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New York Times, Friday, October 28, 1994

Author:
Bryant White
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Down : Crows
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Bryant White

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 46 Missing: {QVXYZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. White. Friday freshness: 26%
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© 1994, The New York Times10/28/94 ( No. 16,425 )
Across
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Venezuelan lake or seaport : MARACAIBO
10
Lightheaded ones? : JACKOLANTERNS
14
Pastime for two : BALLROOMDANCING
16
Andean tuber : OCA
17
Tender : OFFER
18
Middling mark : CEE
19
Giant Brave : AARON
21
Drinking spree : TOOT
23
"Excuse me..." : AHEM
24
Complacent : SMUG
25
Fishermen : EELERS
27
33
Some H.S. students : SRS
34
Up-and-comers, perhaps : TALENTS
35
Detectives' discoveries: Abbr. : MOS
38
Delusion : WILLOTHEWISP
40
Wear : ATTIRE
43
This, senor : ESTA
44
Reclined : LAIN
45
Vishnu incarnation : RAMA
49
Sisters of Charity founder : SETON
50
Chronological division : ERA
51
Noblewoman : RANEE
53
River to Solway Firth : ESK
54
The Southern Crown : CORONAAUSTRALIS
59
Old means of punishment : CATONINETAILS
60
Trees with dark, fragrant wood : SANDARACS
Down
1
Year in Louis Vll's reign : MCL
2
Rubber center : AKRON
3
Gambrel, for one : ROOF
4
Overhead : ALOFT
5
Intaglio's counterpart : CAMEO
6
Male: Prefix : ANDRO
7
Give___whirl : ITA
8
Science fiction writer Bova : BEN
9
Azog or Bolg of Middle-earth : ORC
10
Green-plumed tropical bird : JACAMAR
11
Warnings, once : ALARUMS
12
Place of one's own : NICHE
13
Scorn, with "at" : SNEER
14
Crows : BOASTS
15
Screen ___ (old TV company) : GEMS
20
U.S. scientific satellite of the 60's : OGO
22
Dentures : TEETH
23
Singer Jarreau and others : ALS
26
Robert the Bruce's tongue : ERSE
28
Budge : STIR
29
More robust : HALER
30
Hoarder's goal : ALL
31
Conservative start : NEO
32
Cause of a blowup : TNT
35
Relate incorrectly : MISTELL
36
Formation of bone : OSTOSIS
37
Disciplines, in a way : SPANKS
38
Capture : WIN
39
Lilliputian : WEE
40
Smart one : ALEC
41
Old European card game : TAROC
42
Pageant prop : TIARA
46
"This is___!" (crimebuster's cry) : ARAID
47
Volcano opening : MAUNA
48
Goose genus : ANSER
49
Icy pinnacle : SERAC
52
R. & B. singer James : ETTA
55
Where Its. are educated : OTS
56
When doubled, a Gauguin book : NOA
57
Massachusetts cape : ANN
58
Three-toed sloths : AIS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 7 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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