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New York Times, Wednesday, January 14, 1998

Author:
William Bernhardt
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : Dutch government seat, with "The"
TotalDebutLatest
28/5/19971/14/1998
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5768%
William Bernhardt

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Bernhardt. Wednesday freshness: 14%
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© 1998, The New York Times1/14/98 ( No. 17,599 )
Across
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Lose freshness, as lettuce : WILT
5
Scenery chewers : HAMS
9
Necklace securer : CLASP
14
Confess : AVOW
15
"Napoleon" director Gance : ABEL
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Dutch government seat, with "The" : HAGUE
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Amos or Spelling : TORI
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Instrument shaped like a 69-Across : LUTE
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Undisguised : OVERT
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Cereal secrets? : TRIXOFTHETRADE
23
It may be beaten or bucked : SYSTEM
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Billy was one : KID
25
Santa ___ : ROSA
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Beach robe : CAFTAN
33
Tylenol target : ACHE
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Yours and mine : OURS
39
Razz : TEASE
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Cereal principle of government? : CHEXANDBALANCES
43
Doughnut-shaped : TORIC
44
Helpless? : SOLO
45
Three-handed card game : SKAT
46
Bit of fabric : SWATCH
48
Kind of admiral : REAR
50
Legendary sleeper : RIP
52
Be a dilettante : DABBLE
57
Celebrates with cereal? : KIXUPONESHEELS
62
Novelist Lagerlöf : SELMA
63
24-year-old British P.M. : PITT
64
Wistful word : ALAS
65
The Little Mermaid : ARIEL
66
Forearm bone : ULNA
67
Cost of a minute call, maybe : DIME
68
Part of T.W.A. : TRANS
69
Anjou or Seckel : PEAR
70
"Up" side : YEAS
Down
1
Light bulb units : WATTS
2
Creamy white : IVORY
3
Slow-moving lemur : LORIS
4
Between, to bards : TWIXT
5
Henry Hudson's ship : HALFMOON
6
Bump up against : ABUT
7
John Wesley's denom. : METH
8
Streamlined : SLEEK
9
Phylum humans belong to : CHORDATA
10
Volcanologist's concern : LAVA
11
Like fine wine : AGED
12
"Yeah, right" : SURE
13
Stroke : PET
21
Not 'neath : OER
22
Twitch : TIC
26
Beer, slangily : SUDS
27
Place for vines : ARBOR
29
Swampy spots : FENS
30
Equestrian gear : TACK
31
Off land : ASEA
32
Nutcracker suite : NEST
33
New Testament book : ACTS
34
Eats : CHOW
35
Greek queen of heaven : HERA
36
Sartre's "No ___" : EXIT
38
Shopper's delight : SALE
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Savings account gains : ACCRUALS
42
Guiding light: Var. : LOADSTAR
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With it : HIP
49
Halftime holler : RAH
51
High ball : POPUP
53
Like some eyes : BEADY
54
Contradict : BELIE
55
Andean grazer : LLAMA
56
Twisting turns : ESSES
57
"The King and I" co-star : KERR
58
Pelvic bones : ILIA
59
Marvel superheroes : XMEN
60
World's longest river : NILE
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Sicilian smoker : ETNA
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Emulated Jack Horner : SAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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