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New York Times, Thursday, July 7, 1994

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : 25, e.g.
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JXZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Early. Thursday freshness: 16%
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E
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A
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V
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D
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R
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I
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P
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W
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I
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K
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V
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U
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P
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A
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Q
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U
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P
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U
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S
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O
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S
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E
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Y
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E
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A
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T
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H
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B
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G
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I
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N
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A
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E
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M
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N
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U
N
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E
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T
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S
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P
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P
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D
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U
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C
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G
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A
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N
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F
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B
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R
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O
© 1994, The New York Times7/7/94 ( No. 16,312 )
Across
1
Gutter site : EAVE
5
Insomnia cause? : DRIP
9
Marmon ___ (first auto to win the Indy 500) : WASP
13
Sick as ___ : ADOG
14
Onetime Aegean land : IONIA
16
Actress Chase : ILKA
17
Start of a quotation by 9-Down : TOLOVEONESELFIS
20
Neighbor of Braz. : URU
21
Popular machine : ATM
22
Detroit products : SEDANS
23
Kind of code : PENAL
25
25, e.g. : SQUARE
28
Runway : STRIP
30
___ -daisy : UPSY
31
Signal since 1912 : SOS
34
Indulgent : EASY
35
Sister of Selene : EOS
36
Straddling : ATOP
37
Middle of quote : THEBEGINNINGOFA
41
All ___ (attentive) : EARS
42
Zinger : MOT
43
Acht, ___, zehn : NEUN
44
1994 U.S. Open golf champion : ELS
45
Star of "Mon Oncle" : TATI
46
Tidy up : SWEEP
48
Poznan's location : POLAND
50
Seats, slangily : USHES
52
Peacock "eyes" : OCELLI
55
Addition : ELL
57
Suffix with insist : ENT
58
End of quote : LIFELONGROMANCE
62
"___ boy!" : ATTA
63
Ruth's mother-in-law : NAOMI
64
Western star Richard : EGAN
65
Admit, with "up" : FESS
66
Girlie show props : BOAS
67
Certain investor's agreement, for short : REPO
Down
1
Gobble : EATUP
2
More than appreciates : ADORES
3
1985 Tom Hanks comedy : VOLUNTEERS
4
Kind of maniac : EGO
5
Losing proposition : DIET
6
Offerings of 7-Down : ROOMS
7
Rest stop : INN
8
Noisy bird : PIE
9
See 17-Across : WILDE
10
___ Romeo : ALFA
11
Potato part : SKIN
12
Mountain route : PASS
15
1991 Sondheim show : ASSASSINS
18
Bag : VALISE
19
Like a haunted house : EERY
24
Hamas adherents : ARABS
26
San ___ : QUENTIN
27
Savvy about : UPON
29
Galatea's sculptor, in myth : PYGMALION
31
Salisbury Plain attraction : STONEHENGE
32
Comic strip reaction : OOF
33
Aix-les-Bains, e.g. : SPA
36
Chills : AGUES
37
One of 18 : TEE
38
Movie computer : HAL
39
Bit : IOTA
40
___, Minn. (1862 Sioux uprising site) : NEWULM
45
Highway robbery? : TOLL
47
Ballpoint part : PENCAP
48
Guilty and others : PLEAS
49
Stuffed deli delicacy : DERMA
51
Dictator's aide : STENO
52
One of five Norse kings : OLAF
53
Ile de la ___ : CITE
54
Salamanders : EFTS
56
Ad exec George ___ : LOIS
59
Capture : NAB
60
Gunk : GOO
61
___ Lingus : AER

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

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