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New York Times, Thursday, January 6, 1994

Author:
Arthur W. Palmer
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Down : Tiny imperfections
TotalDebutLatest
3911/24/19811/6/1994
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
29154450
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.455385%
Arthur W. Palmer

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KQVWXYZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 39 for Mr. Palmer. Thursday freshness: 1%
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© 1994, The New York Times1/6/94 ( No. 16,130 )
Across
1
Not piquant : BLAH
5
Israelite at the conquest of Canaan : CALEB
10
Fortune's partner : FAME
14
Rustic : RUBE
15
More than fubsy : OBESE
16
Part of an été : JUIN
17
About 17 million square miles : ASIA
18
Get even, in a way : REACT
19
Germany's Oscar : OTTO
20
Start of an adage : THEDOGTHATTROTS
23
Infamous Ugandan : IDI
24
"The Third Man" director : REED
25
Subservient : TAMED
28
Mash : PAP
30
Computer code : ASCII
34
Son of Hera : ARES
35
Type of window : DORMER
37
Mason's aid : HOD
38
Cornishman : CELT
39
Web-footed animal : OTTER
40
Use a whetstone : HONE
41
Four-time Japanese P.M. : ITO
42
Mugs : STEINS
43
Tag words : ASIS
44
Tithing : TENTH
46
ABC, for short : NET
47
Making a stand? : ERECT
48
1905 Secretary of State : ROOT
50
Shoshone : UTE
51
End of the adage : ABOUTFINDSABONE
59
Word with fire or no : SALE
60
Paris official : MAIRE
61
Pop singer Burdon : ERIC
62
Some charts : PIES
63
Essence : ATTAR
64
Late-night star : LENO
65
Fly ash : SOOT
66
Some homes : NESTS
67
Crackpot : LOON
Down
1
Prankster : BRAT
2
Rummy : LUSH
3
Anne Nichols stage hero : ABIE
4
Exciting to the max : HEADIEST
5
Welsh dog : CORGI
6
Incite : ABET
7
Wife of Jacob : LEAH
8
Steep slope : ESCARPMENT
9
Actress Davis : BETTE
10
Oslo and others : FJORDS
11
Taurus or Aries, e.g. : AUTO
12
Paw : MITT
13
Western Electric founder ___ Barton : ENOS
21
Preternatural : ODD
22
Binge : TEAR
25
Wordless : TACIT
26
Alpine feature : ARETE
27
Item in a patch : MELON
28
Make powerful : POTENTIATE
29
Big-band name : ARTIE
31
X'd : CHOSE
32
Type of column : IONIC
33
Words of explanation : IDEST
35
"i" piece? : DOT
36
Oral stumbles : ERS
40
Wood hyacinth : HAREBELL
42
Type of gun : SHOT
45
Like best friends : TRUEST
47
Theta preceder : ETA
49
Isle___ : OFMAN
50
Patrons : USERS
51
Indiana Jones perils : ASPS
52
Actor Scott : BAIO
53
Stick in the fridge? : OLEO
54
Tiny imperfections : NITS
55
"Darn it all!" : DRAT
56
Nabisco product : OREO
57
El ___ : NINO
58
Coll. course : ECON

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

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