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New York Times, Friday, December 9, 1994

Author:
Matt Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Like an angry lobster?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
587/24/19949/6/20001
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ScrabblePGramFresh
1.61461%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {QVX} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Gaffney. Friday freshness: 51%
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S
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A
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N
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S
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D
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S
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H
O
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K
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T
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U
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P
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A
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L
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B
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L
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L
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S
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P
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A
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J
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R
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O
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A
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S
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Y
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T
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C
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T
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L
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P
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M
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L
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C
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T
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M
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A
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© 1994, The New York Times12/9/94 ( No. 16,467 )
Across
1
Dwellers on the upper Oder : SILESIANS
10
Coasts : SLEDS
15
Attaching : HOOKINGUP
16
"The Forsyte Saga" novel : TOLET
17
It's been said : UTTERANCE
18
___ bug in one's ear (give ideas) : PUTSA
19
Praise : LAUD
20
Perrault's "La ___ au bois dormant" : BELLE
22
Popular toy company : TOMY
23
Pompous fellow : ASS
24
Boston literary family : LOWELLS
26
Denials : NOS
27
Fido's offering : PAW
28
Été month : AOUT
29
Skippy rival : JIF
30
Perniciousness : HARM
32
More than unpleasant : RUDE
33
"Double Fantasy" singer : ONO
34
Quincy specialty : AUTOPSY
37
John Scopes, for one : TEACHER
39
C7-H5-N3-O6 familiarly : TNT
40
Enwreathe : LOOP
42
Eschews robots : MANS
43
Résumé info : AGE
44
Actress Swenson : INGA
45
Oomph : PEP
46
Musical notes : LAS
47
Not completely clean : TAINTED
49
New Deal grp. : CCC
52
Cultural matters, with "the" : ARTS
54
Many a Lett : RIGAN
55
Hard up : POOR
56
Second-generation Japanese-American : NISEI
58
Northern California city : SANTAROSA
60
"Murphy" : TATER
61
Dial number : MEGAHERTZ
62
It's currently positive : ANODE
63
1983 Jackson-McCartney hit : SAYSAYSAY
Down
1
Five-time Super Bowl coach : SHULA
2
Nitpicking amounts : IOTAS
3
Kind of position : LOTUS
4
Squeezed (out) : EKED
5
Gawain's title : SIR
6
One way to tie a knot : INABOW
7
Only Veep from Maryland : AGNEW
8
Word with family or winter : NUCLEAR
9
Make crystal-clear : SPELLOUT
10
Gas station display : STP
11
Galoot : LOUT
12
Singer whose middle name is Hercules : ELTONJOHN
13
City on the Raccoon : DESMOINES
14
Remains to see : STAYSFOR
21
Remain free : ELUDE
24
Like the streets of Holmesian London : LAMPLIT
25
Like an angry lobster? : STEAMED
27
Ex-con, maybe : PRO
30
Language of 14 million : HUNGARIAN
31
Certifies : ATTESTSTO
34
Swift runner of myth : ATALANTA
35
U-boat gear : SONAR
36
"A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore" et al. : YOGIISMS
38
Salary limit : CAP
41
Hypothetical supercontinent : PANGAEA
45
Some hotels : PENTAS
48
Flavorful : TANGY
49
Brewer Adolph : COORS
50
Met soprano Mary : COSTA
51
Perot theme song : CRAZY
53
Pit : SEED
55
Weaker ones : PREY
57
Displeasure : IRE
59
"Now I get it!" : AHA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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