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New York Times, Wednesday, June 8, 1994

Author:
A.J. Santora
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Contradict
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A. J. Santora

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 193 for Mr. Santora. Wednesday freshness: 77%
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© 1994, The New York Times6/8/94 ( No. 16,283 )
Across
1
Rustic lodging, informally : BANDB
6
The Fighting Tigers: Abbr. : LSU
9
Bust : TORSO
14
Make ___ out of (contradict) : ALIAR
15
Rustic lodging : INN
16
"... partridge in ___ tree" : APEAR
17
"Alone" composer Brown : NACIO
18
To catch a thief : NAB
19
Yo-Yo string? : CELLO
20
With 53-Across, 1940 Reagan film : KNUTEROCKNE
23
Reagan TV series : DEATHVALLEYDAYS
27
Singer Tucker and others : TANYAS
28
Language suffix : ESE
29
On the Baltic : ASEA
30
Opposite of nord : SUD
31
Courage : HEART
33
Ultrasound is one : TEST
34
Part of NASA: Abbr. : NATL
35
___ homo : ECCE
38
Part of The Shadow's attire : CAPE
41
Yellowish red : CORAL
43
Old hand : PRO
46
Colorado Indians : UTES
47
TV frequency : UHF
48
Used a blender : PUREED
50
Much-maligned Reagan flick : BEDTIMEFORBONZO
53
See 20-Across : ALLAMERICAN
54
Contradict : BELIE
56
Certain savings, for short : IRA
57
Oil-well capper Red ___ : ADAIR
60
With no letup : ONEND
61
French seasoning : SEL
62
One of the Fab Four : RINGO
63
Piece of pie : WEDGE
64
N.F.L. scores : TDS
65
___ Hall (South Orange school) : SETON
Down
1
Prohibit : BAN
2
___ carte : ALA
3
___ Nora Charles ("Thin Man" pair) : NICKAND
4
Delicate : DAINTY
5
Uproar : BROUHAHA
6
Start of a tax form : LINEA
7
Angry dog : SNARLER
8
Dim the spirits of : UNBOLSTER
9
Exuding kitsch : TACKY
10
Scheduling break : OPENDATE
11
Dismissal : RELEASE
12
"My gal" : SAL
13
Spanish gold : ORO
21
Family room piece : TVSET
22
Middling mark : CEE
23
Drunk's affliction : DTS
24
___ Claire. Wis. : EAU
25
Affirmation : YES
26
Took a load off : SAT
32
Scientific charlatan : ALCHEMIST
34
A little bird : NESTLING
36
Isle of song : CAPRI
37
Pullman units : CLUBCARS
38
___ games (Reagan announcing job) : CUB
39
Lunched : ATE
40
Biked : PEDALED
42
Put up for sale : OFFERED
43
Kind of race : PENNANT
44
___ -de- chaussee (street level) : REZ
45
Prefix with meter : ODO
47
Thurman of "Johnny Be Good" : UMA
49
Tour assistant : ROADIE
51
___ France : ILEDE
52
Some exams : ORALS
54
Arc : BOW
55
Opposite WSW : ENE
58
Goodman's "When ___ A-Dreamin'" : IGO
59
Diminutive Reagan : RON

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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