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New York Times, Thursday, February 18, 1999

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : ___ Kong
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Robert H. Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 37 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 39 for Mr. Wolfe. Thursday freshness: 74%
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© 1999, The New York Times2/18/99 ( No. 17,999 )
Across
1
Belle of the old West : STARR
6
Jackpot : POOL
10
Michigan college : ALMA
14
Some are super : NOVAE
15
One-named designer : ERTE
16
Pushes off : GOES
17
Betray? : CROSSCROSS
19
Irish novelist O'Brien : EDNA
20
They have black eyes : COWPEAS
21
Study : BONEUP
23
Read (for) : TRIEDOUT
26
Peer Gynt's mother : ASE
29
Amazed looks? : TAKESTAKES
33
Places where it's sunny : CLEARINGS
35
Quick : AGILE
36
Persisted : HUNGON
37
Ax to grind : AGENDA
38
Spanish folk song : ALALA
39
One in the minority : DISSENTER
42
Some social outings? : DATESDATES
44
Three times: Prefix : TER
45
Places for knickknacks : ETAGERES
47
"Little Orphan Annie" henchman : THEASP
50
How not to run a business : ATALOSS
55
___ Kong : HONG
56
Fakes, in basketball? : PUMPSPUMPS
59
Artist Nolde : EMIL
60
Some needlework : LACE
61
Cloth fold : PLAIT
62
Technique : MODE
63
Timeline divisions : ERAS
64
Mongolian tents : YURTS
Down
1
1960's civil rights org. : SNCC
2
Foe for El Cordobés : TORO
3
Swear : AVOW
4
Barely speak : RASP
5
Turn forward or back, say : RESET
6
Cyrus the Great, e.g. : PERSIAN
7
Metal precioso : ORO
8
Nail-biting events: Abbr. : OTS
9
Land famous for its lyric poets : LESBOS
10
Secretive figure? : AGENTAGENT
11
Big deposit : LODE
12
Item often left at apartment doors : MENU
13
"By yesterday!" : ASAP
18
Bring by the truckload : CARTIN
22
Utility woe : OUTAGE
24
Hosp. readout : EKG
25
___ Arc, Ark. : DES
26
"Be-Bop-___" (Gene Vincent hit) : ALULA
27
Overseas legislature : SENAT
28
Old coin? : EAGLEEAGLE
30
"Roots" role : KINTE
31
Patriarch : ELDER
32
Brand : SEAR
33
Neighbor of Sudan : CHAD
34
Country parties : ROASTS
37
Ledger column : ASSETS
39
U.N.'s Hammarskjöld : DAG
40
Suffix with Gotham : ITE
41
Woolen covers : SERAPES
43
Spot : DAPPLE
46
Maudlin : SAPPY
47
1954 sci-fi film : THEM
48
Our genus : HOMO
49
"Idylls of the King" lady : ENID
51
Humdinger : LULU
52
"The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one" poet : OMAR
53
Restaurant bar? : SPIT
54
They're not baby boomers : SSTS
57
Former pol. entity : UAR
58
Major record label : MCA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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