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New York Times, Tuesday, February 15, 1994

Author:
Jonathan Schmatzbach
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Down : Undeliverable letter, in post-office talk
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Jonathan Schmalzbach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 44 Missing: {VZ} Spans: 4 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Schmalzbach. Tuesday freshness: 50%
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B
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A
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H
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N
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O
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J
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T
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R
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N
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H
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N
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Q
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C
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© 1994, The New York Times2/15/94 ( No. 16,170 )
Across
1
Scroogian comments : BAHS
5
Grandson of Adam : ENOS
9
Biblical possessive : THY
12
Sheltered, at sea : ALEE
13
Spot for Spartacus : ARENA
14
Carnival ride cry : WHEE
15
"Ho, ho, ho" fellow : JOLLYGREENGIANT
18
Seems : APPEARS
19
Hockey's Bobby et al. : ORRS
20
Blue Eagle initials : NRA
21
Feasted : DINED
23
"My salad days when I was ___": Shakespeare : GREENINJUDGMENT
30
Favorite dog name : REX
31
Closes in on : NEARS
32
The East : ASIA
33
Word in a price : EACH
35
Volcano spew : ASH
36
Deli cry : NEXT
37
Cause for liniment : ACHE
38
Not-so-prized fur : STOAT
40
River inlet : RIA
41
Bucky Dent slew it at Fenway Park in 1978 : THEGREENMONSTER
45
Zorba portrayer : QUINN
46
Tennis call : LET
47
Sulk angrily : FUME
48
Many Dickens stories, originally : SERIALS
52
Civil War currency : GREENBACKDOLLAR
56
Merit : EARN
57
Nintendo hero : MARIO
58
One of the Simpsons : LISA
59
Sot's problem : DTS
60
Jot : WHIT
61
Prepares the dinner table : SETS
Down
1
Mexican peninsula : BAJA
2
Crooked : ALOP
3
Maids : HELP
4
Moon goddess : SELENE
5
Misreckons : ERRS
6
Born : NEE
7
Indivisible : ONE
8
___ Marcos, Tex. : SAN
9
Arid region of India : THARDESERT
10
Chick watchers : HENS
11
Thus far : YET
13
Take with ___ of salt : AGRAIN
14
Utility employee : WIREMAN
16
It comes in balls : YARN
17
Bad news at a talent show : GONG
21
"Bull ___" (Costner film) : DURHAM
22
Psyche parts : IDS
23
Word in a monarch's name : GREAT
24
Extent : REACH
25
National treasuries : EXCHEQUERS
26
Tidy up : NEATEN
27
Teen heartthrob Priestley : JASON
28
Undeliverable letter, in post-office talk : NIXIE
29
13th-century invader : TATAR
34
Monastery head : HEGUMEN
38
D.C. legislator : SEN
39
El Greco's "View of ___" : TOLEDO
42
Nothing: Fr. : RIEN
43
Pianist Peter : NERO
44
Part of rock's C.S.N. & Y. : STILLS
47
Brotherhood : FRAT
48
Comic bit : SKIT
49
"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
50
Ultimate : LAST
51
Madrid Mmes. : SRAS
52
Dropout's degree: Abbr. : GED
53
Status letters, perhaps : BMW
54
"Say ___" : AAH
55
Dernier ___ : CRI

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

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