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New York Times, Monday, March 8, 1999

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Coin flips
TotalDebutLatest
1169/13/199410/17/2005
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086291000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.502306%
Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 66 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 28%
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© 1999, The New York Times3/8/99 ( No. 18,017 )
Across
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German river to the North Sea : ELBE
5
Houston N.L.er : ASTRO
10
Fictional captain with an ivory leg : AHAB
14
Fishing rod attachment : REEL
15
Oarsman : ROWER
16
Malcolm X, for Denzel Washington : ROLE
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Where the President works : OVALOFFICE
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Minute amount : IOTA
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Jeans material : DENIM
21
Regarding : ASTO
22
Dick and Jane's dog : SPOT
23
Skipped the wedding : ELOPED
25
Coin flips : TOSSES
27
High-hatter : SNOB
29
Cockeyed : ASKEW
32
Seldom seen : RARE
35
Zoo inhabitants : BEASTS
39
Ill temper : IRE
40
Meyers of "Kate & Allie" : ARI
41
Sewing groups : CIRCLES
42
L.B.J.'s successor : RMN
43
Bed-and-breakfast : INN
44
Scrabble unit : LETTER
45
Yards in passing, e.g. : STAT
46
Accepted doctrine : DOGMA
48
Shrink-___ : WRAP
50
Yellowbelly : COWARD
54
Draw out : ELICIT
58
Auto racer A. J. : FOYT
60
Sticky stuff : GOOK
62
Hole-___ (ace) : INONE
63
"That hurts!" : OUCH
64
Camelot fixture : ROUNDTABLE
66
Iwo Jima, e.g. : ISLE
67
Hot coal : EMBER
68
Study for finals : CRAM
69
Lustful look : LEER
70
___ Park, Col. : ESTES
71
Makes bales for the barn : HAYS
Down
1
Wear away, as earth : ERODE
2
Carpenter's tool : LEVEL
3
Community gambling game : BEANO
4
Area south of the White House, with "the" : ELLIPSE
5
Poodle's bark : ARF
6
Davenport : SOFA
7
Chubby Checker's dance : TWIST
8
Front of a sheet of paper : RECTO
9
Nabisco cookies : OREOS
10
Crops up : ARISES
11
Dress for Scarlett O'Hara : HOOPSKIRT
12
Choir voice : ALTO
13
Tuckered out : BEAT
18
Harbinger : OMEN
24
"The Many Loves of ___ Gillis" : DOBIE
26
Words of disrespect : SASS
28
Lahr of "The Wizard of Oz" : BERT
30
Humorous Bombeck : ERMA
31
"What ___ wrong?" : WENT
32
Narc's bust : RAID
33
Cartoonist Peter : ARNO
34
Wagner work : RINGCYCLE
36
Have work in Hollywood : ACT
37
Lot : SLEW
38
___ Haute, Ind. : TERRE
41
Falcon feature : CLAW
45
Popeye's muscle builder : SPINACH
47
May honoree : MOTHER
49
Came down to earth : ALIT
51
Be in harmony : AGREE
52
Motel units : ROOMS
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Harbor suspicions : DOUBT
55
Snake charmer's snake : COBRA
56
Dental filling : INLAY
57
Abounds : TEEMS
58
Aluminum sheet : FOIL
59
River in England : OUSE
61
Where gramps jounces junior : KNEE
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A.M.A. members : DRS

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

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