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New York Times, Thursday, December 15, 1994

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Down : Actor ___ Tamiroff
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 35 Missing: {FVWX} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Norris. Thursday freshness: 95%
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© 1994, The New York Times12/15/94 ( No. 16,473 )
Across
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Lotto lures : JACKPOTS
9
Warehouse: Abbr. : STOR
13
Djibouti neighbor : ETHIOPIA
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Took it easy : LAZED
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Cut-and-dried : STANDARD
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Antiphon, for one : ORATOR
19
Walrus feature : TUSK
20
Logical abbr. : QED
21
Provoke : ENRAGE
22
Compass heading : ENE
23
"The Age of Anxiety" poet : AUDEN
25
Economize : SKIMP
26
Smooth again, as soil : RERAKE
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Abba hit song, 1975 : SOS
30
Inverness negative : NAE
31
Lively : KINETIC
33
Bristle : SETA
34
Treatment plan : REGIMEN
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Sisterly : SORORAL
39
Make : EARN
40
Precipitated, in a way : SLEETED
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Actress Joanne : DRU
43
Scandinavian flier : SAS
44
Hired supporters at a performance : CLAQUE
48
Hired workers : HANDS
51
Restless : ITCHY
53
Young ___ (tots, in dialect) : UNS
54
Tentacled mollusks : OCTOPI
56
Informant : RAT
57
Switch's partner : BAIT
58
Lawyerdom : THEBAR
59
Menu heading : ALACARTE
61
Author Jong : ERICA
62
One who's on the way out : DEPORTEE
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Observed : SEEN
64
Lookouts, e.g. : ABETTORS
Down
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Court employee : JESTER
2
Bring into harmony : ATTUNE
3
Beer, sometimes : CHASER
4
Twist : KINK
5
Seed vessel : POD
6
Unintelligibility : OPAQUENESS
7
Hackneyed : TIRED
8
Most downcast : SADDEST
9
Blackthorn : SLOE
10
Small mountain pools : TARNS
11
Rock's ___ Mountain Daredevils : OZARK
12
Dental device : RETAINER
15
Church beliefs : DOGMATA
18
Abrogate : REPEAL
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Actor ___ Tamiroff : AKIM
24
Clamor : NOISE
27
Related : AKIN
29
Office need : SCOTCHTAPE
32
Chou ___ : ENLAI
33
Word with cream or ice cream : SODA
34
Passionate : REDHOT
35
Otologist's case : EARACHE
36
Weight lifters, at times : GRUNTERS
38
Count (on) : RELY
41
TV actor Erik : ESTRADA
45
Book size, in printing : QUARTO
46
Minister, at weddings : UNITER
47
Lauder et al. : ESTEES
49
Maynard's "good buddy" of 60's TV : DOBIE
50
Room : SPACE
52
Godwin's "The Adventures of ___ Williams" : CALEB
55
Zagros Mountains site : IRAN
57
One of the Simpsons : BART
60
Hospital bed : COT

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

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