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New York Times, Saturday, December 17, 1994

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : ___ Penny
TotalDebutLatest
4211/16/19942/26/2021
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
02398128
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.5824265%
Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Deodene. Saturday freshness: 83%
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© 1994, The New York Times12/17/94 ( No. 16,475 )
Across
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Conned : MISLED
7
Toyota model : SUPRA
12
It's after Letterman, for many : BEDTIME
13
Toulouse-Lautrec and others : HENRIS
14
Etched : ATEINTO
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Proud one : PEACOCK
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Drudge : DRONE
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Does the voice-over, perhaps : INTONES
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Star of the "Herbie" movies : VOLKSWAGENBUG
22
Wedding vows : IDOS
23
R.N.'s posting : ICU
24
Sun ___-sen : YAT
25
Slough : BOG
26
Stick : CLING
28
Pit : CHASM
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Prized feather source : EMU
33
Popular women's monthly : REDBOOK
35
Artist's prefix : NEO
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Not well-kept : SEEDY
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Soaks up : SORBS
39
Year in the reign of Justinian I : DXL
40
One of the Cyclades : IOS
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Yellow in a way : AGE
43
Mark: Lat. : NOTA
44
Modern-day worry : COMPUTERVIRUS
47
Kudos : LAURELS
49
Tombstone brothers : EARPS
50
Inconsistent : ERRATIC
51
Sheet material : PERCALE
53
Destiny : KISMET
54
Some coats : ERMINES
55
Impale : SPEAR
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Opposed to, poetically : GAINST
Down
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Twins' arena : METRODOME
2
Political zealot : IDEOLOGUE
3
Is "ripe" : STINKS
4
Dialogue : LINES
5
E.R. employee : EMT
6
___ volente : DEO
7
Oft-adjusted items on planes : SEATBACKS
8
Boorish : UNCOUTH
9
Spur : PRONG
10
"We, the People" playwright : RICE
11
Impetrates, with "for" : ASKS
12
Slangy cause of unease : BADVIBES
13
___ Penny : HENNY
15
Crusty one : PIE
19
Beguile : WILE
20
Stomach ___ : ACIDS
21
PT 109, e.g. : GUNBOAT
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Device for measuring extreme cold : CRYOMETER
27
Pig out : GORGE
29
64,000 Europeans : ANDORRANS
30
Rare delivery? : SEXTUPLET
31
Sugar byproduct : MOLASSES
34
"From Here to Eternity" actor Philip : OBER
37
Miniature re-creation : DIORAMA
41
Schism : SPLIT
43
Fresh-meat provision : NIACIN
44
Hex : CURSE
45
O.J.'S alma mater : USC
46
Worm: Prefix : VERMI
47
Albanian coins : LEKS
48
Doesn't give ___ : ARIP
51
Identify : PEG
52
Big Band, e.g. : ERA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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