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New York Times, Friday, November 25, 1994

Author:
Daniel R. Stark
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : Hovercraft, for short
TotalDebutLatest
165/18/199412/5/1998
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.473680%
Daniel R. Stark

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JKQX} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Stark. Friday freshness: 78%
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© 1994, The New York Times11/25/94 ( No. 16,453 )
Across
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Coming down lightly : MISTING
8
Sparkle : GLITTER
15
Feeler : ANTENNA
16
"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" author : LECARRE
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Cavalry mount : CHARGER
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Ready for romance : AMOROUS
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Time with monsieur : HEURE
20
Baker's meas. : DOZ
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Silent screen's Nita ___ : NALDI
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Cliff dweller : ERNE
24
Paris's darling : HELEN
26
Coasted : SLID
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Oddity : TIC
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Usurper in "The Castle of Otranto" : MANFRED
30
Summer in Haiti : ETE
31
Modern Abyssinia : ETHIOPIA
33
Was a stockbroker : TRADED
35
Just fine, thank you : COPACETIC
37
Midnight rider : REVERE
40
Air : TELEVISE
44
Ex of Ol' Blue Eyes : AVA
45
Concert conclusions : ENCORES
47
Lip : RIM
48
Cheesy sandwich : MELT
50
Rani's garments : SARIS
51
Bobtail mouse : VOLE
52
Body-building goal : BRAWN
54
Thesis beginning : SYN
55
More pure : FINER
56
Easy : LENIENT
58
Hoop : EARRING
60
Credit : ASCRIBE
61
Down to a ___ (exact) : SCIENCE
62
Outstanding : STELLAR
63
Film and TV trio : STOOGES
Down
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Jungle slasher : MACHETE
2
Come into : INHERIT
3
Not fickle : STAUNCH
4
Neighbor of Venus : TERRE
5
"Splendor in the Grass" screenwriter : INGE
6
Capt.'s heading : NNE
7
Fragrant blossom : GARDENIA
8
Pottery worker : GLAZER
9
Apollo 11's Eagle, e.g. : LEM
10
"User-friendly" feature : ICON
11
___ Bulba (Gogol's Cossack warrior) : TARAS
12
Sang merrily : TROLLED
13
Learned : ERUDITE
14
Had an address : RESIDED
21
Kind of nerve : OLFACTORY
24
Comes about : HAPPENS
25
Bugs : NETTLES
28
Silverheel's partner : MOORE
29
Evaporates : DRIES
32
Hard water? : ICE
34
Hovercraft, for short : ACV
36
Haunting quality? : EERINESS
37
Dry ravines : RAMBLAS
38
Conquest of 5/29/53 : EVEREST
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Window adornment : VALANCE
41
Pressing work : IRONING
42
Calm : SILENCE
43
Materializes : EMERGES
46
Furniture mover : CASTER
49
Follow the majorettes : TWIRL
51
Olive-green songbird : VIREO
53
Actor ___ Patrick Harris : NEIL
55
Cold in Tijuana : FRIO
57
Where Shaw attacks: Abbr. : NBA
59
Get busy : ACT

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2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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