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New York Times, Wednesday, May 18, 1994

Author:
Daniel R. Stark
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Super buys
TotalDebutLatest
165/18/199412/5/1998
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.473680%
Daniel R. Stark

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWXY} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Stark. Wednesday freshness: 100%
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© 1994, The New York Times5/18/94 ( No. 16,262 )
Across
1
Kind of fair : CRAFTS
7
10th-century English king : EDRED
12
Walden Pond habitue : THOREAU
13
One found in the stacks : READER
15
Bandit's cry : HANDSUP
16
Fine-wooled sheep : MERINOS
18
Beehives, for instance : UPDOS
19
From 8 to 11 : PRIMETIME
21
Venison : DEER
22
Alda of "M*A*S*H" : ALAN
23
"Cheaper by the ___" : DOZEN
24
Baseballer Maglie : SAL
25
View : SCENE
26
Antique autos : REOS
27
Vain : USELESS
29
Temporary hair tinter : RINSE
30
Romance with the past : NOSTALGIA
33
Rubberneck : STARE
36
Linked : COUPLED
39
Catamount : PUMA
40
Thumbs through : SKIMS
41
___ out (relax) : VEG
43
Not very competent : INEPT
45
Furry companions : PETS
46
Allocate : METE
47
Leggy one : CENTIPEDE
49
Passengers : FARES
50
Birders' society : AUDUBON
51
Duds : RAIMENT
53
___ piece : PERIOD
54
Volunteers : ENLISTS
55
Super buys : DEALS
56
Expunge : DELETE
Down
1
Mademoiselle's hat : CHAPEAU
2
Short poems : RONDELS
3
Fire of the mind : ARDOR
4
Actor Parker : FESS
5
Letter after sigma : TAU
6
Most limber : SUPPLEST
7
King's fur : ERMINE
8
Consider : DEEM
9
Rose up, in dialect : RARED
10
Newspaper part : EDITORIAL
11
Inhabitant : DENIZEN
12
Dropping sounds : THUDS
14
Lovers : ROMEOS
17
Sixth ___ : SENSE
20
Searched thoroughly : RANSACKED
22
Old radio favorite "Easy ___" : ACES
25
___ gin : SLOE
28
Delight beyond measure : ENRAPTURE
29
Splits : RIPS
31
Dawdled : LOITERED
32
Teeth holders : GUMS
33
Bright star in Virgo : SPICA
34
Mechanic's job : TUNEUP
35
Revised : AMENDED
37
Hillary's conquest : EVEREST
38
Political thaw : DETENTE
40
Shells out : SPENDS
42
Hero's exploits : GESTS
44
Shinbone : TIBIA
46
Actress Van Doren : MAMIE
48
Lifeguard's beat : POOL
49
Satisfy : FILL
52
One, in Aberdeen : ANE

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

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