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New York Times, Tuesday, June 14, 1994

Author:
Jonathan Schmatzbach
Editor:
Will Shortz
57-Across : Mining area
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
312/15/19945/16/20181
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131512000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5211218%
Jonathan Schmalzbach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Schmalzbach. Tuesday freshness: 38%
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© 1994, The New York Times6/14/94 ( No. 16,289 )
Across
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Mercury or Mars : GOD
4
Good old boy : BUBBA
9
Double-crosser : SNEAK
14
1979. film "Norma ___" : RAE
15
W.W.I battle site : YPRES
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Pomme de ___ (French potato) : TERRE
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Modern bank "employee": Abbr. : ATM
18
"___ in Venice" : DEATH
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Feeling regret : RUING
20
Night photographer's work, with "a"? : SHOTINTHEDARK
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Common connectors : ANDS
24
Bother : ADO
25
Wears well : LASTS
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Kind of budget : BALANCED
32
Dustin, in "Midnight Cowboy" : RATSO
33
Actress Ward of "Sisters" : SELA
34
Exist : ARE
35
Like an inept photographer's subject? : OUTOFTHEPICTURE
39
Christina's dad : ARI
40
Snoop Doggy Dogg songs : RAPS
41
Ploys : RUSES
42
Indy and Daytona : RACEWAYS
45
Classified : RATED
46
Sleep stage: Abbr. : REM
47
Family member : AUNT
48
Photojournalists' choices? : SNAPDECISIONS
54
"___ Paradiso" (1966 film) : HOTEL
56
Catalyst : AGENT
57
Mining area : PIT
58
"___ of robins in her hair" : ANEST
59
San ___, Calif. : MATEO
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Chemical suffix : ENE
61
Mill, to a cent : TENTH
62
Embellish : ADORN
63
___ Guinea : NEW
Down
1
Fat, in France : GRAS
2
Vow : OATH
3
Floor model : DEMO
4
Owing to : BYDINTOF
5
Defeats : UPENDS
6
Imps : BRATS
7
One of the March sisters : BETH
8
Netman Arthur : ASHE
9
Road, in Roma : STRADA
10
Reflex messenger : NEURON
11
Composer Satie : ERIK
12
Prince Valiant's son : ARN
13
Fraternity party staple : KEG
21
"Jerusalem Delivered" poet : TASSO
22
___ Lama : DALAI
25
Author Esquivel : LAURA
26
Greek : ATTIC
27
Computer sounds : BEEPS
28
Swiss range : ALPS
29
Trigger : CAUSE
30
Fumbled : ERRED
31
Grades below the curve : DEES
32
Surf sound : ROAR
33
Open carriage : SHAY
36
Chaplin persona : TRAMP
37
Shadow-y surname? : CRANSTON
38
___ -frutti : TUTTI
43
One of the Gallos : ERNEST
44
Affluence : WEALTH
45
Spoiler : RUINER
47
Vinegar: Prefix : ACETO
48
British gun : STEN
49
Lady of Spain : DAMA
50
"Holy moly!" : EGAD
51
Unrestricted : OPEN
52
Supreme Court complement : NINE
53
Brood : STEW
54
Topper : HAT
55
Single : ONE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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