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New York Times, Thursday, September 1, 1994

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Lab containers
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2548/27/19928/13/20102
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2947154312630
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
611.571,613877%
Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Nosowsky. Thursday freshness: 20%
1
R
2
A
3
J
4
A
5
H
6
S
7
A
8
L
9
A
10
P
11
A
12
C
13
A
B
O
V
E
14
I
P
S
O
F
15
A
C
T
O
16
W
A
T
E
R
17
T
E
S
T
T
U
B
E
S
18
S
E
19
W
E
D
20
O
E
D
21
A
22
C
23
E
24
T
E
M
25
A
F
R
I
26
C
27
A
28
N
29
L
A
N
30
A
I
S
31
S
R
T
A
32
O
N
E
33
I
T
A
S
C
A
34
I
C
H
35
C
O
D
A
36
B
A
C
H
37
Y
38
A
Z
O
O
39
U
L
A
R
40
A
L
T
E
41
G
R
E
42
U
43
R
B
A
N
E
44
B
O
O
45
B
O
A
S
46
G
I
A
N
T
S
47
A
G
R
48
E
E
O
N
49
P
H
D
50
T
E
T
51
R
F
D
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A
R
T
E
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L
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B
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A
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T
M
O
B
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I
L
E
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S
I
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E
60
G
61
E
62
S
A
L
A
R
Y
C
A
P
63
U
N
D
E
R
64
A
R
C
65
E
E
K
S
66
P
O
S
E
R
© 1994, The New York Times9/1/94 ( No. 16,368 )
Across
1
Bombay V.I.P. : RAJAH
6
Hacienda part : SALA
10
Money grp. : PAC
13
With 16-Across, financially O.K. : ABOVE
14
By its very nature : IPSOFACTO
16
See 13-Across : WATER
17
Lab containers : TESTTUBES
18
Hemmed : SEWED
20
James Murray work: Abbr. : OED
21
Air hero : ACE
24
Pro ___ : TEM
25
Kind of violet : AFRICAN
29
Hawaiian verandas : LANAIS
31
Cousin of a mlle. : SRTA
32
Inseparable : ONE
33
Lake ___ (Mississippi's source) : ITASCA
34
German "I" : ICH
35
Musical ending : CODA
36
Composer with a clavier : BACH
37
Mississippi waterway : YAZOO
39
Gland finale? : ULAR
40
Der ___ (Adenauer) : ALTE
41
Coll. srs. exam : GRE
42
Sophisticated : URBANE
44
Scare word : BOO
45
Jungle squeezers : BOAS
46
California team : GIANTS
47
Approve : AGREEON
49
The nth degree? : PHD
50
Festival time : TET
51
Postal abbr. : RFD
52
Soviet workers' cooperative : ARTEL
54
Robin's transport : BATMOBILE
58
See 63-Across : SIEGE
62
Cost containment measure : SALARYCAP
63
With 58-Across, blockaded : UNDER
64
Firecracker's path : ARC
65
Fun-house cries : EEKS
66
Pretender : POSER
Down
1
Green : RAW
2
"The ___ Daba Honeymoon" : ABA
3
Write a bit : JOT
4
Former ova : AVES
5
Abelard, e.g. : HERETIC
6
Rushed : SPED
7
Balaam's beast : ASS
8
See 9-Down : LOTOFTHOUGHT
9
With 8-Down, a reply's start : AFTERA
10
Banned chemical compound : PCB
11
Had a little lamb : ATE
12
Lettuce variety : COS
14
Agenda listing : ITEM
15
German import : AUDI
19
See 45-Down : WESAYGOODBYE
21
Legendary Arabian hero : ALIBABA
22
Make a list : CATALOG
23
Doer : ENACTOR
25
With a bow, musically : ARCO
26
Radiator fluid : COOLANT
27
Faster than adagio : ANDANTE
28
Least remote : NEAREST
30
Late apartheid opponent : ASHE
31
Appraises, with "up" : SIZES
35
Sierra Maestra country : CUBA
38
Flaherty's "Man of ___" : ARAN
43
Takes the elevator, perhaps : RIDESUP
45
With 19-Down, predeparture words : BEFORE
48
Author Bombeck : ERMA
49
Make ready, informally : PREP
52
"Poor pitiful me!" : ALAS
53
Prefix with type : LINO
54
Merit badge grp. : BSA
55
Swiss river : AAR
56
Hosp. attention : TLC
57
Word of disgust : ICK
59
Both Begleys : EDS
60
"Huh!" : GEE
61
Sin : ERR

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

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