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New York Times, Thursday, May 26, 1994

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Across : Bus. bigwigs
TotalDebutLatest
881/26/19925/15/2011
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RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
211.58657442%
Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQY} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 9 for Ms. Allis. Thursday freshness: 43%
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© 1994, The New York Times5/26/94 ( No. 16,270 )
Across
1
Use a letter opener : SLIT
5
Dadaist poet Tristan : TZARA
10
Bus. bigwigs : CEOS
14
Bear of "very little brain" : POOH
15
Grant portrayer : ASNER
16
Emerald City princess : OZMA
17
Cogwheel comparison? : ASNEATASAPINION
20
Skewers : STABS
21
Nuke : ZAP
22
Tool for Bo-Peep : CROOK
23
Focuses : AIMS
25
Emmy winner Arthur : BEA
26
Totaled car, perhaps? : HONDAACCORDION
33
Made a touchdown : LANDED
34
Got ruined in the wash : RAN
35
Manche capital : STLO
36
Sci-fi regulars : ETS
37
Quieted with Quaalude : SEDATED
40
"Do ___ say!" : ASI
41
Brews : ALES
43
Palm (off) : FOB
44
Financial success : SELLER
46
Inflamed toe cause? : HOTCROSSBUNION
49
Big Ben? : HUR
50
Mayberry boy : OPIE
51
Math discovery : PROOF
54
Nameless one : WHO
56
Nolan Ryan was one : ASTRO
60
Mega-marathon? : RUNOFTHEMILLION
63
Arabic name starter : ABUL
64
Christmas Eve flier : VIXEN
65
Eye at the beach : OGLE
66
Botch : MESS
67
Into pieces : APART
68
Source of abundance : WELL
Down
1
Spring spots : SPAS
2
Dropped, maybe : LOST
3
Isle near Mull : IONA
4
Bob Dylan back-up group : THEBAND
5
Make lace : TAT
6
Famed cop slapper : ZSAZSA
7
Anatomical loop : ANSA
8
Glean : REAP
9
Dadaist painter Hans : ARP
10
Aiken and Hilton : CONRADS
11
Basso Pinza : EZIO
12
"Typee" sequel : OMOO
13
Dropped, maybe : SANK
18
Stage remarks : ASIDES
19
Bakery worker : ICER
24
Words before "TV" or "each other" : MADEFOR
25
Crams : BONESUP
26
Hat-tipping cartoonist : HATLO
27
Start : ONSET
28
Curmudgeons : CRABS
29
Eliot's "Jenny-anydots," e.g. : CAT
30
Author Calvino : ITALO
31
The Folger Lady, Mrs. ___ : OLSEN
32
Jet, at Orly? : NOIR
33
Levi's mother : LEAH
38
Bashes : DOS
39
Defense mechanism : DENIAL
42
Swimming classes? : SCHOOLS
45
Hides : LIESLOW
47
Dennis the Menace's dog : RUFF
48
Word with baby or schuss : BOOMER
51
Surrey carriage : PRAM
52
"Mike and Ike" creator Goldberg : RUBE
53
Heavy load : ONUS
54
It's most useful when it's cracked : WHIP
55
Prefix re honeycombs : HEXA
57
Buster Brown's bulldog : TIGE
58
Kaiser, e.g. : ROLL
59
Like Nash's lama : ONEL
61
Public works inits. : TVA
62
S.& L. accrual : INT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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