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New York Times, Wednesday, February 19, 1997

Author:
D. J. DeChristopher
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Lowers, as the lights
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D. J. DeChristopher

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQVX} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. DeChristopher. Wednesday freshness: 28%
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© 1997, The New York Times2/19/97 ( No. 17,270 )
Across
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Promise : WORD
5
Lowers, as the lights : DIMS
9
Biblical queen's home : SHEBA
14
Peculiar: Prefix : IDIO
15
Olympics event since 1900 : EPEE
16
Ached (for) : PINED
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Emulated the sirens : SANG
18
"Alas!" : AHME
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End of a Pindar poem : EPODE
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Mythological sculptor who really loved his work : PYGMALION
22
Church niches : APSES
23
"Shake ___!" : ALEG
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Round, full do : AFRO
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Court matter : RES
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Scott of antebellum legal fame : DRED
31
Crooked : ASLANT
35
Gladiator's place : ARENA
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Require : NEED
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Vintage designation : YEAR
40
"Nana" author : ZOLA
41
Nasal passage : SINUS
42
38-Down, for example : TRIO
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German river : ODER
44
Disable : MAIM
45
With glee : GAILY
46
Deliver, in a way : RESCUE
48
Middle: Prefix : MESO
50
Slalom curve : ESS
51
Mineral suffixes : ITES
53
Emulates Xanthippe : NAGS
55
Defeat : WORST
58
Athenian princess who was turned into a nightingale : PHILOMELA
63
Ouzo flavoring : ANISE
64
Mother of Helen of Troy : LEDA
65
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
66
Arboreal animal : LEMUR
67
Ticked off : IRED
68
Fork prong : TINE
69
Snake, to Medusa? : TRESS
70
Prepare 49-Down : TOSS
71
Generations : ERAS
Down
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Thin strand : WISP
2
Singer Anita : ODAY
3
Cabal : RING
4
Inflexible teaching : DOGMA
5
Narc's collar : DEALER
6
Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra : IPHIGENIA
7
Office note : MEMO
8
"...like you've ___ ghost!" : SEENA
9
Weapons for the Myrmidons : SPEARS
10
Queen of the Amazons : HIPPOLYTA
11
Son of Seth : ENOS
12
Eliot hero : BEDE
13
Lime coolers : ADES
21
"Everyone Says I Love You" actor : ALDA
25
Hula hoops and such : FADS
26
Chin smoother : RAZOR
27
Wear away : ERODE
28
Graf rival : SELES
30
Casual cotton : DENIM
32
Eagle's home : AERIE
33
Things to be filed : NAILS
34
Classical-sounding cities in New York and Michigan : TROYS
36
Youth who fell in love with his reflection : NARCISSUS
38
Another name for the Furies : EUMENIDES
41
Bob Hoskins's role in "Hook" : SMEE
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Kind of dancer : GOGO
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Pronounces : UTTERS
49
Some lunches : SALADS
52
Divvy up : SPLIT
54
Slew : SMOTE
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Creator of Mickey and Goofy : WALT
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Lollapalooza : ONER
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Frost : RIME
59
Leander's lover : HERO
60
Nabob of the Near East : EMIR
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One of Artie's exes : LANA
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Greek war god : ARES

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

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