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New York Times, Thursday, December 30, 1993

Author:
A.J. Santora
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Down : Start, as a computer
TotalDebutLatest
2531/26/19565/22/2005
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41.52418554%
A. J. Santora

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 44 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 186 for Mr. Santora. Thursday freshness: 13%
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© 1993, The New York Times12/30/93 ( No. 16,123 )
Across
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Ace depository : SLEEVE
7
Peter Lorre typecast : BADDIE
13
In no hurry to buy : SHOPPINGAROUND
15
Inexpensive : BARGAINBASEMENT
16
Table spread : OLEO
17
Humiliate : ABASE
18
Twice-told : OLD
19
Fairy tale kid : HANSEL
22
Hoodwink : DUPE
26
Mosaic piece : TESSERA
28
___ -per-view : PAY
29
University of Maine town : ORONO
31
Jazz star, with 36-Down : MALONE
34
Dialing for dollars? : TELEMARKETING
37
Slums Mother : TERESA
38
Heavy bundles : BALES
39
Einstein's birthplace : ULM
40
lndy 500 occurrence : RESTART
44
Humdrum : BLAH
46
Vodka cocktail : GIMLET
49
Coach Holtz of Notre Dame : LOU
50
"All systems ___" : AREGO
52
Survey : SCAN
53
Spying on who's buying? : MINDINGTHESTORE
59
Alternatives to malls : FACTORYOUTLETS
60
"Marriage is ___": Cervantes : ANOOSE
61
Saint-Tropez is one : RESORT
Down
1
Makes confetti : SHREDS
2
Company trademark : LOGO
3
Clean water agcy. : EPA
4
Prefix with glottis or gram : EPI
5
Pinot Chardonnay : VIN
6
Downstairs: Fr. : ENBAS
7
For beginners : BASAL
8
Armored god : ARES
9
Like many football stadiums : DOMED
10
Scheduled : DUE
11
Reception site : INN
12
N.Y. summer time : EDT
13
Chambre : SALLE
14
Kotter of 70'sTV : GABE
15
Start, as a computer : BOOT
19
Start of a toast : HERES
20
Spray, perhaps : AROMA
21
Grandma : NANA
23
Knowing about : UPON
24
Bit of distress : PANG
25
Goggle : EYE
27
Fish entree : SOLE
30
Sun or moon : ORB
31
Near riot : MELEE
32
"This is only ___" : ATEST
33
Not discounted : LIST
34
___ off (scold) : TELL
35
Anecdotal Bombeck : ERMA
36
See 31-Across : KARL
37
Butter container : TUB
41
Writer at Orchard House : ALCOTT
42
Guffaws : ROARS
43
___ out (ignore) : TUNE
45
"It___Be You" (Kahn-Jones hit) : HADTO
46
Romance or sci-fi, e.g. : GENRE
47
Pop music's ___Pop : IGGY
48
Drive : MOTOR
51
Bravo and Grande : RIOS
52
Ending with spin or speed : STER
53
Art deg. : MFA
54
Golfer Woosnam : IAN
55
Sgt., for one : NCO
56
Color : HUE
57
U.F.O. occupants : ETS
58
___-mo (replay technique) : SLO

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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