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New York Times, Tuesday, July 19, 1994

Author:
Christopher Hurt
Editor:
Will Shortz
62-Down : "Give it a ___"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
117/19/199412/23/19981
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.607363%
Christopher Hurt

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Hurt. Tuesday freshness: 75%
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© 1994, The New York Times7/19/94 ( No. 16,324 )
Across
1
Greatly impressed : AWED
5
Chairman ___ : MAO
8
Poet Mandelstam : OSIP
12
Charming : LOVELY
15
Viper : ASP
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Moore of "A Few Good Men" : DEMI
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Sagan's "___ Brain" : BROCAS
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40-Across's beloved 11 : THEBEARS
20
Shifty shoe? : SNEAKER
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African nation since 1993 : ERITREA
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Danger : PERIL
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Reps. : AGTS
26
Close, as friends : BOSOM
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Musician's job : GIG
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Composer of "Socrate" : SATIE
34
National park in Maine : ACADIA
36
Shem's father : NOAH
38
Getting on : OLD
39
Indian writer Santha Rama ___ : RAU
40
Theme of this puzzle : CHICAGO
42
End up ahead : WIN
43
Frank Baum's initial initial : ELL
44
Angel's headgear : HALO
45
California's motto : EUREKA
47
Hebrew master : RABBI
49
Dutch airline : KLM
51
Spinners, e.g. : LURES
52
Brain tests, for short : EEGS
54
Essentials : NEEDS
56
Common speech : VULGATE
59
Bureau : DRESSER
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Locale of 40-Across : ILLINOIS
65
Mourn : GRIEVE
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Prolific "author" : ANON
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___ pro nobis : ORA
68
Plains Indians : OSAGES
69
Items in a code : LAWS
70
___ Luthor : LEX
71
Boss Tweed lampooner : NAST
Down
1
Liturgical robes : ALBS
2
Eroded : WORN
3
Bacchanalian cry : EVOE
4
Crab, e.g. : DECAPOD
5
Small rug : MAT
6
Late tennis great : ASHE
7
It may be seria or buffa : OPERA
8
Single-named folk singer : ODETTA
9
40-Across landmark : SEARSTOWER
10
Hungary's Nagy : IMRE
11
Galileo's home : PISA
13
40-Across's eastern border : LAKEMICHIGAN
14
Belgian river : YSER
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Feature of 40-Across, according to Sandburg : BIGSHOULDERS
21
Get-up : RIG
24
1860 nominee in 40-Across : LINCOLN
26
Less cluttered : BARER
27
Florida city : OCALA
28
1976 Nobel Prize winner from 40-Across : SAULBELLOW
30
Indian district : GOA
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"___ Ike" (50's slogan) : ILIKE
33
Millay and Ferber : EDNAS
35
Cry of discovery : AHA
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Ripen : AGE
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Kind : ILK
46
Type of roulette : RUSSIAN
48
Sets sail : BEGINS
50
Avg. : MED
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Pub perch : STOOL
55
Therefore : ERGO
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Perfume holder : VIAL
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Humerus neighbor : ULNA
58
Mary Robinson's land : EIRE
60
Nintendo rival : SEGA
61
Impending times : EVES
62
"Give it a ___" : REST
64
Wailing instrument : SAX

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

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