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New York Times, Saturday, June 25, 1994

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Across : Perscrutation
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2548/27/19928/13/20102
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2947154312630
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611.571,613877%
Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FVZ} This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Nosowsky. Saturday freshness: 57%
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© 1994, The New York Times6/25/94 ( No. 16,300 )
Across
1
Fuel source : GASPUMP
8
Cracked : QUIPPED
15
Serious lapse : AMNESIA
16
Intended for those of means : UPSCALE
17
Camerieri : WAITERS
18
Letter from St. Paul : EPISTLE
19
Companions' separator : AND
20
Missions of mercy : RESCUES
22
Breakfast company? : BED
23
March time : IDES
25
Marked for exclusion : DELED
26
Study : PORE
27
Undercover agent, in slang : NARCO
29
Carried out : DID
30
Perscrutation : PROBE
31
Old "Matter of Fact" columnist : ALSOP
33
Deserted : ALONE
34
5O's bash? : GOLDENJUBILEE
37
Back matter : INDEX
38
Low bridge bid, informally : ONENO
39
Extraordinary : SUPER
40
Korean War flier : MIG
41
Deli turnover : KNISH
45
Covered up : CLAD
46
Welcome surprise : BONUS
48
Lead-in for jail or pot : GOTO
49
Slow down the mus. : RIT
50
Play mainly for defense : PUNTING
52
Northernmost city of ancient Palestine : DAN
53
It may hang by the neck : EARRING
55
Kind of Emmy : DAYTIME
57
Names, officially : ANOINTS
58
Noble clothing, once : ERMINES
59
Most temperate : MILDEST
60
Rappelling : DESCENT
Down
1
Arthurian knight : GAWAIN
2
Mother in "The Glass Menagerie" : AMANDA
3
Duke of the old Dodgers : SNIDER
4
Fit of pique : PET
5
Druggie : USER
6
In a rut : MIRED
7
Relayed : PASSEDON
8
In a line : QUEUED
9
Hiked : UPPED
10
Keb and Nut's daughter : ISIS
11
AT's XT's etc. : PCS
12
"Ain't That a Shame" singer, 1955 : PATBOONE
13
Newswoman born in Bryan, Tex. : ELLERBEE
14
Clinton press secretary Myers : DEEDEE
21
Place to be taken : CLIPJOINT
24
Burned : SCALDED
26
Drag out : PROLONG
28
Anterior : OLDER
30
Shoot at casually : PLINK
32
Survey checkoff : SEX
33
See 44 Down : ABE
34
Big Apple V.I.P. : GIULIANI
35
Doing recon : ONPATROL
36
Without much to go on : UNGUIDED
39
Thigh-slapper : SCREAM
40
Shared by, to Shakespeare : MONGST
42
First-aid kit item : IODINE
43
Bee's target : STAMEN
44
With 33 Down, Presidential epithet : HONEST
46
Some sacrificial offerings : BUNTS
47
It's a trap : SNARE
50
Lonesome one : PINE
51
Aerobics habitats : GYMS
54
Clear : RID
56
Oddity : TIC

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later.

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