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New York Times, Monday, March 14, 1994

Author:
Ernie Furtado
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Block
TotalDebutLatest
3011/5/198612/13/1995
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
5734245
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
111.47711837%
Ernie Furtado

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQVXZ} This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Furtado. Monday freshness: 97%
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A
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C
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M
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© 1994, The New York Times3/14/94 ( No. 16,197 )
Across
1
Play opening : ACTI
5
Ran : BLED
9
Shawl or afghan : THROW
14
Forsaken : LORN
15
Yellow brick, e.g. : ROAD
16
Moonshine : HOOCH
17
Unencumbered : FOOTLOOSE
19
Composed : WROTE
20
Follower of 21-Across? : ALPHONSE
21
Follower of 20-Across? : GASTON
22
Small: Suffix : ETTE
23
Ripped : TORE
24
Dems. opposition : GOP
27
Proverbial distancer : TENFOOTPOLE
32
Sleepy Hollow schoolmaster : CRANE
34
Ampersand : AND
35
Firpo of the ring : LUIS
36
Folk tales : LORE
37
Ship's officers : MATES
39
___ time (never) : ATNO
40
Upshots : ENDS
41
Morning hrs. : AMS
42
Waffle topping : SYRUP
43
Kind of disease, facetiously : FOOTINMOUTH
47
Hook shape : ESS
48
Alphabet quartet : LMNO
49
Unmixed, as a drink : NEAT
51
Character actor George : TOBIAS
54
Starts : LEADOFFS
58
In the thick of : AMONG
59
Be afraid to offend : PUSSYFOOT
60
Hope of Hollywood : LANGE
61
Manhattan campus : PACE
62
Gamblers' game : FARO
63
Boorish : CRASS
64
Some combos : DUOS
65
Sharp put-down : SLAP
Down
1
___ Romeo (automobile) : ALFA
2
Hip : COOL
3
De ___ (too much) : TROP
4
Words before "red" or "running" : INTHE
5
Literary sister : BRONTE
6
Give some slack : LOOSEN
7
Maneuver slowly : EASE
8
White House monogram : DDE
9
Block : THWART
10
Fun and games : HORSEPLAY
11
Kind of beer : ROOT
12
Eight, in combinations : OCTO
13
A question of time : WHEN
18
Singer Lenya : LOTTE
21
Merchandise : GOODS
23
Manner of speaking : TONE
24
Staff leader : GCLEF
25
University of Maine site : ORONO
26
TV announcer Don : PARDO
28
1980 DeLuise movie : FATSO
29
Bizarre : OUTRE
30
"Peanuts" character : LINUS
31
Stock plans providing worker ownership: Abbr. : ESOPS
33
Young 'uns : NESTLINGS
37
Horace and Thomas : MANNS
38
BB's : AMMO
42
Disreputable : SHADY
44
Some are spitting : IMAGES
45
World cultural agcy. : UNESCO
46
Flirts : TEASES
50
Stylish Brits : TOFFS
51
Baby powder : TALC
52
Poet Khayyam : OMAR
53
___ fide : BONA
54
Where humuhumunukunukuapuaa might be served : LUAU
55
Filly or colt : FOAL
56
Roman marketplaces : FORA
57
Quit : STOP
59
Abbr. in a mail-order ad : PPD

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

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