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New York Times, Monday, July 18, 1994

Author:
Wayne Robert Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Without rhyme or reason
TotalDebutLatest
384/30/19943/5/1998
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
44312843
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.5516243%
Wayne Robert Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJKQXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Williams. Monday freshness: 97%
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© 1994, The New York Times7/18/94 ( No. 16,323 )
Across
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Comic Martha : RAYE
5
Bamboozle : DUPE
9
Stoppers : PLUGS
14
Height: Abbr. : ELEV
15
Face-to-face exam : ORAL
16
Beau at the balcony : ROMEO
17
Town near Caen : STLO
18
Chockablock : WALLTOWALL
20
Headlong : PELLMELL
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Resident's suffix : ITE
23
Race tracks : OVALS
24
Dormitory din : SNORING
28
New York's Twin ___ : TOWERS
30
Offspring, genealogically: Abbr. : DESC
31
Celtic Neptune : LER
32
Centers : HUBS
33
Walk-on : CAMEO
34
Chancellorsville victor : LEE
35
Western Indian : UTE
36
Enmity : ILLWILL
38
Sugar suffix : OSE
39
Singer Tillis : MEL
40
Word after many or honey : MOONS
41
Conflict in Greek drama : AGON
42
French dance : BAL
43
A.L. or N.L. honorees : MVPS
44
"Phedre" dramatist : RACINE
46
Flummoxes : STYMIES
48
Spring fragrance : LILAC
49
Picture blowup: Abbr. : ENL
50
Head count : ROLLCALL
53
Game of digs and spikes : VOLLEYBALL
57
Parts of pelvises : ILIA
58
Greek poet saved by a dolphin : ARION
59
Fit : ABLE
60
Oodles : ALOT
61
Mississippi Senator ___ Lott : TRENT
62
Branch headquarters? : NEST
63
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
Down
1
Answer: Abbr. : RESP
2
Der ___ (Adenauer moniker) : ALTE
3
Cowardly one : YELLOWBELLY
4
Changes with the times : EVOLVES
5
Carpentry pins : DOWELS
6
Europe/Asia separator : URALS
7
Dark shadow : PALL
8
Building wing : ELL
9
1984 Goldie Hawn movie : PROTOCOL
10
Look threatening : LOWER
11
Actress Thurman : UMA
12
Solidify : GEL
13
Our sun : SOL
19
Xmas tree trimming : TINSEL
21
Spoil : MAR
24
Interstate trucks : SEMIS
25
Without rhyme or reason : ILLOGICALLY
26
"Schindler's List" star Liam : NEESON
27
Novelist Graham : GREENE
28
Hitches, as a ride : THUMBS
29
Surpass at the dinner table : OUTEAT
30
Natural alarm clocks : DAWNS
33
Hoofbeats : CLOPS
36
About to occur : IMMINENT
37
Pulchritudinous : LOVELY
41
Gum arabic trees : ACACIAS
44
Garden brook : RILLET
45
Completely : ALL
47
Juicy fruit : MELON
48
Takes it easy : LOLLS
50
Contemporary dramatist David : RABE
51
King of the beasts : LION
52
Deceased : LATE
53
Large tub : VAT
54
Hockey's Bobby : ORR
55
Golf-ball position : LIE
56
Prohibit : BAN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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