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New York Times, Tuesday, April 14, 1998

Author:
Diane C. Baldwin
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : "___ said to the..." (joke line)
TotalDebutLatest
86/27/19954/12/1999
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1.603725%
Diane C. Baldwin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Baldwin. Tuesday freshness: 27%
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© 1998, The New York Times4/14/98 ( No. 17,689 )
Across
1
White House's ___ Room : EAST
5
Crafts : MAKES
10
Pronto : ASAP
14
Close : NEAR
15
Society's 400 : ELITE
16
Talkative bird : MYNA
17
Data : INFO
18
Alaska native : ALEUT
19
Yemen neighbor : OMAN
20
Actress's sports award? : GEENADAVISCUP
23
Gymnastics equipment : MAT
24
50's-60's pop vocalist ___ Barry : LEN
25
Deep-space mission : PROBE
28
Up to now : ASYET
30
Kind of phone : CELL
33
I am, to Caesar : SUM
34
With anticipation : EAGERLY
37
Celebrities may put them on : AIRS
38
Where a TV lawyer keeps clues? : PERRYMASONJAR
41
Cunning : FOXY
42
Transylvania's locale: Var. : RUMANIA
43
Bat wood : ASH
44
Famous Hart : MOSS
45
Crow : EXULT
49
Stocking shade : BEIGE
51
Champagne designation : SEC
53
"___ said to the..." (joke line) : SOI
54
Old musical producer's annual contest? : BILLYROSEBOWL
59
Reagan Secretary of State : HAIG
61
Pavlov and Lendl : IVANS
62
___ piece (Safire column) : OPED
63
Like a certain sax : ALTO
64
Brown tone : SEPIA
65
Hawaii's state bird : NENE
66
Essence : GIST
67
Ore analysis : ASSAY
68
&&& : ANDS
Down
1
Mystery : ENIGMA
2
Virgil hero : AENEAS
3
Two-point score : SAFETY
4
1982 Disney movie : TRON
5
Fort ___, Md. : MEADE
6
Poe's middle name : ALLAN
7
Chicken ___ : KIEV
8
Place for small scissors : ETUI
9
6-3, 4-6, 7-6, e.g. : SETS
10
French romance : AMOUR
11
Formal meetings : SYMPOSIA
12
Anecdotal collection : ANA
13
Greek piper : PAN
21
Place of worship : ALTAR
22
One NCO : CPL
26
Dueler with Hamilton : BURR
27
Spa in Germany : EMS
29
Weird: Var. : EERY
30
Studies into the wee hours : CRAMS
31
Movie lioness : ELSA
32
City on the Rhône and Saône : LYON
35
Greek sandwich : GYRO
36
Birds now raised on farms : EMUS
37
Its slogan was once "Cleans like a white tornado" : AJAX
38
Stance : POSE
39
Museum features : EXHIBITS
40
One of the family : NIECE
41
___ Four (Beatles) : FAB
44
Actor Gibson : MEL
46
Links championship : USOPEN
47
Downscale : LOWEND
48
Marks over n's : TILDES
50
Leg-of-mutton sleeve : GIGOT
51
Actress Braga from Brazil : SONIA
52
School assignment : ESSAY
55
"Mona ___" : LISA
56
The "Y" of Y.S.L. : YVES
57
Will Smith songs : RAPS
58
___ fide : BONA
59
Hardly a beauty : HAG
60
"Aladdin" prince : ALI

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

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