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New York Times, Tuesday, November 22, 1994

Author:
Wayne Robert Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Down : Local lingo
TotalDebutLatest
384/30/19943/5/1998
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
44312843
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.5516243%
Wayne Robert Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQWZ} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Williams. Tuesday freshness: 64%
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© 1994, The New York Times11/22/94 ( No. 16,450 )
Across
1
Arabian sultanate : OMAN
5
Muddle : MESS
9
Insiders' talk : ARGOT
14
Take on : DARE
15
Word-of-mouth : ORAL
16
Former Spanish P.M. ___ y Montaner : MAURA
17
Semifictional movie : DOCUDRAMA
19
Circumvent : AVERT
20
Alliances : TIES
21
One of the Huxtable kids : VANESSA
23
Increased, as inflation : SPIRALED
27
"...on the Dead ___ Chest" : MANS
28
Like most music : TONAL
29
Trounce : DRUB
31
Photo repro : STAT
34
Plunders : RIFLES
36
The Emerald ___ : ISLE
38
Cider-sweet girl : IDA
39
"Metric" prefix : ISO
40
England-France connector : CHUNNEL
42
Witticism : MOT
43
Gender abbr. : FEM
44
Tedious undertaking : TASK
45
Much of Mali : SAHARA
47
Biblical beginning : EDEN
49
Rounded ottoman : POUF
51
___ Tots (grocery purchase) : TATER
52
Hold sway : RULE
54
Eulogists : PRAISERS
56
Perry Como classic : BECAUSE
59
B & B's : INNS
60
Hockey infraction : ICING
61
Mexican border language : SPANGLISH
66
Do detective work : TRACE
67
Actress Garr : TERI
68
Lackawanna's railroad partner : ERIE
69
Swiss mathematician : EULER
70
Good life : EASE
71
"Da Ya Think I'm ___?" (1979 hit) : SEXY
Down
1
Unmatched : ODD
2
Chinese chairman : MAO
3
Trajectory : ARC
4
Sitting on the fence : NEUTRAL
5
Mushroom : MOREL
6
Cleaned, as a disk : ERASED
7
"Cheers" bartender : SAM
8
Eastern European : SLAV
9
Frigidaire rival : AMANA
10
Harsh-voiced birds : RAVENS
11
Number in the ball park? : GUESSTIMATE
12
Hockey's Bobby et al. : ORRS
13
"See ya" : TATA
18
Local lingo : DIALECT
22
Moseys : AMBLES
23
Discord : STRIFE
24
On one's mark : POISED
25
Paid-for TV program : INFOMERCIAL
26
Bar request : DRINKUP
30
Adm. or capt.'s org. : USN
32
Worshiper : ADORER
33
13th-century invaders : TATARS
35
Circle and octagon, e.g. : SHAPES
37
Raising spirits : ELATING
41
Road show grp. : USO
46
Tribulations : HASSLES
48
Shade of meaning : NUANCE
50
Some mendicants : FRIARS
53
German gun : LUGER
55
Gal with a gun, on Broadway : ANNIE
56
Fisherman's hope : BITE
57
Beige shade : ECRU
58
Italian art patron : ESTE
62
Spherical food : PEA
63
Wrath : IRE
64
Evening hour : SIX
65
"You there!" : HEY

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

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