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New York Times, Saturday, October 8, 1994

Author:
Rand H. Burns
Editor:
Will Shortz
57-Down : Grandson of Noah
TotalDebutLatest
276/3/19937/17/1999
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.54113675%
Rand H. Burns

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 40 Missing: {BQZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Burns. Saturday freshness: 28%
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© 1994, The New York Times10/8/94 ( No. 16,405 )
Across
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Cardinal : RED
4
Sailed in a small boat : SKIFFED
11
Sorted, as chicks : SEXED
13
Toward the mouth : DOWNRIVER
15
Spray : WATER
16
Resident of Asian Turkey : ANATOLIAN
17
Perfumery resin : ELEMI
18
___ vu : DEJA
19
Headset, to hams : EARS
20
Rumpus : DIN
21
Itinerary word : VIA
23
Squirrel's cache : ACORNS
25
Salient points : ISSUES
27
Countertenor : ALTO
28
Cézanne's "The Big Apples," e.g. : STILLLIFE
30
B.C. or N.B. : PROV
34
Cellular home : HIVE
35
Pixyish : ELFIN
37
Returned to earth : ALIT
39
"___ Si Bon" (old song hit) : CEST
41
Solid hit : LINEDRIVE
43
Sophocles tragedy : AJAX
45
In any way : SOEVER
46
Abrasive mineral : GARNET
49
Dardanelles or Bosporus: Abbr. : STR
50
Suffix with cardinal points : ERN
51
Ration : DOLE
52
___ Sabe (trusty scout) : KEMO
54
Optional : EXTRA
56
Pittsburgh work area : STEELYARD
58
Reason for a raise : MERIT
59
Writhes : CONVULSES
60
Castle of film : IRENE
61
Razzed : NEEDLED
62
Witness : SEE
Down
1
Lifelike : REALISTIC
2
Widespread : EXTENSIVE
3
Judge : DEEM
4
Loudness measure : SONE
5
1944 Pacific battle site : KWAJALEIN
6
Whole : INTACT
7
Back : FRO
8
Taxpayer : FILER
9
Spa famous for its water : EVIAN
10
Favorites : DEARS
11
Kind of turnip : SWEDISH
12
Prattle : DRIVEL
13
Art genre : DADA
14
E.R. personnel : RNS
22
Secluded place : ISLE
24
Alley closing : OOP
26
Diminutive suffixes : ULES
27
Attach : AFFIX
29
Jittery : ILLATEASE
31
Atypical : RARE
32
Gift of Athena to mankind : OLIVETREE
33
Of civets, tenets and mongooses : VIVERRINE
36
Brood : NEST
38
Like a cloverleaf : TERNATE
40
Whip : TAN
42
Upscale trio? : DOREMI
44
Stevenson hero : JEKYLL
46
Boarded : GOTON
47
Coeur d'___ : ALENE
48
Oswald the ___ (Chaucer character) : REEVE
49
Transplants grass : SODS
51
U.S. Army medal : DSC
53
Onetime prime-time equine : MRED
55
Unversed signers : XERS
57
Grandson of Noah : LUD

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

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