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New York Times, Thursday, December 22, 1994

Author:
Stanley Newman
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Down : Available for duty
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Stanley Newman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Newman. Thursday freshness: 28%
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P
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© 1994, The New York Times12/22/94 ( No. 16,480 )
Across
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He reached his peak in 1806 : PIKE
5
Wahine's welcome : ALOHA
10
Steep : SOAK
14
"___ close to schedule" : ONOR
15
Screened over : RERAN
16
"___ Ever Need Is You" : ALLI
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Overpriced insects? : EXORBITANTFLEAS
20
"Naughty, naughty!" : TSK
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Three minutes in the ring : ROUND
22
Kosher : LEGIT
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O.R.'s locale : HOSP
24
Party cheese : EDAM
26
___ oneself (go) : BETAKE
29
Aussie's hello : GDAY
30
Mortgage agcy. : FHA
33
Skylit courts : ATRIA
34
Hoodlum : GOON
35
Oscar role in "The Killing Fields" : PRAN
36
Where to buy Maid Marian mums? : SHERWOODFLORIST
39
Goes out with : SEES
40
Filthy lucre : PELF
41
"I Love Trouble" star : NOLTE
42
Pre-Columbian : OLD
43
Like falling off a log : EASY
44
Climbed up : SCALED
45
40's White House name : FALA
46
Fraud : SHAM
47
March honoree, for short : STPAT
50
Express alternative : LOCAL
52
Kicker : TOE
55
Scans departure screens? : LOOKSFORAFLIGHT
58
Science magazine : OMNI
59
"Cookery is become ___": Burton : ANART
60
Film : CINE
61
Look : PEER
62
Looks at : OGLES
63
Tabloid topics : UFOS
Down
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Spender, for one : POET
2
"New Sensation" rock group : INXS
3
Crackpot : KOOK
4
Go wrong : ERR
5
Tuneful : ARIOSE
6
Abate : LETUP
7
"The Plague" setting : ORAN
8
Relinquished, as a football : HANDEDOFF
9
Farm critter : ANT
10
Western capital : SALEM
11
First name in fashion : OLEG
12
Jai ___ : ALAI
13
Star-___ tuna : KIST
18
Rather rival : BROKAW
19
Castigate : FLAY
23
Components of locks : HAIRS
25
Part of Boone's signature : DANL
26
He sings low : BASSO
27
Mrs. Mertz : ETHEL
28
Cornered : TREED
29
Devout : GODLY
30
Something extra : FRILL
31
Expeditiousness : HASTE
32
Chipped in : ANTED
34
Agrees : GOESALONG
35
Tournament type : PROAM
37
Shade of gray : OPAL
38
Available for duty : ONCALL
43
Grub : EATS
44
Treats treacherously : SHAFTS
45
Hindu ascetic : FAKIR
46
Alarm : SCARE
47
Hog food : SLOP
48
Considerable volume : TOME
49
Corn product : PONE
51
Kind of tradition : ORAL
52
End-of-week exclamation : TGIF
53
"This can't be!" : OHNO
54
Vous ___ (you are): Fr. : ETES
56
Toy merchant Schwartz : FAO
57
Emer. locale : ICU

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

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