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New York Times, Friday, March 20, 1998

Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Actress Durbin
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Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {BKQVXZ} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Friday freshness: 1%
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© 1998, The New York Times3/20/98 ( No. 17,664 )
Across
1
Jackson Five features : AFROS
6
Have a fling? : TOSS
10
Voight and others : JONS
14
Fieldworkers' items : PLOWS
15
Rwanda native : HUTU
16
Shade of blue : OPAL
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Dynasts : POTENTATES
19
Cryptobiologist's interest, perhaps : YETI
20
Back muscle, briefly : LAT
21
Pablo or Pedro, e.g. : SAN
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Stew ingredient : PARSNIP
24
Berlioz's "Les nuits d'___" : ETE
25
Actress Durbin : DEANNA
27
Heat unit? : COP
28
Christmas cracker? : PINATA
31
Spill the beans : SING
32
Ending of most odds : ONE
33
Prefix with coastal : INTRA
34
Strawberry's field, once : SHEA
35
Barbra's "Funny Girl" co-star : OMAR
36
Swelled head : EGOTIST
38
On sale : CHEAPLY
40
Res gestae : ACTS
41
Hand over : CEDE
43
1970's Robert Conrad courtroom drama : THEDA
44
___-di-dah : LAH
45
"Later" : CIAO
46
Pan-fries : SAUTES
47
Flatter, in a way : APE
48
Fix : REMEDY
50
"___ Man Answers" (1962 movie) : IFA
51
Small measures : MICRONS
53
Short retort : ANS
55
Pin number? : TEN
56
Siouan speaker : OTOE
57
Mistress of a castle : CHATELAINE
60
Save, as socks : DARN
61
Where Dingle Bay is : EIRE
62
Appeared : AROSE
63
Part of a C.S.A. signature : ELEE
64
Made tracks : SPED
65
Coffer, in architecture : PANEL
Down
1
Diner order : APPLEPIEALAMODE
2
Uncommitted money : FLOATINGCAPITAL
3
Corrupt and then some : ROTTENTOTHECORE
4
See red? : OWE
5
ID's of a sort : SSNS
6
Lord's attendant : THANE
7
Old hat : OUT
8
Girl from uncle? : STEPNIECE
9
York of "Tom Jones" : SUSANNAH
10
Delights : JOYS
11
Free-for-all : OPENCOMPETITION
12
Big slice of a budget : NATIONALDEFENSE
13
Hard to hold : SLIPPERYASANEEL
18
"Aren't I amazing?" : TADA
23
Paparazzo's paper, perhaps : RAG
26
Carolina ___ : ASH
29
37-Down's partner : ARTS
30
Half a bar order : TAI
34
Queen Mary, e.g. : STEAMSHIP
35
Kahuku setting : OAHU
37
29-Down's partner : SCIENCES
39
Traveler's info, for short : ETA
42
The buck stops here? : DOE
45
___-Magnon : CRO
46
End of a party song : SYNE
49
Old hat : DATED
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Artist Magritte : RENE
54
Certain hockey shot : SLAP
58
Were up to date? : ARE
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It's south of Scorpius : ARA

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

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