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New York Times, Tuesday, June 21, 1994

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Will Shortz
21-Across : Lift, as ice or oysters
TotalDebutLatest
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Betty Jorgensen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 73 for Ms. Jorgensen. Tuesday freshness: 22%
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© 1994, The New York Times6/21/94 ( No. 16,296 )
Across
1
Incarcerate : JAIL
5
Wife, in Madrid : ESPOSA
11
U.S./U.K. divider : ATL
14
Wearer of an aiguillette : AIDE
15
Warehouse charge : STORAGEFEE
17
Start of a quip : PRODUCINGXRATED
19
Slippery swimmer : EEL
20
Axis end : POLE
21
Lift, as ice or oysters : TONG
22
Ilk : SORT
23
Enormous : IMMENSE
26
Stress : ACCENT
29
"McSorley's Bar" painter John : SLOAN
30
Good earth : LOAM
31
New Zealand native : MAORI
32
Family V.I.P.'s : MAS
35
Middle of the quip : MOVIESISNODOUBT
39
Pigpen : STY
40
Brainy group : MENSA
41
Something to cop : PLEA
42
Mork's gal : MINDY
43
Like schlock : CHEESY
45
Extra leaves : INSERTS
48
Ireland's ___ Islands : ARAN
49
Spread for a spread : PATE
50
Manchurian border river : AMUR
51
Sunny day production : HAY
54
End of the quip : ARISQUEBUSINESS
59
Starlet's hope : SCREENTEST
60
Lackawanna's partner in railroads : ERIE
61
Draft agcy. : SSS
62
Dallas's ___ Plaza : DEALEY
63
Become tiresome : WEAR
Down
1
Rib : JAPE
2
Yorkshire river : AIRE
3
Worshiped one : IDOL
4
Rock's ___ Zeppelin : LED
5
Police accompaniment : ESCORT
6
Clown's prop : STILT
7
Corn bread : PONE
8
Assn. : ORG
9
Writer Rohmer : SAX
10
Farming: Abbr. : AGR
11
"Flow gently, sweet___": Burns : AFTON
12
Coming-of-age period : TEENS
13
Shelf : LEDGE
16
Consumed : EATEN
18
"___ the Roof" (1963 hit) : UPON
22
It's good for the long haul : SEMI
23
Actress Massey : ILONA
24
Filipino : MORO
25
Hotel housekeeper : MAID
26
Pauper's cry : ALMS
27
Old feller : COOT
28
Guinea pig : CAVY
29
Impertinent : SASSY
31
Obeys : MINDS
32
House slipper : MULE
33
Lincoln and Vigoda : ABES
34
Dog command : STAY
36
Head of Abu Dhabi : EMIR
37
Shipped : SENT
38
Unguarded, as a receiver : OPEN
42
Reagan Attorney General : MEESE
43
Like a curmudgeon : CRUSTY
44
Mata ___ : HARI
45
Bridge declaration : IPASS
46
D.E.A. workers : NARCS
47
Swizzles : STIRS
48
Provide divertissement : AMUSE
50
Soviet spy Rudolf : ABEL
51
Now's partner : HERE
52
Siberia's site : ASIA
53
River of Flanders : YSER
55
Proof's ending : QED
56
Half of deux : UNE
57
Seventh Greek letter : ETA
58
Like a crescent moon : NEW

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

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