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New York Times, Tuesday, May 24, 1994

Author:
Arthur S. Ash
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Item to cut for dessert
TotalDebut
15/24/1994
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0010000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.52540%
Arthur S. Ash

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 37 Missing: {BFJQ} Spans: 4 Grid has supersymmetry. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Ash. Tuesday freshness: 75%
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© 1994, The New York Times5/24/94 ( No. 16,268 )
Across
1
Razor sharpener : STROP
6
Health resort : SPA
9
More than a mere success : SMASH
14
Mussolini's notorious son-in-law : CIANO
15
Assist : AID
16
With uneven gait : LIMPY
17
Mink's poor cousin : OTTER
18
Ushered : LED
19
Truism : AXIOM
20
Item to cut for dessert : WHOLEWATERMELON
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Late-night star : LENO
24
President Manuel, ousted by Franco : AZANA
25
TV rooms : DENS
26
New Rochelle institution : IONA
28
Game show sound : DING
30
Princess Diana's family name : SPENCER
33
Bedecked : ADORNED
37
Mea ___ : CULPA
38
Get repeated value from : REUSE
39
Replaceable shoe parts : INSOLES
42
Agrees : ASSENTS
44
Carry on : RANT
45
30's and 40's actress Anna : STEN
46
Porcine cry : OINK
49
Kind of system : CASTE
51
Weakens : SAPS
55
Popular poultry entree : CHICKENTARRAGON
58
___ hiIt (fully) : TOTHE
59
"Le veau ___" ("Faust" aria) : DOR
60
Roomy dress cut : ALINE
61
Chef's attire : APRON
62
Consume : EAT
63
Noted name in Bosnian talks : VANCE
64
Oceans, to Longfellow : DEEPS
65
Season on the Riviera : ETE
66
Lawn tool : EDGER
Down
1
"Bad mood" look : SCOWL
2
Small obligation : TITHE
3
Snitch about : RATON
4
Entree for a solitary diner : ONELOINPORKCHOP
5
Scrutinize, with "over" : PORE
6
Marathoner Alberto : SALAZAR
7
Michelangelo work : PIETA
8
Afterthoughts : ADDENDA
9
Bridge desideratum : SLAM
10
Dieter's dish : MIXEDGREENSALAD
11
A miss's equivalent : AMILE
12
Dish's companion in flight : SPOON
13
Songs of glory : HYMNS
21
Diminish : WANE
22
Foray : RAID
27
Florida city : OCALA
29
Like Eric the Red : NORSE
30
H.S. subject : SCI
31
So-called "lowest form of wit" : PUN
32
Bygone trains : ELS
34
Sally Field TV role : NUN
35
Erhard's training : EST
36
___ Plaines, III. : DES
40
Prefer follower : ENCE
41
Latecomer to a theater, maybe : STANDEE
42
Ancient fertility goddess : ASTARTE
43
Suffix with young or old : STER
46
Santa's reindeer, e.g. : OCTAD
47
"___ you're happy!" : IHOPE
48
Potassium salt : NITRE
50
Summer ermine : STOAT
52
Geriatric process : AGING
53
___ de Leon : PONCE
54
Lip curl : SNEER
56
Understands : KENS
57
Pan's opposite : RAVE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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