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New York Times, Thursday, February 25, 1999

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Across : Third-largest city in Puerto Rico
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Jim Page

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 This is puzzle # 111 for Mr. Page. Thursday freshness: 83%
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© 1999, The New York Times2/25/99 ( No. 18,006 )
Across
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Chest display : MEDAL
6
___ and Span : SPIC
10
Taken : HAD
13
Out : ALIBI
14
"___ Rebel" (1962 #1 hit) : HESA
15
Glittery material : LAME
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Mysterious "Ivanhoe" character, with "the" : BLACKKNIGHT
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Actress Merkel and others : UNAS
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German article : EIN
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Years on end : EONS
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Dissolved substance : SOLUTE
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Eventual period : LONGRUN
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Polo period : CHUKKER
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Suffix with hip or quip : STER
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Striped antelopes : NYALAS
30
Self: Prefix : AUT
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Ninny : ASS
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Choice reading? : MENU
34
Stats for Sosa: Abbr. : HRS
35
Jar : STUN
37
Lunched : ATE
38
"Friends" role : ROSS
40
"Rescue 911" action : CPR
41
Division word : INTO
43
Goddess: Lat. : DEA
44
"It must be him, ___ shall die" : ORI
45
Knock down : DEMOTE
47
Call at camp : TAPS
51
Work on cud, say : RECHEW
53
"Satanic Verses" author : RUSHDIE
55
"P.T.L. Club" couple, once : BAKKERS
56
Faction : SECT
57
Easy chair site : DEN
58
Seat of Jackson County, Tex. : EDNA
59
Figureheads? : BOOKKEEPERS
62
Angry, with "off" : TEED
63
Arkie neighbor : OKIE
64
Third-largest city in Puerto Rico : PONCE
65
Number after due : TRE
66
North Sea feeder : YSER
67
Factions : SIDES
Down
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Cabaret singer Mercer et al. : MABELS
2
Cass ___ of the Mamas and the Papas : ELLIOT
3
Sen. Feinstein : DIANNE
4
Epitome of simplicity : ABC
5
Hooch : LIKKER
6
Climb (up) : SHINNY
7
Good baseball throws : PEGS
8
Somewhat: Suffix : ISH
9
Hospital image : CATSCAN
10
Jewish festivals : HANUKKAHS
11
Dilettantes : AMATEURS
12
Strands : DESERTS
15
Corker : LULU
17
Everyday names : NOUNS
22
"Yeah, right" : OHSURE
24
1965 Pulitzer novelist Shirley Ann ___ : GRAU
28
"Are not!" comeback : AMTOO
29
Jeans brand : LEE
32
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Duke : SNIDER
35
Butter knife : SPREADER
36
Athlete's problem : TRICKKNEE
37
Cash dispenser, for short : ATM
39
Curse : OATH
40
Heavyweight champ of 1892-97 : CORBETT
42
Paper pusher? : NEWSBOY
43
Difference between 19 and 21 : DEUCE
46
One on a long walk : TREKKER
48
Calculator figure : ADDEND
49
Drill through : PIERCE
50
Common pentad : SENSES
52
Commander : HEAD
54
Advances : STEPS
56
French silk : SOIE
60
Endorses : OKS
61
Luau serving : POI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 6 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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