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New York Times, Monday, November 28, 1994

Author:
Jonathan Schmalzbach
Editor:
Will Shortz
66-Across : The ___ Affair
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Jonathan Schmalzbach

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 50 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Schmalzbach. Monday freshness: 44%
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© 1994, The New York Times11/28/94 ( No. 16,456 )
Across
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Boats like Noah's : ARKS
5
Dove, for one : COOER
10
Swiss mountain : ALP
13
"Star Wars" princess : LEIA
14
Terre ___, Ind. : HAUTE
15
Bread with seeds : RYE
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Huey Long roman à clef : ALLTHEKINGSMEN
19
Judith Krantz novel : PRINCESSDAISY
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It's frozen in Frankfurt : EIS
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"For ___ a jolly..." : HES
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Secretary, e.g.: Abbr. : ASST
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Canyon effect : ECHO
25
Shoe bottom : SOLE
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Made as good as new : RESTORED
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Marry : WED
38
Eugene O'Neill work : THEEMPERORJONES
42
Dye container : VAT
43
Most foulmouthed : SALTIEST
44
Q-tip, e.g. : SWAB
46
Bulletin board sticker : TACK
50
"Syncratic" prefix : IDIO
54
Mauna ___ : LOA
57
Letter before sigma : RHO
58
Streisand film, after "The" : PRINCEOFTIDES
61
Tale of a Piggy's plight : LORDOFTHEFLIES
63
Lumberjack's tool : AXE
64
Loved ones : DEARS
65
"Is so!" rebuttal : AINT
66
The ___ Affair : XYZ
67
Gardner and others : ERLES
68
Perches : SITS
Down
1
Visigoth leader : ALARIC
2
Hot dog topper : RELISH
3
Potter's oven : KILN
4
Paige, informally : SATCH
5
1988 Tim Rice musical : CHESS
6
Squirrels' hangouts : OAKS
7
Single-named novelist : OUIDA
8
Lab burners : ETNAS
9
Kathie Lee's co-host : REGIS
10
Host : ARMY
11
Soap ingredient : LYE
12
Stylus : PEN
17
With 39-Down, a cornball variety show : HEE
18
Speedy jets : SSTS
19
Prominent part of "Peter Piper picked a peck..." : PEE
24
Refinery shipment : ORE
26
Possess : OWN
27
"Malcolm X" director : LEE
28
Magazine chiefs, for short : EDS
30
River to the North Sea : EMS
31
Health club : SPA
32
___ Aviv : TEL
33
Scrap of food : ORT
34
Louis XIV, e.g. : ROI
35
Prior, to Prior : ERE
36
LP spinners : DJS
38
Boob tubes : TVS
39
See 17-Down : HAW
40
It's two after epsilon : ETA
41
Giant giant : OTT
45
Basketball's Larry : BIRD
47
Passionate : ARDENT
48
Pieces of bedroom furniture : CHESTS
49
Feats of Clay: Abbr. : KOS
51
Radio part : DIODE
52
Use logic : INFER
53
In base 8 : OCTAL
54
Loamy soil : LOESS
55
Incorrect : OFF
56
Brother of Prometheus : ATLAS
58
Clinton, slangily : PREZ
59
Honor: Ger. : EHRE
60
Four on a sundial : IIII
61
Loose : LAX
62
Petroleum company, informally : OXY

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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