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New York Times, Tuesday, May 24, 1994

Author:
Arthur S. Ash
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Agrees
TotalDebut
15/24/1994
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ScrabbleFresh
1.5239%
Arthur S. Ash

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 37 Missing: {BFJQ} Spans: 4 Grid has supersymmetry. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Ash. Tuesday freshness: 74%
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© 1994, The New York Times5/24/94 ( No. 16,268 )
Across
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Razor sharpener : STROP
6
Health resort : SPA
9
More than a mere success : SMASH
14
Mussolini's notorious son-in-law : CIANO
15
Assist : AID
16
With uneven gait : LIMPY
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Mink's poor cousin : OTTER
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Ushered : LED
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Truism : AXIOM
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Item to cut for dessert : WHOLEWATERMELON
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Late-night star : LENO
24
President Manuel, ousted by Franco : AZANA
25
TV rooms : DENS
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New Rochelle institution : IONA
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Game show sound : DING
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Princess Diana's family name : SPENCER
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Bedecked : ADORNED
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Mea ___ : CULPA
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Get repeated value from : REUSE
39
Replaceable shoe parts : INSOLES
42
Agrees : ASSENTS
44
Carry on : RANT
45
30's and 40's actress Anna : STEN
46
Porcine cry : OINK
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Kind of system : CASTE
51
Weakens : SAPS
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Popular poultry entree : CHICKENTARRAGON
58
___ hiIt (fully) : TOTHE
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"Le veau ___" ("Faust" aria) : DOR
60
Roomy dress cut : ALINE
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Chef's attire : APRON
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Consume : EAT
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Noted name in Bosnian talks : VANCE
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Oceans, to Longfellow : DEEPS
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Season on the Riviera : ETE
66
Lawn tool : EDGER
Down
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"Bad mood" look : SCOWL
2
Small obligation : TITHE
3
Snitch about : RATON
4
Entree for a solitary diner : ONELOINPORKCHOP
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Scrutinize, with "over" : PORE
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Marathoner Alberto : SALAZAR
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Michelangelo work : PIETA
8
Afterthoughts : ADDENDA
9
Bridge desideratum : SLAM
10
Dieter's dish : MIXEDGREENSALAD
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A miss's equivalent : AMILE
12
Dish's companion in flight : SPOON
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Songs of glory : HYMNS
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Diminish : WANE
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Foray : RAID
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Florida city : OCALA
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Like Eric the Red : NORSE
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H.S. subject : SCI
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So-called "lowest form of wit" : PUN
32
Bygone trains : ELS
34
Sally Field TV role : NUN
35
Erhard's training : EST
36
___ Plaines, III. : DES
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Prefer follower : ENCE
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Latecomer to a theater, maybe : STANDEE
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Ancient fertility goddess : ASTARTE
43
Suffix with young or old : STER
46
Santa's reindeer, e.g. : OCTAD
47
"___ you're happy!" : IHOPE
48
Potassium salt : NITRE
50
Summer ermine : STOAT
52
Geriatric process : AGING
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___ de Leon : PONCE
54
Lip curl : SNEER
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Understands : KENS
57
Pan's opposite : RAVE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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