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New York Times, Tuesday, September 20, 1994

Author:
Christopher Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Down : Be finicky
TotalDebutLatest
173/6/19879/16/1997
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.4423951%
Christopher Page

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Page. Tuesday freshness: 87%
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© 1994, The New York Times9/20/94 ( No. 16,387 )
Across
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Literary Bret : HARTE
6
From Cardiff : WELSH
11
Fairy queen : MAB
14
Low-cholesterol spreads : OLEOS
15
Winged : ALATE
16
Senora Peron : EVA
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Rogue : RAPSCALLION
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Morning dampness : DEW
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Not an expert : AMATEUR
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___ greens : COLLARD
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Protein source : SOYA
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Chicle product : GUM
26
Lemon zest source : PEEL
27
___ monkey : RHESUS
30
1945 meeting site : YALTA
33
Fruit juice blend : NECTAR
36
___ cit. (footnote abbr.) : LOC
38
Canal to the Baltic : KIEL
39
Hubbub : ADO
40
Rowdy one : HELLION
43
Granada gold : ORO
44
Pocket item? : PITA
46
Opus ___ (work of God) : DEI
47
Off-campus nonstudent : TOWNIE
49
Circus walker : STILT
51
Mexican state bordering Arizona : SONORA
53
Zhivago's love : LARA
55
Diarist Anais : NIN
56
Cousin of the emu : RHEA
60
Brownie ingredients : WALNUTS
63
Peanuts : GOOBERS
65
"___ ever catch you ..." : IFI
66
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Avant-garde prefix : NEO
69
Sri Lankan native : TAMIL
70
Since: Sp. : DESDE
71
Possess : OWN
72
Prepared to testify : SWORE
73
C4H8O2, e.g. : ESTER
Down
1
Wedding dances : HORAS
2
Hertz rival : ALAMO
3
Satisfy a debt : REPAY
4
"Just for openers ..." : TOSTART
5
Suffix with opal : ESCE
6
Carroll's carpenter's companion : WALRUS
7
Addition : ELL
8
Secular : LAIC
9
Small porch : STOOP
10
Regatta site : HENLEY
11
Cab symbol : MEDALLION
12
State categorically : AVER
13
Floozy : BAWD
18
Bored : AUGERED
22
Washington news source, maybe : LEAK
25
Vertical dividing bar in windows : MULLION
28
Cry of glee : HAH
29
___ -disant (self-styled) : SOI
31
Actress Garr : TERI
32
Burn soother : ALOE
33
Snoozes : NAPS
34
Abridge, perhaps : EDIT
35
Do for debs : COTILLION
37
Benin's largest city : COTONOU
41
Bandleader Brown : LES
42
Neither's counterpart : NOR
45
Author Paton : ALAN
48
Coloratura's sounds : WARBLES
50
They're sometimes blind : TRUSTS
52
Be finicky : NIGGLE
54
Attorney ___ : ATLAW
57
Thieves' work : HEIST
58
Wear away : ERODE
59
"Mary Tyler Moore Show" co-star : ASNER
60
Souse : WINO
61
"___ Good Men" : AFEW
62
Oriental combat : SUMO
64
Ye ___ Shoppe : OLDE
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Russian for "peace" : MIR

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

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