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New York Times, Tuesday, December 7, 1993

Author:
Eric Albert
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Down : It can sting
TotalDebutLatest
312/7/19931/7/1996
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.621868%
Eric Albert

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 2 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Albert. Tuesday freshness: 92%
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© 1993, The New York Times12/7/93 ( No. 16,100 )
Across
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Colorful salad ingredient : REDPEPPER
10
Plant pest : APHID
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Throw some light on : IRRADIATE
16
El ___ (Spanish painter) : GRECO
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Acting ambassador : CHARGEDAFFAIRES
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Mooring rope : HAWSER
20
The sky, maybe : LIMIT
21
Perry's creator : ERLE
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Pop'sCarlyor Paul : SIMON
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It's a drag : TOW
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Country rtes. : RDS
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It has its ups and downs : SEESAW
30
Turner of Hollywood : LANA
31
"Duke Bluebeard's Castle" composer : BARTOK
32
Super-soaked : SOGGY
33
Literature as art : BELLESLETTRES
36
Urger's words : TRYIT
37
Aloha State : HAWAII
38
Ooze : SEEP
39
Bombast : HOTAIR
40
70's sitcom "___ Sharkey" : CPO
43
Watered-down ideas : PAP
44
Subsequently : LATER
45
Teri of "Tootsie" : GARR
46
"___ Andronicus" : TITUS
48
Samantha's "Bewitched" husband : DARRIN
50
Facetious advice in a mystery : CHERCHEZLAFEMME
54
Indoor design : DECOR
55
Carouse : GOONATEAR
56
Birthplace of 16-Across : CRETE
57
By and large : GENERALLY
Down
1
"...for___for poorer" : RICHER
2
Founder of est : ERHARD
3
Talks Dixie-style : DRAWLS
4
Diagram a sentence : PARSE
5
Competitive advantage : EDGE
6
Boat's departure site : PIER
7
Rocket's departure site : PAD
8
It's after zeta : ETA
9
Foul caller : REF
10
One more time : AGAIN
11
Schoolmarmish : PRIM
12
Birthright : HERITAGE
13
Bar accessory : ICETONGS
14
___ Passos : DOS
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Go with the___ : FLOW
22
Layup alternative : SETSHOT
23
Quarantine : ISOLATE
24
Be militaristic : MAKEWAR
26
Manner : WAY
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It can sting : SALT
29
Before, in palindromes : ERE
30
Actress ___ Singer : LORI
31
Radar screen image : BLIP
32
Rouse to action : STIR
33
Brief break : BREATHER
34
It's worth looking into : EYEPIECE
35
Clavell's "___-Pan" : TAI
36
Recipe abbr. : TSP
39
Mess-hall meal : HASH
40
Clint Eastwood's city : CARMEL
41
Kind of scream : PRIMAL
42
Obstinate : ORNERY
44
Pelf : LUCRE
45
Miss Garbo : GRETA
47
Jog : TROT
48
Hamlet, for one : DANE
49
Nowhere near : AFAR
50
Fed. medical detectives : CDC
51
Sunny-side-up item : EGG
52
Lawyer Baird : ZOE
53
Cambodia's ___Nol : LON

Answer summary:
6 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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