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New York Times, Tuesday, May 31, 1994

Author:
Roger H. Courtney
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : Le Sage's "Gil ___"
TotalDebutLatest
134/16/198611/6/1995
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0212224
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.45111021%
Roger H. Courtney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Courtney. Tuesday freshness: 40%
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© 1994, The New York Times5/31/94 ( No. 16,275 )
Across
1
Cremona violinmaker : AMATI
6
Henri's squeeze : AMIE
10
Tennis units : SETS
14
Quarrel : RUNIN
15
Stadium protests : BOOS
16
Wynken, BIynken and Nod, e.g. : TRIO
17
Criticize a prizefight? : KNOCKABOUT
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Small brook : RILL
20
Transgression : SIN
21
Blackmailed : BLED
22
Cold stick : ICICLE
24
Le Sage's "Gil ___" : BLAS
25
One way to run : AMOK
26
Instruments for Rostropovich : CELLOS
29
Economic hostility : TRADEWAR
33
Poet T.S. : ELIOT
34
Trumpeter Al : HIRT
35
___ morgana (mirage) : FATA
36
Highway caution : SLOW
37
Skater Sonja : HENIE
38
Late king of Norway : OLAV
39
"I ___ Got Nobody" (20's hit) : AINT
40
Mare's feed : OATS
41
Jacques, in song : FRERE
42
Rings loudly : RESOUNDS
44
Bell's signal : TOCSIN
45
Itineraries: Abbr. : RTES
46
Handed-down stories : LORE
47
Expensive : PRICEY
50
Bit : IOTA
51
Word with date or process : DUE
54
Imitator Little : RICH
55
Boxing commission? : PUNCHBOARD
58
Medicinal plant : ALOE
59
Killer whale : ORCA
60
"Happy Birthday" medium : ICING
61
Cravings : YENS
62
Shade of blue : TEAL
63
Cup of the French : TASSE
Down
1
Clumsy boats : ARKS
2
Actor Paul : MUNI
3
Ever and ___ : ANON
4
Idiosyncrasy : TIC
5
Imagination tester : INKBLOT
6
French clergymen : ABBES
7
"___ Indigo" : MOOD
8
Chit : IOU
9
Guesswork : ESTIMATE
10
How hard Riddick Bowe can hit? : STRIKEFORCE
11
Rock star Clapton : ERIC
12
Cash drawer : TILL
13
Fileted fish : SOLE
18
"What a pity!" : ALAS
23
Delivery letters : COD
24
Items used in "light" boxing? : BLOWTORCHES
25
"Mrs. ___ Goes to Paris" : ARRIS
26
Actor Romero : CESAR
27
"Dallas" matriarch Miss ___ : ELLIE
28
Detroit footballers : LIONS
29
Hues : TINTS
30
Charles's princedom : WALES
31
Old name in game arcades : ATARI
32
"Nevermore" quoter : RAVEN
34
Call at a coin flip : HEADS
37
Winnie-the-Pooh receptacle : HONEYPOT
41
Awhile : FORABIT
43
Shoshonean : UTE
44
Humorist Lazlo : TOTH
46
Not an express : LOCAL
47
Devoutly wish : PRAY
48
Annoy : RILE
49
Religious image : ICON
50
Peruvian Indian : INCA
51
Speaker's spot : DAIS
52
Coffee dispensers : URNS
53
Fisher's "Postcards From the ___" : EDGE
56
Suffix with fail : URE
57
Wood sorrel : OCA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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