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New York Times, Monday, February 1, 1999

Author:
Dorothy Smitonick
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Across : Pageant winner
TotalDebutLatest
1812/8/19812/1/1999
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Dorothy Smitonick

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 18 for Ms. Smitonick. Monday freshness: 26%
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L
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© 1999, The New York Times2/1/99 ( No. 17,982 )
Across
1
"Damn Yankees" seductress : LOLA
5
Thick piece : SLAB
9
Where Rome is home : ITALY
14
Frosted : ICED
15
Jay who chins with guests : LENO
16
Wanderer : NOMAD
17
Not much : ATAD
18
Say positively : AVER
19
Brawls : FRAYS
20
Company with high personnel turnover : REVOLVINGDOOR
23
Dictation taker : STENO
24
"New Look" designer : DIOR
25
Sweet potato : YAM
28
Graceful bird : SWAN
31
Winnie-the-Pooh's creator : AAMILNE
33
Lawyer: Abbr. : ATT
36
Regret : RUE
38
Mystery writer Gardner et al. : ERLES
39
Eastern dancer : WHIRLINGDERVISH
44
Bicker : ARGUE
45
Umpire's call : OUT
46
Home for Babe : STY
47
Show, as a historic battle : REENACT
50
Stands in the way of : BARS
53
Always, to a verse writer : EER
54
Verse writer : POET
56
Partner of pains : ACHES
60
Yarn-making device : SPINNINGWHEEL
64
Pageant winner : QUEEN
66
Something the nose knows : ODOR
67
Chorus syllables : LALA
68
Lovers' lane event : TRYST
69
Popular sauce : RAGU
70
Lacking bumps : EVEN
71
Take care of : SEETO
72
Messy dresser : SLOB
73
Sprightly : PERT
Down
1
Whopper tellers : LIARS
2
Eight-man band : OCTET
3
"Get out!" : LEAVE
4
Extensions : ADDONS
5
Pole, e.g. : SLAV
6
___ Strauss & Co. : LEVI
7
Put ___ to (finish) : ANEND
8
Infamous Italian family name : BORGIA
9
Tattletale : INFORMER
10
Bullfight bull : TORO
11
Lilylike flower : AMARYLLIS
12
Song played on a mandolin : LAY
13
Football gains: Abbr. : YDS
21
Daily temperature extreme : LOW
22
___ good turn : DOA
26
"___ of robins in her hair" : ANEST
27
Having an open weave : MESHY
29
Jackie's second : ARI
30
Convent dweller : NUN
32
TV personality Kupcinet : IRV
33
Not in a fog : AWARE
34
Perpetual time on the clock at Independence Hall : THREE
35
Ornamental stone : TIGERSEYE
37
"I" problem : EGO
40
Operate : RUN
41
Enter full force : LEAPINTO
42
Nickname : DUB
43
Guesstimate letters : ETA
48
Jailbird : CON
49
Pavarotti and Domingo : TENORS
51
Green : RAW
52
Lug : SCHLEP
55
Kind of wave : TIDAL
57
Throw : HEAVE
58
Specialist in fishing : EELER
59
Viewpoint : SLANT
61
Botherer : PEST
62
Failed attempt : NOGO
63
Chow : GRUB
64
Parts of gals. : QTS
65
Suffix with press : URE

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

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