA
Down
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Sight gags : SLAPSTICK
2
"Friendly" dinosaurs : HERBIVORES
3
Singly : ONEATATIME
4
Bake sale grp., maybe : PTA
5
Thwarted : FOILED
6
Wife of Paris : OENONE
7
City at the foot of the Venetian Alps : UDINE
8
Gradually slower, in mus. : RIT
9
Vindictive : SPITEFUL
10
Row : QUARREL
11
Org. of court players : USTA
12
Parched : ARID
13
Zola novel, with "Le" : REVE
14
River through Devon : EXE
20
Times : ERAS
24
1977 Wimbledon winner : WADE
28
Noun-forming suffix : ATOR
29
Providing strict order : REGIMENTAL
30
Modern hairstyle : DREADLOCKS
32
Tiny bit : ATOM
33
Novelist Kobo ___ : ABE
34
Tsingtao vista : YELLOWSEA
36
Ed of "Hill Street Blues" : MARINARO
37
Act as a lookout : ABET
40
Editing device : SPLICER
41
Hard to believe : TALL
43
Wrinkle remover : IRONER
44
Caesar and others : SALADS
47
Send : ELATE
49
Mall carry-along : TOTE
50
Sacred bull : APIS
51
Utter breathlessly : PANT
54
1961 Heston role : CID
55
Serenade the moon : BAY
56
Farm femme : EWE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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