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New York Times, Wednesday, August 16, 1995

Author:
Judith Perry
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Uncle Miltie
TotalDebutLatest
252/1/19858/16/1995
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11.51202256%
Judith Perry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 25 for Ms. Perry. Wednesday freshness: 96%
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© 1995, The New York Times8/16/95 ( No. 16,717 )
Across
1
L.A.-to-Seattle dir. : NNW
4
Afrikaner : BOER
8
Explorer's aids : MAPS
12
Honolulu's island : OAHU
14
Lofty home : AERIE
15
Pavarotti selection : ARIA
16
Gyrate : SPIN
17
Magnificent Julia? : GRANDCHILD
19
Recalcitrant Lucille? : HARDBALL
21
Duck's gait : WADDLE
22
Master of unsavory film roles : LORRE
23
Geometric shapes : TORI
24
Johns of "Mary Poppins" : GLYNIS
26
Out-of-sorts Clara? : CROSSBOW
30
Renaissance fiddle : REBEC
31
Cowl : HOOD
32
French miss, for short : MLLE
33
Black cuckoo : ANI
34
Self-absorbed person : EGOTIST
37
"___ hail!" : ALL
38
"___ Breckinridge" : MYRA
40
Miner's quest : ORES
41
Spanish soldier-hero : ELCID
43
Blue Jeremy? : SADIRONS
45
Volleyball shots : SPIKES
46
X-ray units : RADS
47
Scale : CLIMB
48
Vacillate : SEESAW
51
Happy Eliot? : GLADNESS
54
Coy Joey? : ARCHBISHOP
56
Sea bird : ERNE
57
Yugoslav hero : TITO
58
Isn't upright : LEANS
59
Attracted : DREW
60
TV problem : SNOW
61
Like the White Rabbit : LATE
62
Longing : YEN
Down
1
Snack : NOSH
2
California wine region : NAPA
3
Spinning Larry? : WHIRLYBIRD
4
Uncle Miltie : BERLE
5
Kind of surgery : ORAL
6
German article : EIN
7
Sunburned James? : REDWOODS
8
Muslim messianic belief : MAHDISM
9
Nonfertile : ARID
10
Disagreeable person : PILL
11
"Smooth Operator" singer : SADE
13
Ruined : UNDONE
14
Culture mediums : AGARS
18
What lots have lots of : CARS
20
Fanny of vaudeville : BRICE
23
___-Rivières, Que. : TROIS
24
Lab weights : GRAMS
25
Austrian singer : LENYA
26
Pigeon coops : COTES
27
Mournful Chuck? : BLACKBERRY
28
Dragon puppet : OLLIE
29
Fuses : WELDS
31
Satanic feature : HORNS
35
Angelic George? : GOODWILL
36
Not too hot : TEPID
39
Fliers' performance : AIRSHOW
42
Delineated : LIMNED
44
Postwar Austrian chancellor : RAAB
45
Rebuffs : SLAPS
47
Splitting image : CLONE
48
Coll. entrance exams : SATS
49
Leprechaun's turf : ERIN
50
Outer: Prefix : ECTO
51
Steps leading down to the Ganges : GHAT
52
Snick and ___ : SNEE
53
Stitched : SEWN
55
Vast expanse : SEA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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