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New York Times, Friday, July 29, 1994

Author:
A. D. Cover
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : Vexes
TotalDebutLatest
37/29/199410/30/1996
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.541666%
A. D. Cover

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Cover. Friday freshness: 12%
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P
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L
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S
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B
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A
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R
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RE
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C
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D
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R
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MI
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S
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H
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A
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U
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D
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A
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B
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FA
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S
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M
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S
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G
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A
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L
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P
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SOL
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M
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DO
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TI
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M
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© 1994, The New York Times7/29/94 ( No. 16,334 )
Across
1
Reactors : PILES
6
Ballet prop : BARRE
10
Word with face or place : CARD
14
Cat-___-tails : ONINE
15
German virtuoso Karl : ABEL
16
Dog of the comics : ODIE
17
Enclosed : INDOOR
18
Glutinous : ROPY
19
Beam : SMILE
20
"So's your old man," e.g. : RETORT
22
Tense : WIRED
23
Make-believe : SHAM
26
Litter : UNTIDINESS
28
Crate, so to speak : AUTO
29
Direct course : BEELINE
30
Celebrated : FAMOUS
32
Not late-breaking news : TREND
33
Russian space station : MIR
36
Salon jobs : RINSES
38
City south of Salem : EUGENE
40
Chemical suffix : IDE
41
This puzzle's theme : SCALE
45
Shade : PARASOL
46
Strength : STAMINA
48
Colliery : MINE
49
Self-control : TEMPERANCE
52
Strasbourg summers : ETES
53
"Burnt Norton" poet : ELIOT
54
Charters : LEASES
56
Grinder : MOLAR
57
Turkish generals : AGAS
58
Bygone birds : DODOES
62
Pub order : PINT
63
Stuff : SATE
64
Friend in Firenze : AMICA
65
Western Electric co-founder Barton : ENOS
66
Like many tests : TIMED
67
Kind of attitude : METOO
Down
1
Baked, fermented dish : POI
2
Wayside, for one : INN
3
Noted resort : LIDO
4
Titanic : ENORMOUS
5
Unwatered : SERE
6
Certain sir : BARONET
7
Launch stopper : ABORTER
8
Herpetologist's study : REPTILE
9
Count : RELY
10
Math figure : COSINE
11
Esteem : ADMIRE
12
Vexes : RILES
13
Knight jobs : DEEDS
21
Firkin : TUB
22
Get ready to start--or finish : WINDUP
23
1956 Mature-Leigh film : SAFARI
24
Tropical, in a way : HUMID
25
Offset, with "for" : ATONE
27
Feast : DINE
31
Sonnet part : SESTET
33
Have coming : MERIT
34
Amphigoric : INANE
35
Cobbles : RESOLES
37
Disfigure : SCAR
39
Playful : GAMESOME
42
Combination : AMALGAM
43
Striped : LINEATE
44
Hidden : ENCASED
46
Kind of casting : SPORTS
47
Money of ancient Rome : AES
49
Site of Arizona State : TEMPE
50
Remove to a distance : ELOIN
51
Piazza del Duomo site : MILANO
55
Ball-shaped cheese : EDAM
57
Wine capital : ASTI
59
1969 Jerry Rubin book : DOIT
60
Prefix with system or sphere : ECO
61
___ Vicente, Brazil : SAO

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

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