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New York Times, Saturday, March 21, 1998

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : Rate
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1894/27/19948/3/2024
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 78 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 48%
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© 1998, The New York Times3/21/98 ( No. 17,665 )
Across
1
Well-balanced person : ACROBAT
8
Live primitively : ROUGHIT
15
1994 Sugar Bowl champs : FLORIDA
16
Board, in a way : ENPLANE
17
Women, with "the" : FAIRSEX
18
Rate : DESERVE
19
Radio settings : AMS
20
Oil sources : OLIVES
22
Shelley's alma mater : ETON
23
Guitar attachment? : IST
24
Reunion attendee : NIECE
25
Scale notes : MIS
26
Paris grid : RUES
28
Dairy department offerings : EDAMS
30
Wanamaker contemporary : MACY
31
Nursery rhyme name : SPRAT
33
1846 Johann Galle discovery : NEPTUNE
35
Romps : FIELDDAYS
38
Crook : CHEATER
40
N.F.L.'s Joyner and others : SETHS
44
Cotswold cries : BAAS
45
Measures : STEPS
48
Stain : SOIL
49
Electricity path : ARC
50
Range : SWEEP
52
Supporting : PRO
53
Ruffles : IRKS
55
Part of Lothair I's realm : ALSACE
56
Hrs. on the 90th meridian : CST
57
Percussion unit : TYMPANI
59
Denied admission : KEPTOUT
61
Sent with a click : EMAILED
62
School : EDUCATE
63
Like hibiscus leaves : DENTATE
64
Formed a posse, e.g. : DEPUTED
Down
1
Business : AFFAIRS
2
Is tight-lipped : CLAMSUP
3
Celebrate : ROISTER
4
N.H.L. Hall-of-Famer since 1979 : ORR
5
Humped beast : BISON
6
Antarctica's ___ Coast : ADELIE
7
Got ready to fly : TAXIED
8
Converted, in a way : REDEEMED
9
Aces, sometimes : ONES
10
Raises : UPS
11
Kind of club : GLEE
12
Soap title character of the 1970's : HARTMAN
13
Part of a statement : INVOICE
14
Mite-sized : TEENSY
21
"Midnight Whispers" author : VCANDREWS
27
Hotel conveniences : SAFES
29
Marienbad, for one : SPA
30
Reflects : MUSES
32
___ Maria : TIA
34
Actor Hardin et al. : TYS
36
"The X-Files" subject : ETS
37
Not bother with, as a chore : LETSLIDE
38
Toddler's plea : CARRYME
39
Best Actor of 1971 : HACKMAN
41
Fall garment : TOPCOAT
42
Like a sheepdog : HIRSUTE
43
On the schedule : SLOTTED
44
Teased : BAITED
46
Sickly : PEAKED
47
Leave the country? : SECEDE
51
Animate : PEPUP
54
It turns on the fire : SPIT
55
Without ___ (daringly) : ANET
58
Chef's phrase : ALA
60
The Horned Frogs, initially : TCU

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

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