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New York Times, Tuesday, July 26, 1994

Author:
Joan Yanofsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Across : Military encounter
TotalDebutLatest
57/26/199411/30/2004
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.601310%
Joan Yanofsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FQ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Yanofsky. Tuesday freshness: 39%
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© 1994, The New York Times7/26/94 ( No. 16,331 )
Across
1
Petite or jumbo : SIZE
5
Gobs : SLEW
9
Final Four rounds : SEMIS
14
Composer Satie : ERIK
15
___ avail : TONO
16
Gather into folds : PLEAT
17
Fashionable African land? : CAPEVERDE
19
Chain of hills : RIDGE
20
Till compartment : ONES
21
Tartarus captive, in myth : IXION
22
Military encounter : ACTION
25
___ projection (map system) : CONIC
27
Escargots : SNAILS
28
Embarrassment : CHAGRIN
30
Accede (to) : AGREE
31
Places of refuge : LAIRS
32
Neither's partner : NOR
34
"The Twilight of the ___" : GODS
35
Unites : WELDS
36
Deal (out) : METE
37
___ Lanka : SRI
38
Birdie beater : EAGLE
39
"Give My Regards to Broadway" composer : COHAN
40
Meeting musts : AGENDAS
42
"Canterbury Tales" inn : TABARD
43
Gabriel, e.g. : ANGEL
44
Curmudgeon-like : CRUSTY
45
Composer Duparc : HENRI
47
Courts : WOOS
48
"___ Cowboy" : URBAN
49
Fashionable state? : NEWJERSEY
54
Enact : STAGE
55
Zone : AREA
56
Arched recess : APSE
57
"Flowers for Algernon" author Daniel : KEYES
58
"... leave no ___ unstoned" : TERN
59
Haydn's "Nelson," for one : MASS
Down
1
Wine description : SEC
2
George's lyricist brother : IRA
3
Address part : ZIP
4
___ out a living : EKE
5
Some temps : STENOS
6
"Two Women" Oscar winner : LOREN
7
Remnants : ENDS
8
Tale of ___ : WOE
9
Naiads' homes : SPRINGS
10
Donizetti's "The ___ of Love" : ELIXIR
11
Fashionable Canadian city? : MEDICINEHAT
12
"Othello" villain : IAGO
13
Actress Anna : STEN
18
Curtain fabric : VOILE
22
Silky-haired cat : ANGORA
23
Fashionable Welsh body of water? : CARDIGANBAY
24
Bonds : TIES
25
Scold : CHIDE
26
Rest on one's ___ : OARS
27
Is weary : SAGS
28
Summons : CALLS
29
Person with a seal : NOTARY
31
Kind of tender : LEGAL
33
Rip : REND
35
1977 Wimbledon champ : WADE
36
Crowds around : MOBS
38
Turbojet and others : ENGINES
39
Movement : CAUSE
41
Infuriate : ENRAGE
42
Paris or Hector : TROJAN
44
Cringe : COWER
45
Corn covering : HUSK
46
Russian-born designer : ERTE
47
"___ off to see..." : WERE
49
King Cole : NAT
50
Computer capacity, for short : RAM
51
Site of rejuvenation : SPA
52
Double twist : ESS
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"You bet!" : YES

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