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New York Times, Tuesday, January 25, 1994

Author:
Joel Davajan
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : The Magi, e.g.
TotalDebutLatest
910/13/19937/4/1994
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Joel Davajan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {BJQVXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Davajan. Tuesday freshness: 61%
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© 1994, The New York Times1/25/94 ( No. 16,149 )
Across
1
College digs : DORM
5
Haggadah-reading time : SEDER
10
Coarse hominy : SAMP
14
Piedmont city : ASTI
15
Cuisine type : HAUTE
16
The Magi, e.g. : TRIO
17
Railbird's passion : THESPORTOFKINGS
20
Certain wind : EASTERLY
21
Check : ARREST
22
Opposite of "yippee!" : RATS
23
Buyer caveat : ASIS
24
Bottoms : NADIRS
27
Darlings : PETS
28
Railroad abbr. : STA
31
Old toy company : IDEAL
32
Trim : PARE
33
It's not a dime a dozen : ONER
34
Bettor's bible : DAILYRACINGFORM
37
Grocery buy : EGGS
38
Sword of sport : EPEE
39
Archaic "prior" : AFORE
40
Political abbr. : SEN
41
Cutting reminder? : SCAR
42
Didn't quite rain : MISTED
43
Broadcasts : AIRS
44
Baptism, e.g. : RITE
45
Corner piece? : STAPLE
48
Some legal documents : RELEASES
52
Across-the-board bet : WINPLACEANDSHOW
54
Mont. neighbor : ALTA
55
Mercantilism : TRADE
56
Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
57
Curacao ingredient : PEEL
58
Downy duck : EIDER
59
Snoopy : NOSY
Down
1
Desert dessert : DATE
2
Agcy. founded in 1970 : OSHA
3
Hwys. : RTES
4
Results of some errors : MISTRIALS
5
Summer wear : SHORTS
6
Some House of Lords members : EARLS
7
Word before free or calls : DUTY
8
Ike's command, for short : ETO
9
Double-check the seat belts : REFASTEN
10
Muddles : STIRS
11
"Judith" composer : ARNE
12
Cold-war fighters : MIGS
13
Starting gate : POST
18
Like some gates : PEARLY
19
A Kringle : KRIS
23
Penthouse home? : AERIE
24
Pheasant broods : NIDES
25
Words to live by : ADAGE
26
Stoop : DEIGN
27
Race-track runner : PACER
28
Snob : SNOOT
29
Notre planete : TERRE
30
1947 Horse of the Year : ARMED
32
"___ Got a Brand New Bag" : PAPAS
33
Track hiatus time : OFFSEASON
35
Have fun : RECREATE
36
Like trotters, e.g. : GAITED
41
Dust collector? : SILL
42
Actor Martin : MILNER
43
Dismay : APPAL
44
"The Cloister and the Hearth" author : READE
45
Switch : SWAP
46
Roofing item : TILE
47
Chip in : ANTE
48
Interpret : READ
49
"Git!" : SHOO
50
Geologists' times : EONS
51
Waffle : SWAY
53
Dernier ___ : CRI

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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