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New York Times, Thursday, September 22, 1994

Author:
George Quincy
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Across : Company V.I.P.'s
TotalDebut
19/22/1994
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0000100
ScrabDebutFresh
1.46322%
George Quincy

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 44 Missing: {FHJXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Quincy. Thursday freshness: 10%
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M
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© 1994, The New York Times9/22/94 ( No. 16,389 )
Across
1
___ at Work : MEN
4
Diesel-engine submarine : EBOAT
9
Hindu title of address : SRI
12
The "A" in U.A.R. : ARAB
14
Bull: Prefix : TAURI
15
Pole : SPAR
16
First name in humor : ERMA
17
13-Down musical form : TRIOSONATA
19
Kigali's land : RWANDA
21
Soak again : REWET
22
Company V.I.P.'s : CEOS
24
Stately 13-Down dance : SARABANDE
26
Americano : YANQUI
28
Carried out : DID
29
Words from Caesar : ETTU
30
13-Down dance in triple meter : MINUET
34
Acid : LSD
37
Suit to ___ : ATEE
38
They often have twists : PLOTS
39
Receipts : GATE
40
Neighbor of Leb. : SYR
41
13-Down medium for Jean Baptiste Lully : BALLET
42
Reactor factor : ATOM
43
Amigo : PAL
44
Baby wrigglers : ELVERS
46
13-Down dance, in France : GAILLARDE
52
English royal house : YORK
53
Flood protection : LEVEE
54
Ornamental band : ARMLET
56
13-Down musical form : ARIADACAPO
58
Faithful : TRUE
62
Female deer : DOES
63
___ -Bismol : PEPTO
64
Prefix with Disney : EURO
65
Snaky shape : ESS
66
Deuce toppers : TREYS
67
Big ___ : BEN
Down
1
Miss West : MAE
2
Slip : ERR
3
60's service site : NAM
4
Sundance Kid's girlfriend ___ Place : ETTA
5
Manger locales : BARNS
6
Literary pen name of old : OUIDA
7
Noisy : AROAR
8
Woody Herman's "___ Autumn" : TIS
9
Give rise to : SPAWN
10
Judged : RATED
11
Hot under the collar : IRATE
13
Highly embellished style : BAROQUE
15
Slammin' Sammy : SNEAD
18
Circle : ORBIT
20
Sch. of the Northwest : WSU
22
Tart-tongued : CATTY
23
Stage direction : ENTER
25
"___ Fideles" : ADESTE
26
First side to vote : YEAS
27
Old Chevrolet : IMPALA
31
"___ say!" : ILL
32
Lon ___ : NOL
33
Western Indian : UTE
34
Not now : LATER
35
Baby bird? : STORK
36
Whom Reps. run against : DEMS
39
Moderately quick 13-Down dance : GAVOTTE
41
Made hay? : BALED
43
Prayers : PLEAS
45
Drain cleaner ingredient : LYE
46
Clearing : GLADE
47
Former Houston hockey team : AEROS
48
Climbing plants : IVIES
49
Marathoner : RACER
50
Hang : DRAPE
51
Deplete : EMPTY
55
Writer Anita : LOOS
57
Inclined : APT
59
Stroke : RUB
60
Yorkshire river : URE
61
Long, long time : EON

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

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