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New York Times, Friday, June 24, 1994

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : Ain't right?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7711/11/19841/22/20233
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Diehl. Friday freshness: 10%
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© 1994, The New York Times6/24/94 ( No. 16,299 )
Across
1
Jubilate or Miserere : PSALM
6
"Paradise Lost," for one : EPIC
10
Wee bit : DAB
13
Standard : ETHIC
14
Pane holder : SASH
15
Kind of pen : BULL
16
Cause of a good belly laugh? : PAUNCHLINE
18
Peter Gunn's girlfriend ___ Hart : EDIE
19
Mona Lisa attribute : SMILE
20
Optimism : ROSINESS
22
Flowers for floats : MUMS
24
Souvenir shop items : TSHIRTS
25
Sacrifices : OFFERSUP
29
Mideast capital : SANA
30
W.W.I battle site : MARNE
31
Attacked vigorously : RAKED
33
Multipurpose truck : UTE
36
"Ricochet" co-star : ICET
37
Flash : GLINT
38
Lordly one : SNOB
39
Start of a hole : TEE
40
70's singer Freda : PAYNE
41
De ___ (actual) : FACTO
42
Appear : LOOM
44
Annual Labor Day event : TELETHON
46
Combined, in a way : STAPLED
49
"Tuna-Fishing" artist : DALI
50
Idée fixe, for example : NEUROSIS
52
Mussolini's air marshal Balbo : ITALO
55
Mount, north of Catania : ETNA
56
Hindquarters? : HAUNCHBACK
59
Cunning : ARCH
60
Tale opener : ONCE
61
Western airline : ALOHA
62
T, to Morse : DAH
63
Going-away party? : WAKE
64
Iron Mike : TYSON
Down
1
Zing : PEP
2
Termini: Abbr. : STAS
3
Like a beehive : AHUM
4
Embrocation : LINIMENT
5
News syndicate founder Samuel : MCCLURE
6
Night school subject: Abbr. : ESL
7
Modest hand : PAIR
8
Ain't right? : ISNOT
9
Knights' group : CHESSSET
10
Where Howard Stern rides horses? : DUDERAUNCH
11
The elite : ALIST
12
Wish the best for : BLESS
15
Nigeria neighbor : BENIN
17
Takes up : HEMS
21
"If ___ a Hammer" : IHAD
23
Hardly polite : SURLY
25
Drop : OMIT
26
Die feature : FACE
27
What there's no such thing as at NASA? : FREELAUNCH
28
Put on a coat : PAINT
32
Struck a low blow : KNEED
34
Barker of filmdom : TOTO
35
Dark, poetically : EBON
37
"Wheel" or "Pyramid" : GAMESHOW
38
In a pleased way : SATIABLY
40
Famed traveler : POLO
41
Homburg : FELTHAT
43
Chicago-based TV show : OPRAH
45
Of the flock : LAIC
46
All-time P.G.A. tour leader : SNEAD
47
Exotic fish : TETRA
48
Book subtitled "Her True Story" : DIANA
51
Use a straw : SUCK
53
Plain of Jars locale : LAOS
54
Cuatro y cuatro : OCHO
57
Society page word : NEE
58
Colo. neighbor : KAN

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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