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New York Times, Thursday, July 14, 1994

Author:
Daniel R. Stark
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : Bossed
TotalDebutLatest
165/18/199412/5/1998
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.473680%
Daniel R. Stark

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Stark. Thursday freshness: 91%
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© 1994, The New York Times7/14/94 ( No. 16,319 )
Across
1
It's no loss : STALEMATE
10
Grouch : CRAB
14
Where Croesus' kingdom was : ASIAMINOR
15
Cellular ___ : PHONE
16
Rabelais's amiable giant : GARGANTUA
17
Monks' hour when psalms are recited : LAUDS
18
One skilled in match play : ARSONIST
19
Kind of jumper : BUNGEE
20
"Brooklyn Bridge" actress Aquino : AMY
21
Hint : SUGGEST
22
Calls upon : VISITS
26
One of the Dionnes : MARIE
27
Skirt style : ALINE
28
Bossed : DOMINATED
32
Rembrandt's "The Noble ___" : SLAV
33
Bridge marker : PYLON
34
Thin necktie : BOLO
35
Quasimodo's love : ESMERALDA
37
Answer a charge : PLEAD
38
"I, Claudius" attire : TOGAS
39
Cal State branch site : FRESNO
40
Alley Oop and Fred Flintstone : CAVEMEN
43
Hefner's color? : HUE
44
"O tempora! ___!": Cicero : OMORES
45
Inclined : DISPOSED
50
Port near Hong Kong : MACAO
51
Plantation crop : PINEAPPLE
52
1985 film "___ Dancing!" : THATS
53
Assume : UNDERTAKE
54
Popular fashion magazine : ELLE
55
Dostoyevsky novel, with "The" : POSSESSED
Down
1
Hero's tale : SAGA
2
Peter or Nicholas : TSAR
3
Melodies : AIRS
4
Titicaca, por ejemplo : LAGO
5
Flow (from) : EMANATE
6
Pharmacists' measures : MINIMS
7
Overeager : ANTSY
8
Race track figure : TOUT
9
Baseball stat : ERA
10
Fickle : CHANGEABLE
11
It makes you blush : ROUGE
12
Inca empire locale : ANDES
13
Assail : BESET
15
Connect : PLUGIN
19
Marble worker's tool : BURIN
21
Site of a Margaret Mead study : SAMOA
22
Flower holder : VASE
23
Troubles : ILLS
24
"Anna and the King of ___" : SIAM
25
Dyed-in-the-wool : INVETERATE
26
Cheese coatings : MOLDS
28
"Blowin' in the Wind" singer : DYLAN
29
Digits : TOES
30
Dash : ELAN
31
Extinct bird : DODO
33
Leafs : PAGES
36
Lover boys : ROMEOS
37
Take steps : PREPARE
39
Railroad flares : FUSEES
40
Monte Cristo title : COMTE
41
Menotti's "___ and the Night Visitors" : AMAHL
42
Outspoken : VOCAL
43
Does : HINDS
45
Producer De Laurentiis : DINO
46
Picks, with "for" : OPTS
47
Hot springs : SPAS
48
Actress Sommer : ELKE
49
Act : DEED
51
Kind of tent : PUP

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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