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New York Times, Tuesday, November 15, 1994

Author:
Judith Perry
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Down : R.N.'s skill
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Judith Perry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 35 Missing: {BJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 23 for Ms. Perry. Tuesday freshness: 84%
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© 1994, The New York Times11/15/94 ( No. 16,443 )
Across
1
Lupino et al. : IDAS
5
Rock band equipment : AMPS
9
Swabs : MOPS
13
"Cheers" habitue : NORM
14
French landscape painter : COROT
16
Toward shelter : ALEE
17
Talk show host's holiday songs? : LENOSNOELS
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Holler : YELL
20
Interstice in a leaf : AREOLE
21
Goes first : LEADSOFF
23
Hog heaven? : STY
24
County bordering London : SURREY
25
Window frame : SASH
27
Actor's first course? : ALDASSALAD
31
Wine cask : TUN
32
Swing around : SLUE
33
Spitting ___ : IMAGE
34
Education for the deaf : ORALISM
36
Carrot cousin : PARSNIP
38
Street show : RAREE
39
Bit of medicine : DOSE
40
Car in a 1964 hit song : GTO
41
Artist's soup ingredients? : KLEESLEEKS
44
H.S. jr.'s exam : PSAT
45
Tempestuous : STORMY
46
Legal matter : RES
47
Smart alec : WISEACRE
50
Jesse James, e.g. : OUTLAW
53
Buffalo's lake : ERIE
54
Playwright's rubbish? : HARTSTRASH
56
Drum sound : ROLL
57
Moonshiner's need : STILL
58
Look ___ (explore) : INTO
59
Grandson of Adam : ENOS
60
Old record company : ATCO
61
Auspices: Var. : EGIS
Down
1
"To Live and Die ___" : INLA
2
Active one : DOER
3
English composer's trap? : ARNESSNARE
4
Unwrinkled : SMOOTH
5
Clearasil target : ACNE
6
Bossy's call : MOO
7
Musical intro : PRELUDE
8
Sherry classification : SOLERA
9
Actress-director's vegetables? : MAYSYAMS
10
Source of trans-fatty acids : OLEO
11
Ill-gotten wealth : PELF
12
___-serve (gas sign) : SELF
15
Russian kings : TSARS
18
Foxy : SLY
22
Wish for : DESIRE
24
Poor part of town : SLUM
25
Baby bird? : STORK
26
Ear-related : AURAL
27
Capp and Capone : ALS
28
Film maker's argot? : LANGSSLANG
29
Heebie-jeebies : AGITA
30
Station : DEPOT
32
Mexican's nap : SIESTA
35
General's catch of the day? : LEESEELS
36
Slow : POKY
37
Balaam's mount : ASS
39
Black mark : DEMERIT
42
Lomond and Ness : LOCHS
43
Mistakes : ERRATA
44
"Dick Van Dyke Show" family name : PETRIE
46
Dull routine : RUT
47
"___ all in this together" : WERE
48
Press clothes : IRON
49
Cylindrical building : SILO
50
Norse capital : OSLO
51
Italian wine center : ASTI
52
"___ on first?" : WHOS
55
R.N.'s skill : TLC

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

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