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NY Times, Saturday, June 18, 1994

Author: Randolph Ross/Will Shortz
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Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 64, Blocks: 28, Avg Word Len: 6.16, Missing: { J K Q V X Y }, Scrabble score: 340 (avg 1.73)
Open squares: 111, Cheater squares: 6, Freshness Factor™: 83.0
This is puzzle 8 of 94 for Mr. Ross — solos: 94, collaborations: 0, Sundays: 40

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© 1994, The New York Times
Across Down
1. Siegfried Line of 1930's Germany : WESTWALL
9. Lashes : CILIA
14. Cherub : AMORETTO
15. Gym activity : TONING
16. Like an uninhabited preserve : GAMELESS
17. Colorful fish : WRASSE
18. _____ time : ONEATA
19. Teen idol : POPSTAR
20. Talk incessantly : NATTER
21. Name : DUB
22. Olympic gymnast's goals : TENS
23. Clear sky : ETHER
24. Jesus was one : NAZARENE
26. Tim of ''WKRP in Cincinnati'' : REID
27. Woodworking tools : BUZZSAWS
28. Nine-digit ID: Abbr. : SSN
29. Shut up by force : MUZZLED
30. _____ Maria : TIA
33. Turns gray : GRIZZLES
35. Pith helmet : TOPI
36. At one's wits' end : FRAZZLED
37. Kitchen utensil : CORER
38. Graceland name : ARON
39. _____ Lingus : AER
40. Liberator of Scotland : ROBERT
41. Counts : MATTERS
43. Bind up : ENLACE
44. Detached : UNTIED
45. Yeast enzymes : LACTASES
47. To-dos : SCENES
48. 1969 rock concert site chronicled in ''Gimme Shelter'' : ALTAMONT
49. Cube holders : TONGS
50. Flight finishes : DESCENTS
 1. Mule train drivers : WAGONERS
2. Issues : EMANATES
3. What Hamlet sensed : SOMETHINGROTTEN
4. Doctored : TREATED
5. Commotion : WELTER
6. On _____ (binging) : ATEAR
7. Mil. officers : LTS
8. Pop music's _____ Lobos : LOS
9. Fortune 500 abbr. : CORP
10. Upset : INASTEW
11. Is swayed by logic : LISTENSTOREASON
12. Nuts : INSANE
13. Causes of gray hair : AGERS
15. A double, informally : TWOBASES
19. At sea : PUZZLED
21. Show-stopper : DAZZLER
24. Gets cozy : NUZZLES
25. Far out : RAD
27. _____ Bay (New England site) : BUZZARDS
29. ''Mrs.'' in dialect : MIZ
31. Banker's point : IPERCENT
32. Smog checks : AIRTESTS
34. Carrying on : RANTING
35. Culpable : TOBLAME
36. He reigned in Spain : FRANCO
37. Cold medicine : CONTAC
38. Imperative : AMUST
40. Geom. figures : RECTS
42. Clowns' shoe widths : EEES
45. Fictional dog : LAD
46. Pub drink : ALE
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