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New York Times, Monday, May 2, 1994

Author:
James L. Beatty
Editor:
Will Shortz
62-Down : Ballad
TotalDebutLatest
207/29/19882/27/1996
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0743321
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.4461834%
James L. Beatty

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 35 Missing: {KQ} This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Beatty. Monday freshness: 89%
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© 1994, The New York Times5/2/94 ( No. 16,246 )
Across
1
Outbuildings : SHEDS
6
Hobgoblin : BOGY
10
"___ sesame" : OPEN
14
Mischievous sprite : PIXIE
15
Selves : EGOS
16
Nuclear reactor : PILE
17
Ahead of the times : AVANTGARDE
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Prefix with marketing : TELE
20
Sleep stage : REM
21
Accurate : TRUE
22
Made an incursion : RAIDED
24
Medicine that's not all it's promised to be : ELIXIR
26
Bewails : MOANS
27
Fictitious : FABLED
30
Trigonometric function : SECANT
32
Sashes : OBIS
33
Oil city of Iran : AHWAZ
34
Memorable period : ERA
37
Melts : ABLATES
40
It may be penciled in : EYEBROW
42
Ott or Gibson : MEL
43
Appraised : RATED
45
Inland sea east of the Caspian : ARAL
46
Rephrased : EDITED
48
Lord Peter Wimsey's creator : SAYERS
50
Caper : ANTIC
52
Uproar : RUMPUS
54
Evades : DODGES
56
___ of arms : COAT
57
Small amount : DAB
60
Woodwind instrument : OBOE
61
Restaurant special : PLATDUJOUR
64
Add-on : PLUS
65
Swearword : OATH
66
Valletta is its capital : MALTA
67
Not the pictures : TEXT
68
Nautical chains : TYES
69
Stocking material : NYLON
Down
1
Box : SPAR
2
Busy place : HIVE
3
Word with eye or final : EXAM
4
Gunga ___ : DIN
5
Resolve : SETTLE
6
___ Arts : BEAUX
7
Monstrously cruel : OGREISH
8
The Almighty : GOD
9
River to the North Sea : YSER
10
Right to purchase : OPTION
11
Secondary residence : PIEDATERRE
12
Actress Burstyn : ELLEN
13
Desiderata : NEEDS
18
Electric power network : GRID
23
Astound : AMAZE
24
Noted lioness : ELSA
25
Take new vows : REWED
27
Froth : FOAM
28
French ecclesiastic : ABBE
29
Love letter : BILLETDOUX
31
Low island : CAY
33
Fall bloomer : ASTER
35
Bellow : ROAR
36
Piercing tools : AWLS
38
Instant : TRICE
39
___ one's words : EAT
41
Reddish-brown horses : BAYS
44
Give a little learning : EDUCATE
47
Reader's ___ : DIGEST
48
Miner's nail : SPAD
49
Cooling-off time : AUTUMN
50
Take as one's own : ADOPT
51
Aristocratic : NOBLE
53
Closet pests : MOTHS
55
Espy : SPOT
57
Kewpie,. e.g. : DOLL
58
Prefix with graph or crat : AUTO
59
Breakfast fiber source : BRAN
62
Ballad : LAY
63
Blue bird : JAY

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

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