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New York Times, Tuesday, October 19, 1999

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Crimson
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1425262552948
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 65 for Mr. Piscop. Tuesday freshness: 58%
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© 1999, The New York Times10/19/99 ( No. 18,242 )
Across
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Poet Khayyám : OMAR
5
"Naughty you!" : SHAME
10
Went for the cuspidor : SPAT
14
F.B.I. info : FILE
15
Place for croutons : SALAD
16
Mafia bigwig : CAPO
17
Halloween wear : FRIGHTWIGS
19
Geraint's lady : ENID
20
___ Tafari (Haile Selassie) : RAS
21
Trash bag accessory : TIE
22
City on the Arno : PISA
23
Burglar's advance man, maybe : CASER
26
Tending to grab : CLUTCHY
28
Smokers' needs : ASHTRAYS
32
"The Purple People Eater" singer Wooley : SHEB
33
"O Sole ___" : MIO
34
Triangular road sign : YIELD
36
Not a stylish dresser : FRUMP
39
A throw : EACH
41
"Eating ___" (1982 black comedy) : RAOUL
43
Milky Way unit : STAR
44
Neither sharp nor flat : ONKEY
46
Trainees learn these : ROPES
48
Singing syllable : TRA
49
Pack down : TAMP
51
Study of prison management : PENOLOGY
53
Crimson : HARVARD
56
Good gymnastic scores : NINES
57
"The Time Machine" people : ELOI
58
Brit. lexicon : OED
60
Move it : HIE
61
Balm ingredient : ALOE
62
Feature of some radios : ALARMCLOCK
67
Laces (into) : RIPS
68
Sal of "Exodus" : MINEO
69
Aunt Bee's boy : OPIE
70
Audition : TEST
71
Preserves, as pork : SALTS
72
Withdraw gradually : WEAN
Down
1
Wide of the mark : OFF
2
Aging orbiter : MIR
3
"Aladdin" prince : ALI
4
"That I have but one life to lose for my country," to Hale : REGRET
5
Air France fleet members : SSTS
6
End of a bray : HAW
7
Came to rest : ALIT
8
Hoodoo : MAGIC
9
Detroit duds : EDSELS
10
Regalia items : SCEPTERS
11
Pusher's target? : PANICBUTTON
12
Imitative : APISH
13
NBC debut of 1/14/52 : TODAY
18
He followed Franklin : HARRY
23
Small role for a big star : CAMEO
24
Kind of flu : ASIAN
25
Infantry assault group : SHOCKTROOPS
27
14 and up, for short : UHF
29
Gas station offering : AIR
30
Wine taster's concern : YEAR
31
Single-master : SLOOP
35
Trick : DUPE
37
Blue-haired Simpson : MARGE
38
Earnestly hopes : PRAYS
40
Most likely to break a scale : HEAVIEST
42
Football Hall-of-Famer Dawson : LEN
45
Singer Sumac : YMA
47
Like some booms : SONIC
50
Some golf tourneys : PROAMS
52
Stay out of sight : LIELOW
53
Coward's lack : HEART
54
Kate's TV partner : ALLIE
55
Daniel's "Sonnets to ___" : DELIA
59
Frontiersman Boone, for short : DANL
60
Med. care grps. : HMOS
63
Not active: Abbr. : RET
64
Unlock, in verse : OPE
65
Cloak-and-dagger org. : CIA
66
Barbie's doll : KEN

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

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