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New York Times, Wednesday, February 3, 1999

Author:
Glenn E. Sykes
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : First in a line of cars
TotalDebutLatest
54/13/19952/3/1999
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0004100
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
111.472225%
Glenn E. Sykes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQYZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Sykes. Wednesday freshness: 30%
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© 1999, The New York Times2/3/99 ( No. 17,984 )
Across
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Open-mouthed : AGAPE
6
Jacket part : SNAP
10
Den : NEST
14
Allied : SIDED
15
+ or - : POLE
16
Riding the waves : ASEA
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Coin of Stockholm : KRONA
18
___ impasse : ATAN
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Hunting target : STAG
20
Part 1 of a quip by the writer named in the circled letters : ADRAMACRITICIS
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Born : NEE
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No longer secret : SEEN
25
1950's White House name : MAMIE
27
"Jeopardy!" host : TREBEK
30
Place to view a Goya : PRADO
31
Is responsible for : SEESTO
35
Midmorning : TEN
36
Part 2 of the quip : AMANWHOLEAVES
41
"Alice" waitress : FLO
42
First in a line of cars : HEARSE
43
Sprites : ELVES
46
Bordering : NEXTTO
50
Actress Dianne : WIEST
51
Balm ingredient : ALOE
54
"___ the ramparts..." : OER
55
End of the quip : NOTURNUNSTONED
59
All there : SANE
60
In olden times : ONCE
61
River through Switzerland : RHINE
62
Adenauer nickname, with "Der" : ALTE
63
Film director Peter : WEIR
64
Put into the ground : INTER
65
Grab, slangily : GLOM
66
Former spouses : EXES
67
Gadabouts : GOERS
Down
1
Obliquely : ASKANT
2
Steel beam : GIRDER
3
Actress Renée : ADOREE
4
Former Transportation Secretary Federico : PENA
5
Dutch cheese : EDAM
6
"Star Trek" setting : SPACE
7
___ Dame : NOTRE
8
Acteur Delon : ALAIN
9
Shut (up) : PENT
10
Daytona 500 organization : NASCAR
11
Body shop figure : ESTIMATE
12
Shores : SEASIDES
13
Cry before "You're it!" : TAG
21
Crookedly : ASKEW
22
Mischief-maker : IMP
26
Centuries and centuries : EON
28
Troop grp. : BSA
29
Poetic contraction : EEN
32
Library sound : SHH
33
Italy's bottom : TOE
34
Ending with pay : OLA
36
Generally : ALLINALL
37
Approach, as the next item of business : MOVEONTO
38
Fish-eating eagles : ERNES
39
Enzyme suffix : ASE
40
Bother : VEX
41
Small number : FEW
44
Respect : ESTEEM
45
Actor Erwin : STU
47
This evenin' : TONITE
48
High schooler : TEENER
49
They may be marching : ORDERS
51
Not the main building : ANNEX
52
One of the Arnazes : LUCIE
53
Humdingers : ONERS
56
T. ___ Price of finance : ROWE
57
Math course : TRIG
58
"Oops!" : OHNO
59
Wane : SAG

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