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New York Times, Saturday, August 20, 1994

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : Nursery resident
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2548/27/19928/13/20102
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2947154312630
RebusCircleScrabblePGramPre‑WSFresh
611.5710876%
Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVX} Scrabble average: 1.89 This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Nosowsky. Saturday freshness: 60%
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J
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© 1994, The New York Times8/20/94 ( No. 16,356 )
Across
1
Relief provider since 1945 : CARE
5
'48 Bob Hope spoof, With "The" : PALEFACE
13
Cherbourg chow : CHIEN
14
Duncan and others : ISADORAS
15
Bracelet array : CHARMS
16
Twice-baked bread : ZWIEBACK
17
Title role for a Greek : ZORBA
18
Muslim call to prayer : AZAN
19
X for Xenophon : CHI
20
"East of Eden" director : ELIAKAZAN
22
Noah's firstborn : SHEM
23
Most immediate : CLOSEST
24
Select, as a career : GOINTO
26
Kind of mail : HATE
27
English poet Hughes : TED
29
Walpurgis, e.g. : ABBESS
30
Fast eddies' place : JACUZZI
32
Cottonwood : POPLAR
36
Arena cry : OLE
37
Physical start : META
41
Revolt : UPRISE
42
Ohio college : OBERLIN
44
Recite, with "off" : REEL
45
Lake transit : MOTORBOAT
47
Feminizing suffix : INE
48
Gull's perch : BUOY
49
Bête ___ : NOIRE
50
Upscale ski resort : STMORITZ
53
Damon Runyon's birthplace : KANSAS
54
Grooming : TOILETTE
55
Support for a plea : KNEES
56
Incapable of issue : SEEDLESS
57
Rodin work, With "The" : KISS
Down
1
"Sweet" transport : CHARIOT
2
Grounds for some fighters : AIRBASE
3
New issue : REMAKE
4
Anne's double : ENS
5
Sliced food : PIZZA
6
Egyptian water barrier : ASWAN
7
Reposed : LAIN
8
Palindromic Dutch city : EDE
9
It's often chained : FOB
10
Mythical maiden in a weaving contest : ARACHNE
11
Official seals : CACHETS
12
Northern natives : ESKIMOS
13
Spiny, treelike cactus : CHOLLA
15
From Plzen : CZECH
18
Quetzalcoatl worshiper : AZTEC
21
Goggling : ASTARE
22
Blood brother, e.g. : SIB
24
Shady spot in the park : GAZEBO
25
It goes around the middle : OBI
28
Schubert's "Grand ___" : DUO
30
Madison, for one: Abbr. : JAS
31
Foreign-exchange listing : ZLOTY
32
Fanatics of a sort : PURISTS
33
Women's shoe style : OPENTOE
34
Nursery resident : PREEMIE
35
"___ Folks" (original name of "Peanuts") : LIL
37
Castanet player of minstrels : MRBONES
38
Thompson girl and namesakes : ELOISES
39
Papal headgear : TIARAS
40
Parts of pots : ANTES
43
Verdi opus : ERNANI
45
Benji and others : MUTTS
46
Is syrupy : OOZES
48
Be gullible : BITE
51
Requiring many candles : OLD
52
Budd. or Jud., e.g. : REL
53
Hoods in hoods: Abbr. : KKK

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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