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New York Times, Friday, September 23, 1994

Author:
Bryant White
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : Flora and fauna
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Bryant White

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JYZ} This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. White. Friday freshness: 22%
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© 1994, The New York Times9/23/94 ( No. 16,390 )
Across
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Producer Ponti : CARLO
6
Madras mister : SRI
9
Ruinous : FATAL
14
Southeast Asia product : OPIUM
15
Perfect rating : TEN
16
Make ___ (get tagged, e.g., in baseball) : ANOUT
17
Month before lyar : NISAN
18
Soft-toned flutes : RECORDERS
20
A STEIN'S LIQUEUR (anag.) : TEQUILASUNRISE
22
Shields for men-at-arms : ECUS
23
Parodists : APERS
24
Left on the farm : HAW
26
Bishopric : SEE
27
Recipe meas. : TSP
28
Flora and fauna : BIOTA
30
Black tea : BOHEA
32
Coat : VENEER
33
This puzzle's theme : MIXEDDRINKS
35
Some Arabs : OMANIS
37
Poet's ponds : MERES
38
"Marriage Italian Style" star : LOREN
39
Vigor, to Virgil : VIS
40
Spotted : SAW
43
"Lord of the Rings" creature : ENT
44
Earmark : LABEL
47
Actor Robert : ALDA
48
SIPS LAGER ON GIN (anag.) : SINGAPORESLING
52
Flight : STAIRCASE
53
The deep : OCEAN
54
Finnish coin : PENNI
55
Scoreboard score : RUN
56
Thrash : BASTE
57
Firework? : ARSON
58
It makes molehills out of mountains : TNT
59
Record : ENTER
Down
1
Tales of adventure : CONTES
2
Each : APIECE
3
Blue : RISQUE
4
Island feasts : LUAUS
5
Prefix with science : OMNI
6
Short of cash, informally : STRAPPED
7
Candy manufacturer Harry : REESE
8
Acquire : INCUR
9
Actor Jamie : FARR
10
TheBeatles' "___ Love Her" : ANDI
11
Pavlova's slippers : TOESHOES
12
Golden : AUREATE
13
Capt.'s subordinates : LTS
19
Common buttons : ONS
21
They may be batted : LASHES
25
Type of paint : WAR
27
Botulin, e.g. : TOXIN
28
Czech statesman Eduard : BENES
29
Signs, in away : INKS
30
Twining plant stem : BINE
31
Benbow or Farragut: Abbr. : ADM
32
Macho : VIRILE
33
1938 "invaders" : MARTIANS
34
Deeply respectful : REVERENT
35
Violinist Bull : OLE
36
Chimera or Sphinx : MONSTER
40
Most cunning : SLIEST
41
Congenitally attached : ADNATE
42
Much-soughtafter baseball card : WAGNER
44
Varnish ingredient : LAC
45
In pieces : APART
46
Warrant officer : BOSUN
47
___ Highway : ALCAN
49
El ___ (weather phenomenon) : NINO
50
Jack-o'-lantern feature : GRIN
51
"___ it" ("Amen") : SOBE
52
Belgian resort town : SPA

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

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