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New York Times, Monday, August 8, 1994

Author:
Sidney L. Robbins
Editor:
Will Shortz
47-Down : In a foxy way
TotalDebutLatest
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Sidney L. Robbins

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {FJKQZ} This is puzzle # 162 for Mr. Robbins. Monday freshness: 26%
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© 1994, The New York Times8/8/94 ( No. 16,344 )
Across
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Brazilian dance : SAMBA
6
Teen woe : ACNE
10
Loot : SWAG
14
"The Tempest" sprite : ARIEL
15
Avoid : SHUN
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Sherwood Anderson's "Winesburg, ___" : OHIO
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Letter turner : VANNAWHITE
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Home for some crocodiles : NILE
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Crimson foes : ELIS
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Ones who brood : HENS
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Sees socially : DATES
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Artist Magritte : RENE
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Measured (out) : METED
25
Sir Isaac : NEWTON
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Teeter : SEESAW
31
Singer Merman : ETHEL
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Beauty's companion : BEAST
33
Oklahoma city : ADA
36
Comedian Jerry : STILLER
38
Neck artery : CAROTID
40
Tit for ___ : TAT
41
Destroy for fun : TRASH
43
Tip over : UPEND
44
Storied Plaza girl : ELOISE
46
Alarms : SCARES
47
Square, e.g. : SHAPE
48
Help in mischief : ABET
50
Makes a mess : SLOPS
51
Off base, maybe : AWOL
52
Use a letter opener : SLIT
56
Papal name : PIUS
57
"Perils of Pauline" star : PEARLWHITE
59
Otherwise : ELSE
60
First name in mysteries : ERLE
61
Movado rival : ROLEX
62
Not natural : DYED
63
Olympian's quest : GOLD
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You'll get a rise out of this : YEAST
Down
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Pack rat's motto : SAVE
2
Asia's ___ Sea : ARAL
3
60's fashion : MINI
4
Writer Hecht and others : BENS
5
Pie ___ mode : ALA
6
Wan : ASHEN
7
One-fifth of humankind : CHINESE
8
Goofy : NUTS
9
Opposite WSW : ENE
10
"Moonlight," e.g. : SONATA
11
Arkansas location : WHITEWATER
12
Felt below par : AILED
13
"Here ___!" : GOES
18
Invitation info : WHEN
22
Ruin : DESTRUCT
23
Stylish desks : ROLLTOPS
24
Tableland : MESA
25
Egg container : NEST
26
Ms. Kett of old comics : ETTA
27
Executive branch : WHITEHOUSE
28
Part of ITT: Abbr. : TEL
30
Per : EACH
32
Women's support group? : BRAS
34
Eat well : DINE
35
Puts two and two together : ADDS
37
Admiral Perry victory site : ERIE
39
W.W. ll agcy. : OPA
42
Beach protector : SEAWALL
45
Like an unpaid policy : LAPSED
46
Wall Street order : SELL
47
In a foxy way : SLILY
49
Yawning? : BORED
50
Raced : SPED
51
Space prefix : AERO
52
Tree locale : SHOE
53
Valentino co-star ___ Lei : LILA
54
Residents: Suffix : ITES
55
Not pictures : TEXT
57
"___ o' My Heart" : PEG
58
Kind of humor : WRY

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

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