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New York Times, Friday, July 22, 1994

Author:
Raymond Hamel
Editor:
Will Shortz
62-Across : Sponge
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
271/22/19946/19/20061
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3442446
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6015145%
Raymond Hamel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {XYZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Hamel. Friday freshness: 89%
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© 1994, The New York Times7/22/94 ( No. 16,327 )
Across
1
Grinder : PEPPERMILL
11
Magistrate in Dryden's "Absalom and Achitophel" : AGAG
15
Sultry star of "A Man and a Woman" : ANOUKAIMEE
16
Western wolf : LOBO
17
Copying, with "after" : PATTERNING
18
Shake, in away : LOSE
19
911 abbr. : EMS
20
Splinter group : SECT
21
Brown baggers? : WINOS
22
Old Portuguese coins : REIS
24
Pet nickname : DEARIE
27
Dockworkers' grp. : ILA
28
Postman's challenge : SLEET
30
1981. Rolling Stones hit : STARTMEUP
32
Short-bodied dog : PUG
34
Franck detective ___ Clovis Desire Pel : EVARISTE
35
It won't go along for the ride : JETSAM
38
Make balance : EQUATE
39
Reflecting reality as a single unit : MONISTIC
41
Prefix with metrics : ISO
42
Shelf coverings : OILCLOTHS
44
1961 fad, with "the" : TWIST
48
Messenger ___ : RNA
49
Lauder et al. : ESTEES
51
Unescorted : SOLO
52
Brand advertised as "two mints in one" : CERTS
54
Proceedings : ACTA
56
Ruckus : DIN
57
Sharpen, as a knife : EDGE
58
Would-be journeyman : APPRENTICE
61
Actor Mischa : AUER
62
Sponge : FREELOADER
63
Passe hairstyle : UPDO
64
Not the reigning champs : CONTENDERS
Down
1
Print media : PAPERS
2
Canine's coat : ENAMEL
3
Richie's TV buddy : POTSIE
4
Shot or well follower : PUT
5
Squeezes (out) : EKES
6
Stood up, in dialect : RARED
7
Walks primly : MINCES
8
Look like : IMITATE
9
Dawson of football : LEN
10
Part of a journey : LEG
11
1973 hit "___ Know" : ALLI
12
Most thuggish : GOONIEST
13
Sheer : ABSOLUTE
14
Gets overexcited : GOESAPE
21
Half a coin motto : WETRUST
23
Type of tank : SEPTIC
25
Like some reviews : RAVE
26
Kirkuk denizen : IRAQI
29
Scraps : TUSSLES
31
Cat cries : MIAOWS
33
Los ___, Calif. : GATOS
35
Enlisted : JOINEDUP
36
Swollen : ENLARGED
37
Chef's protector : MITT
39
Passage of poetry or music : MORCEAU
40
Depreciate : CHEAPEN
43
Like some identities : SECRET
45
Silver ___ (cloud seed) : IODIDE
46
Kitchen gadget : SLICER
47
Cosmetic preparations : TONERS
50
Stone marker : STELE
53
Mr. T's real name : TERO
55
Pretty soon : ANON
58
Half the N.F.L.: Abbr. : AFC
59
Turn ___ (start making money) : PRO
60
Tiny bit : TAD

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

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