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New York Times, Friday, May 26, 1995

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Spanish wine bag
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQW} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Ross. Friday freshness: 79%
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© 1995, The New York Times5/26/95 ( No. 16,635 )
Across
1
1990 U.S. Open tennis winner : SABATINI
9
Start of dirty pool? : CESS
13
Wipe out : ERADICATE
15
Guitarist Eddie Van ___ : HALEN
17
Broker : MIDDLEMAN
18
Show ring : ARENA
19
River to the Danube : ISAR
20
Infrequency : SELDOMNESS
22
Times abroad : ETES
24
Destroy : RIPUP
25
Set (against) : PIT
26
Piggery : STY
28
Football filler : AIR
29
Spanish wine bag : BOTA
30
Darlene's TV mom : ROSEANNE
33
"The wage of ___ death": Romans : SINIS
34
Award won by Woodrow Wilson : NOBELPEACEPRIZE
36
Actress Woodard : ALFRE
37
Brunch entree : OMELETTE
38
Markers : IOUS
39
Dijon donkey : ANE
40
Prussian pronoun : ICH
41
Magazine revenue source : ADS
42
Venturing, after "on" : ADARE
44
Adoption agcy. : SPCA
47
Interior work : DECORATING
50
Sgt. Friday's employer : LAPD
52
Laud : EXALT
53
Catalyst : ACTIVATOR
55
Stiff hairs : SETAE
56
Refreshment stand order : LARGECOKE
57
Chamber workers: Abbr. : SENS
58
Straightened up : NEATENED
Down
1
Big rig : SEMI
2
Dawn : ARISE
3
Without a talent for : BADAT
4
Mail-order employees : ADDRESSERS
5
Up to : TIL
6
Beach treats : ICES
7
Finger pointer : NAMER
8
Rudolph Giuliani, e.g. : ITALIANAMERICAN
9
Winner : CHAMP
10
Take home : EARN
11
Take time for a decision : SLEEPONIT
12
Attune : SENSITIZE
14
Sofa flanker : ENDPIECE
16
Connors contemporary : NASTASE
21
Tommy Dorsey chart topper "___ Love" : OUR
23
Archaeological find : STELE
27
Mouth off : YAP
29
Origin : BIRTHPLACE
30
Desk organizers : ROLODEXES
31
Cloud : OBFUSCATE
32
Just born : NEONATAL
33
Architect's info : SPECS
34
Aquatic nymphs : NAIADES
35
Samuel's predecessor : ELI
39
Oklahoma city : ADA
42
Commedia dell'___ : ARTES
43
___ nous : ENTRE
45
Start of a Tennessee Williams title : CATON
46
A pig in ___ : APOKE
48
Wang Lung's wife, in fiction : OLAN
49
Prefix with cycle : GIGA
51
Stowe novel : DRED
54
Dachshund doc : VET

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3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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