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New York Times, Thursday, December 23, 1993

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Down : Hit-or-miss
TotalDebutLatest
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Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {HJQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 48 for Mr. Silvestri. Thursday freshness: 58%
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P
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© 1993, The New York Times12/23/93 ( No. 16,116 )
Across
1
Iron-pumper's pride : PECS
5
Washerful : LOAD
9
Make pigtails : BRAID
14
Columbia athlete : LION
15
Oppositionist : ANTI
16
Diploma word : LAUDE
17
Rattles : UNSETTLES
19
Comatose : UNDER
20
Came upon the maharajah? : METAROYALINDIAN
22
F or G, for example, but not H : KEY
23
"___ Cane" (1963 movie) : MONDO
24
Lead ore : GALENA
27
Forming opinions : DEEMING
31
Hugo or Tony : AWARD
32
Neighbor of Chad : NIGER
34
Easter preceder : NOR
35
Gives no stars : PANS
36
Got a new address : MOVED
37
Sneaky guy? : PETE
38
Scratch (out) : EKE
39
High numbers? : FIVES
40
Oscar-winning film of 1955 : MARTY
41
Dislike to the max : DESPISE
43
Puts in the scrapbook : PASTES
44
An Astaire : ADELE
46
Destiny : LOT
47
Intrepid Eric? : BRAVEREDMARINER
54
Form-related : MODAL
55
Double-crossers : TWOTIMERS
56
Muscat resident : OMANI
57
Point at the table : TINE
58
Mountain sign abbr. : ELEV
59
Star's small role : CAMEO
60
Slaughter in Cooperstown : ENOS
61
Decline : SLIP
Down
1
Deep purple : PLUM
2
German article : EINE
3
Overhead : COST
4
Gym shoes : SNEAKERS
5
One of the Jacksons : LATOYA
6
One's partner : ONLY
7
First-stringers : ATEAM
8
Ousts : DISLODGES
9
Stupid error : BLUNDER
10
Hit-or-miss : RANDOM
11
Autobahn auto : AUDI
12
Creative input : IDEA
13
"Jurassic Park" actress : DERN
18
The way things are going : TREND
21
"You're All___ to Get By" : INEED
24
Goggled : GAPED
25
Up and about : AWAKE
26
Strike locations : LANES
28
Still : INERT
29
Night, in Napoli : NOTTE
30
Lady Jane and Zane : GREYS
32
Long short story : NOVELETTE
33
"___ Got My Eyes on You" : IVE
36
Silas Marner, e.g. : MISER
37
Hobbies : PASTIMES
39
Beethoven opera : FIDELIO
40
Aucklander, maybe : MAORI
42
16th-century dance : PAVANE
43
China, perhaps : PLATES
45
Word maven Newman : EDWIN
47
Coll. hotshot : BMOC
48
It's on the Tevere : ROMA
49
"Paradise Lost" character : ADAM
50
Stereo precursor : MONO
51
Dudley Do-Right's love : NELL
52
".... ___saw Elba" : EREI
53
Invitation letters : RSVP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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