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New York Times, Thursday, February 24, 1994

Author:
Stanley Newman
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : By surprise
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Stanley Newman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Newman. Thursday freshness: 18%
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A
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R
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N
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A
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B
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S
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C
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A
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T
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G
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B
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P
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A
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L
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C
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B
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B
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S
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S
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B
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© 1994, The New York Times2/24/94 ( No. 16,179 )
Across
1
Fight locale : ARENA
6
Rhyme scheme : AABB
10
Fitzgerald specialty : SCAT
14
Lonesome George : GOBEL
15
Third Vice President : BURR
16
Nope : UHUH
17
Of one of the senses : AURAL
18
Neck of the woods : AREA
19
Linger : BIDE
20
Hot stuff : STOLENCARS
22
No contest, e.g. : PLEA
23
NASA affirmative : AOK
24
Suitor : SWAIN
26
Man with a horn : ALHIRT
30
Can't stand : ABHORS
32
Hideouts : LAIRS
33
Untrustworthy sort : SNEAK
34
Former nuclear agcy. : AEC
37
Being broadcast : ONTV
38
The Rumba King : CUGAT
39
Colleague of Scotty and Spock : SULU
40
Road material : TAR
41
Showed the world : BARED
42
Keepers of the flame : WICKS
43
Obsolete typewriter accessory : ERASER
45
Memorable shepherd : BOPEEP
46
Public fuss : SCENE
47
"___ you!" : SEZ
48
Congressional caucus : BLOC
49
Hot stuff : MOLTENLAVA
56
Coin in the Trevi : LIRA
57
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
58
Herbert Hoover, by birth : IOWAN
59
Reckons : ADDS
60
Hirschfeld's daughter : NINA
61
___-garde : AVANT
62
Letter closing : BEST
63
Lincoln in-law : TODD
64
Actress Evelyn : KEYES
Down
1
Arab nobles : AGAS
2
Lopsided win : ROUT
3
Iberian river : EBRO
4
"Hud" star : NEAL
5
Attentive : ALLEARS
6
By surprise : ABACK
7
Ambience : AURA
8
___ Rabbit : BRER
9
Pentagon pooh-bah : BRASSHAT
10
Inferior : SUBPAR
11
Hot stuff : CHILISAUCE
12
lsherwood collaborator : AUDEN
13
"Take ___ Train" : THEA
21
___ to mention : NOT
25
Taipan frypan : WOK
26
Like crazy : ALOT
27
Superboy's girlfriend : LANA
28
Hot stuff : HITRECORDS
29
Sportscaster Cross : IRV
30
Hot stuff : ANGER
31
Bit of wampum : BEAD
33
Beyond question : SURE
35
Sommer of the screen : ELKE
36
Zodiacal border : CUSP
38
Window type : CASEMENT
39
Sample soup : SIP
41
Outlawry : BAN
42
Apple Computer co-founder : WOZNIAK
44
Slant differently : RECAST
45
Spelldown : BEE
46
Bad news on Wall Street : SLIDE
47
Place : STEAD
48
Give away : BLAB
50
Miscellany : OLIO
51
Barnum's soprano : LIND
52
Robert Indiana painting : LOVE
53
On vacation : AWAY
54
It's blowin' in the wind : VANE
55
Some carpenters : ANTS

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

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