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New York Times, Wednesday, January 27, 1999

Author:
Leslie Billig
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : "The House of Dies ___" (Virginia Hamilton Edgar-winning mystery)
TotalDebut
11/27/1999
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5736%
Leslie Billig

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QVXZ} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Billig. Wednesday freshness: 5%
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© 1999, The New York Times1/27/99 ( No. 17,977 )
Across
1
Not shut tight : AJAR
5
Royal crown : TIARA
10
O.K. in any outlet : ACDC
14
Like Silver's rider : LONE
15
Up to : UNTIL
16
"Oops!" : UHOH
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Greek salad ingredient : FETA
18
Dolly, for one : CLONE
19
Tear : RACE
20
RAMSEYS : LEWISANDCLARK
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Schoenberg opera "Moses und ___" : ARON
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"Boola Boola" singer : ELI
25
POWELLS : DICKANDJANE
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Org. in old spy stories : OSS
34
Athol Fugard's "A Lesson From ___" : ALOES
35
Mouse manipulator : USER
36
Company, proverbially : TWO
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Verb, for example : NOUN
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Planck's "thanks" : DANKE
40
Lots of bucks : DEER
41
King's domain : CNN
42
Cousin's mother : AUNT
43
"The House of Dies ___" (Virginia Hamilton Edgar-winning mystery) : DREAR
44
Attack a sub? : EAT
45
STILLERS : BENANDJERRY
48
Cataract site : EYE
50
Like Patagonia : ARID
51
ROGERS : FREDANDGINGER
57
Culbertson coup : SLAM
58
Showed again : RERAN
59
Wrinkle remover : IRON
61
Wear out the carpet in the waiting room : PACE
62
Gatling gun feature : CRANK
63
Rosetta's river : NILE
64
"Now hear this!": Abbr. : ATTN
65
Rail riders : HOBOS
66
Traditional Hanukkah gift : GELT
Down
1
Landon of politics : ALF
2
One of the Coen brothers : JOEL
3
It's just for openers : ANTE
4
Arouse : REAWAKEN
5
Popular retirement destination : TUCSON
6
Not on the shore : INLAND
7
Heaps and heaps : ATON
8
Zest : RIND
9
Tess's seducer in "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" : ALEC
10
Hearing-related : AURAL
11
Ben Hur, e.g. : CHARIOTEER
12
Deduct from : DOCK
13
Fighter with Fidel : CHE
21
Roth offerings : IRAS
22
Groucho's expression : LEER
25
Twist or stomp : DANCE
26
Actress Massey : ILONA
27
Work against : COUNTERACT
28
Undemocratic government : JUNTA
29
"Don't ___!" : ASK
30
Born, in Bordeaux : NEE
32
Talk a blue streak? : SWEAR
33
Contrite : SORRY
38
Expected to arrive : DUE
39
First name in advice : ANN
40
Using a dragnet : DREDGING
42
Out for the night : ABED
43
Bottled spirit?: Var. : DJIN
46
1998 Olympics site : NAGANO
47
They may be on the house : DRINKS
49
Mocha's country : YEMEN
51
Off-pitch : FLAT
52
Ogee, e.g. : ARCH
53
Agrippina's son : NERO
54
Colorless : DRAB
55
U.S. port, or its locale : ERIE
56
Throw, as dice : ROLL
57
Health haven : SPA
60
Place to surf : NET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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