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New York Times, Friday, September 16, 1994

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : POTASSIUM PORTIONS
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Ross. Grid flow: 16.0 Friday freshness: 40%
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© 1994, The New York Times9/16/94 ( No. 16,383 )
Across
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COPPER CHARGES : CURATES
8
MERCURY WATER SOURCES : HGWELLS
15
Furniture piece : ETAGERE
16
Glee : ELATION
17
Competitor : ENTRANT
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"O, where is ___?": Shakespeare : LOYALTY
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Hemingway novel setting : SEA
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Bygone auto : REO
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Quarantine : ISOLATE
22
Ship officers : BOSNS
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Of oneself: Lat. : SUI
25
GOLDEN GALE : AUGUST
28
POTASSIUM PORTIONS : KRATIONS
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TIN SOURCE : SNORE
34
HYDROGEN GAS : HAIR
35
Auction offering : LOT
36
Mauritanian, e.g. : ARAB
37
Like Oscar Wilde : WITTY
38
Flintstone pet : DINO
39
Zip : NIL
40
Imagine that! : IDEA
41
CARBON COOKER : COVEN
42
SILVER DEBRIS : AGLITTER
45
NEON PORTAL : NEGATE
46
O.T. book : NEH
47
Recreational drives : SPINS
49
Grants : ACCORDS
53
Take measures : ACT
54
Boz boy : TIM
57
Lets, in tennis : DOOVERS
58
Bug River locale : UKRAINE
60
Current instrument : AMMETER
61
Some new-car drivers : LEASERS
62
HELIUM DRINKS : HEBREWS
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ALUMINUM FISHING GEAR : ALLURES
Down
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Mediocre marks : CEES
2
The ___ Reader (alternative press magazine) : UTNE
3
Pro ___ : RATA
4
Cabinet dept. : AGR
5
Scented blossom : TEAROSE
6
He went to camp in a 1987 movie : ERNEST
7
___ Hall : SETON
8
Port opening : HELI
9
Back-of-the-book section : GLOSSARY
10
Rad : WAYOUT
11
Latin list extender : ETALII
12
Actress Kedrova : LILA
13
Senator from Mississippi : LOTT
14
Backwater : SNYE
22
Bedroom community, for short : BURB
23
Kerrigan and company : SKATERS
25
Yoga position : ASANA
26
Take apart : UNRIG
27
Strive mightily, with "out" : GOALL
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U.S. poet laureate ___ Dove : RITA
30
Former Twin batting champ : OLIVA
31
Largish singing group : NONET
32
Attack in away : STONE
34
Bury : HIDE
37
Recalled : WITHDREW
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Follows hostilely : DOGS
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Indispensable : CENTRAL
43
___ one's head : INOVER
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Slightly tapered : TERETE
45
Monticello site : NICKEL
48
Comic Poundstone : PAULA
49
Esau's wife : ADAH
50
Approach : COME
51
Search : COMB
52
Lith. and Lat., once : SSRS
54
Deck : TIER
55
Memo words : INRE
56
Dining hall : MESS
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Tempe sch. : ASU

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

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