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New York Times, Thursday, October 7, 1999

Author:
Kelly Clark
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Start of a query to a practical tailor
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Kelly Clark

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Clark. Thursday freshness: 8%
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© 1999, The New York Times10/7/99 ( No. 18,230 )
Across
1
City near the Red Fork oil fields : TULSA
6
Star bear : URSA
10
"Hey. You. Yeah, you!" : PSST
14
Start of a query to a practical tailor : WHATS
15
Coll. offering : ROTC
16
"This isn't looking good..." : UHOH
17
Schubert's "Mass in ___ major" : AFLAT
18
Chinese nurse : AMAH
19
Wither away : FADE
20
Query, part 2 : AFOOLPROOFWAY
23
To's partner : FRO
24
Senator from Virginia : ROBB
25
Loud hits : BAMS
28
Sideless cart : DRAY
31
House of the Seven Gables site : SALEM
35
Terza rima rhyme scheme : ABA
36
Smelt residue : SLAG
37
"Dreaming of You" singer : SELENA
38
End of the query : TOMAKEPANTSLAST
41
Chutzpah : HUBRIS
42
They can be sweet : PEAS
43
Part of Madame's address : RUE
44
Exit huffily, with "out" : STOMP
45
Sucrose source : BEET
46
They may have it : AYES
47
Climb : RISE
49
Doctrine : ISM
51
The tailor's response, part 1 : MAKETHEJACKET
57
"'Tis a pity" : ALAS
58
Off yonder : AFAR
59
"You win" : ILOSE
62
Soften : MELT
63
Certain bond, informally : MUNI
64
End of the response : FIRST
65
Donald and Ivana, e.g. : EXES
66
Went like the dickens : SPED
67
"Cruel" goddesses : FATES
Down
1
Ambassadors Club carrier : TWA
2
Broadcast signal type : UHF
3
Song bit : LALA
4
Crooks, e.g. : STAFFS
5
Lady Nancy : ASTOR
6
Caspian feeder : URAL
7
Easy win : ROMP
8
Like van Gogh's night : STARRY
9
Blessing preceder : ACHOO
10
It gets a big head : PUFFBALL
11
"Begin the Beguine" bandleader : SHAW
12
Teetotaler's order : SODA
13
He and she : THEY
21
Lots : OODLES
22
Preoccupy : OBSESS
25
Spa, say : BATHS
26
More or less : ABOUT
27
Cha-cha cousin : MAMBO
29
Blame : RAP
30
Wide open : AGAPE
32
"Turn on, tune in, drop out" advocate : LEARY
33
Come to pass : ENSUE
34
Blokes : MATES
36
"Never mind!" : SKIPIT
37
Noise : STATIC
39
Comforts for car passengers : ARMRESTS
40
Formerly : NEE
45
Strengthen : BEEFUP
46
Aviator Earhart : AMELIA
48
Pillow covers : SHAMS
50
Small boat : SKIFF
51
She "charmed the husk right off of the corn" : MAME
52
Quizmaster Trebek : ALEX
53
Hardy cabbage : KALE
54
Plain ___ : JANE
55
Desiccated : ARID
56
Legal matter : TORT
60
From K.C. to Little Rock : SSE
61
Neptunians and others : ETS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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