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New York Times, Wednesday, October 19, 1994

Author:
D.J. Listort
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Down : Thomas Tryon chiller, with "The"
TotalDebutLatest
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D. J. Listort

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Listort. Wednesday freshness: 54%
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© 1994, The New York Times10/19/94 ( No. 16,416 )
Across
1
Barbecue rods : SPITS
6
Newfoundland catch : COD
9
Trouble : BESET
14
"Ready___ : ORNOT
15
Rap sheet abbr. : AKA
16
Kind of acid : AMINO
17
Headed for the hills : RETREATED
19
Oregon's capital : SALEM
20
With 34-Across, one example of 51-Across : THESIXTHSHEIKS
22
Cash ending : IER
23
Selma Lagerlof hero : NILS
24
"___ bite" : ILL
25
As a whole : ENMASSE
27
Western Indian : UTE
28
Path of virtuous conduct : TAO
31
[So written] : SIC
32
Responsibility : ONUS
33
Media co. founded in 1919 : RCA
34
See 20-Across : SIXTHSHEEPSSICK
39
Corrida cheer : OLE
40
Geraint's beloved : ENID
41
Seine sight : ILE
42
Sir or ma'am preceder : YES
43
___ in xylophone : XAS
44
Item seldom seen in pockets : CUEBALL
48
Boob : OAF
49
Rows : OARS
50
4:00 function : TEA
51
Difficult articulations : TONGUETWISTERS
55
Salk's conquest : POLIO
56
She-monsters: Var. : CHIMAERAS
57
Troublesome gas : RADON
58
Egg producer : HEN
59
Steamed : IRATE
60
Utopias : EDENS
61
Assn. : ORG
62
Fodder figures : SILOS
Down
1
Bombing run : SORTIE
2
Adapted for grasping : PREHENSILE
3
Blends : INTERMIXES
4
Crags : TORS
5
Ale servings : STEINS
6
Beef : CATTLE
7
Approvals: Var. : OKEHS
8
June honorees : DADS
9
Completely untrue : BASELESS
10
Modern messages : EMAIL
11
Kimono fabric : SILK
12
Chemical suffixes : ENES
13
The piper's son : TOM
18
Bygone alliance : AXIS
21
Ask for a loan : HITUP
26
Not wait : ACT
27
A, in Aries : UNE
28
Three-sided : TRILATERAL
29
Swift, in music : ACCELERATO
30
Bucket material : OAK
32
Expensive ref. work : OED
34
Kind of sauce : SOY
35
Honeycomb cells : HEXAGONS
36
More than a boo-boo : SNAFU
37
Part of H.R.H. : HIS
38
Family member : SIB
44
Crows' noise : CAWING
45
___ and Thummim (sacred Judaic articles) : URIM
46
Montaigne works : ESSAIS
47
Lads' partners : LASSES
48
Salad ingredient : ONION
49
Thomas Tryon chiller, with "The" : OTHER
51
Tailless amphibian : TOAD
52
Obsolete for "obsolete" : OLDE
53
Canyon phenomenon : ECHO
54
Actress Hatcher : TERI
55
Viewer record lead-in : PRE

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

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