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New York Times, Wednesday, February 25, 1998

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Across : Important Phoenician city
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Robert H. Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Wolfe. Wednesday freshness: 60%
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© 1998, The New York Times2/25/98 ( No. 17,641 )
Across
1
Start of many instructions : FIRST
6
Important Phoenician city : SIDON
11
Letters from 12-Down : XIS
14
Carlo Levi's "Christ Stopped at ___" : EBOLI
15
Penned : WROTE
16
80's White House nickname : RON
17
Month after Adar : NISAN
18
Keep an ___ the ground : EARTO
19
Literary olio : ANA
20
Emergency food of Operation Overlord? : DDAYKRATION
22
Pup's cry : YIP
23
Overjoys : ELATES
24
They may have a crush on you : BOAS
25
College conferrals : DEGREES
28
"___ she blows!" : THAR
30
They may be slippery : ELMS
31
Taboo : OFFLIMITS
36
___ mode : ALA
37
Michael Caine spy movie : BLUEICE
39
Tuck's partner : NIP
40
Writer's joy : FANLETTER
42
Downyflake alternative : EGGO
43
Kind of flea or dollar : SAND
44
Astronomical phenomenon : MOONSET
47
Wallet wad : ONES
49
Magna ___ : CHARTA
51
CD-___ : ROM
52
Chalet support, possibly : AFRAMEIBEAM
57
United rival : TWA
58
Sugarcoat : GLAZE
59
With 63-Across, comics girlfriend : OLIVE
60
"Bali ___" : HAI
61
Worn away : EATEN
62
Zaragoza sir : SENOR
63
See 59-Across : OYL
64
Resided : DWELT
65
Paradises : EDENS
Down
1
Ward (off) : FEND
2
Kin of op. cit. : IBID
3
Parks of civil rights : ROSA
4
Hit men : SLAYERS
5
Crystal chandelier sound : TINKLE
6
Endures apprehensively : SWEATSOUT
7
More than miffed : IRATE
8
Day of "Pillow Talk" : DORIS
9
Director Preminger : OTTO
10
Broadway blinker : NEON
11
Do a post-Challenger diagnosis : XRAYORINGS
12
Ancient Greek colony : IONIA
13
Loses control : SNAPS
21
"Norma ___" : RAE
24
"Kapow!" : BAM
25
Refusing to listen : DEAF
26
Actress Raines : ELLA
27
F.B.I. agent's communication : GMANSEMAIL
28
Mom's offering : TLC
29
Hasten : HIE
32
Emolument : FEE
33
Heavens : FIRMAMENT
34
Andrews of "The Mod Squad" : TIGE
35
"Fix" : SPOT
37
TV's Matlock : BEN
38
Inc., overseas : LTD
41
Vegas opener : LAS
42
Licensed : ENABLED
45
Sourdough's find : ORE
46
Of no use : OTIOSE
47
Straight: Prefix : ORTHO
48
"Nothing doing!" : NOWAY
49
Jalopy : CRATE
50
Eye color : HAZEL
52
Like sharp cheese : AGED
53
It may be fatal : FLAW
54
One from Hanover : EINE
55
"Lucid" stream, to Thomas Gray : AVON
56
Sartre's seas : MERS

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

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