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New York Times, Friday, July 14, 1995

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Across : Armchair activity, colloquially
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Norris. Friday freshness: 48%
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© 1995, The New York Times7/14/95 ( No. 16,684 )
Across
1
Some cards : SPADES
7
Bodybuilder's concern : BICEPS
13
Ricocheted : CAROMED
15
Central American capital : MANAGUA
16
Fashionable : ALAMODE
17
"___ Swings" (1965 Roger Miller hit) : ENGLAND
18
Armchair necessities for 46 Across : REMOTECONTROLS
20
Thomas Moore subject : ERIN
21
Something to lend or bend : EAR
22
Imbues with gravity : SOBERS
26
Kind of sauce : TERIYAKI
31
Hermitage figures : CZARS
32
"Platoon" actor : SHEEN
33
Bit : TAD
34
Solar warmers : RAYS
35
Word with house or mouse : FIELD
36
Like summer days, often : LAZY
37
W.W. II locale, in brief : IWO
38
Novi Sad natives : SERBS
39
___ Gables : CORAL
40
Burial places : MAUSOLEA
42
Antibody producers : TOXINS
43
To a fault : TOO
44
Ho do : LUAU
46
Armchair activity, colloquially : CHANNELSURFING
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Add one's two cents' worth : CHIMEIN
54
Furniture worker : STAINER
55
Anticipate : FORESEE
56
Astor Cup competition, e.g. : REGATTA
57
Gets wind of : SCENTS
58
Flip again : RETOSS
Down
1
Deface : SCAR
2
Blanch : PALE
3
Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
4
Major ending : DOMO
5
Thespians, perhaps : EMOTERS
6
Spring rituals : SEDERS
7
Joked : BANTERED
8
Lodge : INGRAIN
9
Weight watcher's concern: Var. : CALORY
10
On even terms, old-style : EGAL
11
Puzzle clues, sometimes : PUNS
12
Inferior, as an excuse : SAD
14
Numerical prefix : DECI
15
Lavatory sign : MEN
19
Alert : ONTHEBALL
22
Curtain fabric : SCRIM
23
Boston Symphony maestro : OZAWA
24
Mississippi feature : BAYOU
25
Uncertain syllables : ERS
27
Moves via twists : EELS
28
___ 2600 (old game-playing machine) : ATARI
29
"East of Eden" director : KAZAN
30
Eclogues : IDYLS
32
Archaic form of address : SIRE
35
Rap sheet list : FELONIES
36
Breakfast delicacy : LOX
38
Next available : SOONEST
39
Mettle : COURAGE
41
Floral organ : STAMEN
42
Not as slack : TAUTER
45
Country in a 1969 Beatles song : USSR
46
Ice-cream flav. : CHOC
47
Take on : HIRE
48
Ship's heading : ENE
49
Edict : FIAT
50
Wild about : INTO
51
New Jersey five : NETS
52
Mardi ___ : GRAS
53
Baseball positions: Abbr. : CFS

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

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