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New York Times, Saturday, October 22, 1994

Author:
Daniel R. Stark
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Ride the waves
TotalDebutLatest
165/18/199412/5/1998
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.473680%
Daniel R. Stark

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Stark. Saturday freshness: 28%
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© 1994, The New York Times10/22/94 ( No. 16,419 )
Across
1
Get juice from : REAM
5
Hunter's quest : EASTEREGG
14
Birch : ALDER
16
Learned : SCHOLARLY
17
Hollow rock : GEODE
18
Glassed-in garden : TERRARIUM
19
Fortify : ENRICH
21
Boas : SERPENTS
22
NASA robot : DANTEII
24
Put down, in slang : DIS
25
Livy's stars : ASTRA
27
Boil down : DECOCT
32
Modern outfits : PANTSUITS
36
Songwriter Cahn : SAMMY
37
Not a pretty fruit : UGLI
38
"I don't believe it!" : PSHAW
40
Quiet spot : NOOK
41
Brass : NERVE
43
Stroke of good fortune? : HOLEINONE
45
"Paint Your Wagon" costar Jean : SEBERG
47
Glove material : SUEDE
48
Curve : ARC
50
One way to the top : SKILIFT
54
Ride the waves : BODYSURF
59
You, evidently : SOLVER
60
S.E.C. employees : EXAMINERS
62
Ballerina Shearer : MOIRA
63
Alaskan waters : BERINGSEA
64
"Golf Begins at Forty" author : SNEAD
65
Zippy : ENERGETIC
66
Maroon's locale : ISLE
Down
1
Stormed : RAGED
2
Turgenev heroine : ELENA
3
Ornament : ADORN
4
Thoughtful : MEDITATIVE
5
Maximal ending : EST
6
Virtuosos : ACES
7
Fragment : SHRED
8
X-rated, perhaps : TORRID
9
Passes : ELAPSES
10
"So ___" (Jimmy Dorsey hit) : RARE
11
Bedelia's home, in a folk song : ERIN
12
Flood : GLUT
13
Fitness centers : GYMS
15
Niche : RECESS
20
Try to mooch from : HITUP
23
Temper : IRISH
26
Greek "holy mountain" : ATHOS
28
Pasta dish : CANNELLONI
29
Novel of the South Seas : OMOO
30
Slangy summons : CMON
31
Kid : TYKE
32
Some crossword clues : PUNS
33
"The African Queen" screenwriter : AGEE
34
Strike-monitoring agcy. : NLRB
35
Roman goddess of health : SALUS
39
Calendar rows : WEEKS
42
Going back to the start : ERASING
44
Curry favor and crack a joke, e.g. : IDIOMS
46
90's fashion look : GRUNGE
49
High point : CREST
51
Creepers : IVIES
52
Untamed : FERAL
53
___ secret : TRADE
54
Nogales newborn : BEBE
55
Slow movers : OXEN
56
Brave : DARE
57
Norse giant : YMIR
58
At liberty, in Munich : FREI
61
Pouch : SAC

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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