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New York Times, Wednesday, April 6, 1994

Author:
Ed Stein
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Bad influence
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
87/28/19802/20/20174
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5124139%
Ed Stein

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {HKZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Stein. Wednesday freshness: 39%
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© 1994, The New York Times4/6/94 ( No. 16,220 )
Across
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Sibelius's "___ Triste" : VALSE
6
Where pins are made : MATS
10
Masochist's start : SADO
14
"Tempest" spirit : ARIEL
15
Late king of Norway : OLAV
16
Popular rapper : ICET
17
Impractical idealist : DONQUIXOTE
19
Venus's home : MILO
20
Legal add-on : ESE
21
"___ goes" ("Slaughter-house-Five" refrain) : SOIT
22
Casserole tidbit : NOODLE
24
Port, e.g. : REDWINE
26
Son of ___ : AGUN
27
Gardner of "Mogambo" : AVA
28
Hollywood comer : STARLET
31
Butler portrayer : GABLE
34
First king of Israel : SAUL
35
Leprechaun's land : ERIN
37
French state : ETAT
38
Father: Prefix : PATRI
39
Oscar-winning song of 1958 : GIGI
40
"The Wind in the Willows" character : MOLE
41
Deadlocked : EVEN
42
Peacocks do it : PREEN
43
Hook and crew : PIRATES
45
Kind of ball or card : CUE
46
He talked horse sense : MRED
47
Super-remedy : CUREALL
51
Hamlet's weapon : RAPIER
54
Jolts : JARS
55
Copacabana locale : RIO
56
Send forth : EMIT
57
Performer of prodigious feats : PAULBUNYAN
60
Set of type : FONT
61
Sea into which the Amu Darya flows : ARAL
62
Persian : IRANI
63
Deuce topper : TREY
64
Caravel of 1492 : NINA
65
Strong tastes : TANGS
Down
1
"Star Wars" villain : VADER
2
Went up : AROSE
3
Like some pads : LINED
4
Et___ (footnote abbr.) : SEQ
5
Slippery : ELUSIVE
6
Spirit : MOXIE
7
Scads : ALOT
8
Make antimacassars : TAT
9
Bad influence : SVENGALI
10
Cruel employer : SIMONLEGREE
11
Folic, e.g. : ACID
12
"Heigho! the derry oh" setting : DELL
13
Tribe in the Winnebago nation : OTOE
18
Early center of Celtic learning : IONA
23
Sharing adjective : OUR
25
Daydreamer : WALTERMITTY
26
Take ___ for the worse : ATURN
28
Makes happy : SATES
29
Naval battle site of 1813 : ERIE
30
Comics bulldog : TIGE
31
Masterpiece : GEM
32
Superior to : ATOP
33
Site of a "Road" film : BALI
34
Redeemed : SAVED
36
"Delta of Venus" author : NIN
38
Immature adult male : PETERPAN
42
Livelihood : PURSUIT
44
Art today : ARE
45
Bridle : CURB
47
Arum lily : CALLA
48
Nordic : ARYAN
49
Chinese weight : LIANG
50
Actress Anderson et al. : LONIS
51
Deprived, poetically : REFT
52
Subject in Virgil's "Eclogues" : AMOR
53
Furniture wood : PINE
54
Don ___ : JUAN
58
"Exodus" role : ARI
59
Blue Eagle agcy. of the 30's : NRA

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