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New York Times, Wednesday, August 17, 1994

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
19-Across : Tributary
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Robert H. Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Wolfe. Wednesday freshness: 33%
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© 1994, The New York Times8/17/94 ( No. 16,353 )
Across
1
Funeral stand : BIER
5
Lick : TAN
8
A little night music : TAPS
12
Like matzoh : UNLEAVENED
16
Della's creator : ERLE
17
18th-century monarch, too familiarly? : FREDDIETHEGREAT
19
Tributary : FEEDER
20
Residents of Meshed : IRANIANS
21
Still : YET
22
Miss Merkel : UNA
23
Baby food : PAP
26
Items that are piled : RUGS
29
Overwhelms : SWAMPS
34
Shah Jahan's building site : AGRA
36
Salve base : ALOE
38
Ennoble : EXALT
39
Lake Ontario outlet, too familiarly? : SAINTLARRYRIVER
42
Indian follower : HINDU
43
TV's Ricky : DESI
44
Tangent's cousin : SINE
45
Shenanigans : ANTICS
47
Frond holder : STEM
49
It makes towels plushy : NAP
50
Indy 500 advertiser : STP
52
Actress Thompson : LEA
54
Available, as retail goods : ATSTORES
59
Bill collector : DUNNER
63
Architectural refinement, too familiarly? : QUEENANNIESTYLE
65
Press for : URGE
66
Took orders, in a way : WAITRESSED
67
By and by : ANON
68
Bygone platters : LPS
69
Those for : YEAS
Down
1
Bare skin : BUFF
2
Concerning, at law : INRE
3
Robt. ___ : ELEE
4
Singer Helen : REDDY
5
Athletic supporter? : TEE
6
Against : ANTI
7
Indian leader : NEHRU
8
Actress Garr : TERI
9
Vicinage : AREA
10
Map out : PLAN
11
Goes down : SETS
13
"Do, ___, a female..." : ADEER
14
Kind of reality : VIRTUAL
15
Academic heads : DEANS
18
Beaver, for one : GNAWER
23
Turkish bigwig : PASHA
24
In addition : AGAIN
25
Art sale item : PRINT
27
Wrap name : GLAD
28
Chafed places : SORES
30
W.W.II foe : AXIS
31
Know-it-all : MAVIN
32
Full assemblies : PLENA
33
Pharyngeal invader : STREP
35
"The King ___" : ANDI
37
Aforetime : ERST
40
University of Arizona site : TUCSON
41
Surrenderer : YIELDER
46
Last item? : STRAW
48
Verdun's river : MEUSE
51
Jail-related : PENAL
53
Overeager : ANTSY
54
Greenish-blue : AQUA
55
Crank : TURN
56
Utah's state flower : SEGO
57
Adult-to-be : TEEN
58
Small cut : SNIP
60
Letters from Wall Street : NYSE
61
Parmenides's birthplace : ELEA
62
Stop lights : REDS
64
Como's "___ Impossible" : ITS

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

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