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New York Times, Wednesday, December 29, 1993

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Unflattering
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Estes. Wednesday freshness: 90%
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© 1993, The New York Times12/29/93 ( No. 16,122 )
Across
1
They have pins at one end : LANES
6
Military bigwigs : BRASS
11
Put in chips : WAGERED
13
Pan-fried : SAUTEED
15
Mary Tyler Moore's old boss : EDASNER
16
Queen Victoria's family : HANOVER
17
Strikes out, perhaps : EDITS
18
Nautilus habitat : SPA
20
Unflattering : SNIDE
21
Cub groups : DENS
22
Rock music's Tears for ___ : FEARS
24
London essayist : ELIA
25
Calendar periods: Abbr. : YRS
26
Posthumous Forster novel : MAURICE
28
Persuaded : LED
29
San Francisco pants-maker : STRAUSS
31
Ancient fly prison : AMBER
33
Troubles : ILLS
34
The hunted : PREY
35
Offer an apple in Eden : TEMPT
37
Threadbare : WORNOUT
40
Spending limit : CAP
41
Taunted : HECKLED
43
Quangtri locale : NAM
45
Last words : OBIT
47
Bearded : DARED
48
"The ___ Report" (1976 bestseller) : HITE
49
Buddy of Irene Ryan? : EBSEN
51
Record number? : RPM
52
Hay holders : LOFTS
53
Carbon attachment : DIOXIDE
55
They're sometimes tickled : IVORIES
57
Put under : SEDATED
58
Bond once : CONNERY
59
Smarts : SENSE
60
Lacks : NEEDS
Down
1
Painters' equipment : LADDERS
2
Con : AGAINST
3
Egg containers : NESTS
4
Some eagles : ERNS
5
Use the peepers : SEE
6
Ewe said it! : BAA
7
Scores of diamonds : RUNS
8
Make up : ATONE
9
Barber's town : SEVILLE
10
Less upscale : SEEDIER
11
Like abandoned gardens : WEEDY
12
"Hunches in Bunches" author : DRSEUSS
13
Lamb Chop's voice : SHARI
14
More than misgivings : DREAD
19
Shoots an average score : PARS
22
Deducted style points from : FAULTED
23
Like Capone's face : SCARRED
26
Ralph of "Happy Days" : MALPH
27
Touch up : EMEND
30
Canyon edge : RIM
32
Party letters : BYO
34
Political tract : POLEMIC
35
Purr-fect pets? : TABBIES
36
Show piece? : EPISODE
37
Station that went on the air in 1978 : WKRP
38
Like one 1992 Olympics team : UNIFIED
39
Ragamuffin's attire : TATTERS
40
Sorority possibles : COEDS
42
Gave a rap : CARED
44
Topsy-turvy : MESSY
46
L.B.J., e.g. : TEXAN
48
Lena of "Stormy Weather" : HORNE
50
Picky people pick them : NITS
52
Like a star for 46-Down : LONE
54
River to the Irish Sea : DEE
56
Bismarck's predecessor : VON

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

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