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New York Times, Monday, October 17, 1994

Author:
Jonathan Schmatzbach
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Across : "How dry _____"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
312/15/19945/16/20181
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
131512000
ScrabDebutFlowFresh
1.5211226.218%
Jonathan Schmalzbach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQVZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Schmalzbach. Grid flow: 27.6 Monday freshness: 8%
Jim Horne notes:

It seems likely that DOUBLE ENTENTE was meant to be DOUBLE ENTENDRE. If so, that's an unfixable grid error.

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© 1994, The New York Times10/17/94 ( No. 16,414 )
Across
1
Iraq's second-largest city : BASRA
6
Drain problem : CLOG
10
Actress Garr : TERI
14
Dominant : ONTOP
15
Hockey's Gordie : HOWE
16
Flair : ELAN
17
Poker loser's retort : DOUBLEORNOTHING
20
Hindquarters : END
21
Western Indian : OTOE
22
French fighter jet : MIRAGE
23
Amo, _____, amat : AMAS
24
Transfusion liquids : SERA
25
Ambiguity : DOUBLEENTENTE
30
Kind of loser : BORN
31
Publicizes : AIRS
32
"How dry _____" : IAM
34
Plenty : ALOT
35
Plaintiff or defendant : PARTY
37
Cruel one : OGRE
38
Midmorning : TEN
39
Slug : BELT
40
Twisted : BENT
41
Some baseball games : DOUBLEHEADERS
46
Bargain hunter's delight : SALE
47
Dental photo : XRAY
48
Mummify : EMBALM
51
"King _____" : KONG
52
Apply with a light touch : DAB
55
Insurance provision : DOUBLEINDEMNITY
58
"_____ just take a minute" : ITLL
59
In _____ of : LIEU
60
Golfer with an army : ARNIE
61
Prefix with gram or graph : TELE
62
Prevaricates : LIES
63
Gift ideas for prisoners? : RASPS
Down
1
Foretoken : BODE
2
Ever and _____ : ANON
3
Collar fastener : STUD
4
Morrow of "Quiz Show" : ROB
5
Savoir-faire : APLOMB
6
Pick : CHOOSE
7
Knowledge : LORE
8
Have : OWN
9
"There is no royal road to _____": Euclid : GEOMETRY
10
Ayatollah's capital : TEHRAN
11
"On the Waterfront" director Kazan : ELIA
12
Summoned, as a servant : RANG
13
"Picnic" playwright : INGE
18
Kin of etc. : ETAL
19
Radials, e.g. : TIRES
23
Fritzi Ritz, to Nancy : AUNT
24
Show of anger : SNIT
25
Distributed charity : DOLED
26
Home of Maine's Black Bears : ORONO
27
_____ Day (April 22) : EARTH
28
Tony of cereal fame : TIGER
29
Works hard for : EARNS
30
Horror-film prop : BAT
33
Happened upon : MET
35
Headlong : PELLMELL
36
Toward shelter : ALEE
37
Old-fashioned wedding word : OBEY
39
"Hoops" : BBALL
42
Of service : USABLE
43
Uris bestseller : EXODUS
44
English composer Thomas : ARNE
45
"Broadway Open House" regular, in 50's TV : DAGMAR
48
Fix text : EDIT
49
Speck of dust : MOTE
50
Positive Wall Street figure : BULL
51
Banjo site, in song : KNEE
52
Rackets : DINS
53
Eagerly expecting : ATIP
54
Ciao, adios, etc. : BYES
56
Three, on a sundial : III
57
F.D.R.'s Blue Eagle grp. : NRA

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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