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New York Times, Saturday, April 17, 1999

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Blazing
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Jim Page

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 113 for Mr. Page. Saturday freshness: 56%
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© 1999, The New York Times4/17/99 ( No. 18,057 )
Across
1
Small tip : TENCENTS
9
A ton : LOADS
14
"Likely story" : YEAHSURE
15
Weed of the mint family : HENBIT
16
Shells may be in them : REGATTAS
17
Blazing : AGLARE
18
Christmas times: Abbr. : DECS
19
Egyptian god shown holding a scroll : IMHOTEP
20
Hearst's captors: Abbr. : SLA
23
They're often made of silk : FAKEFLOWERS
25
Las ___, Canary Islands : PALMAS
27
Associate of Dayan : MEIR
28
Connected, nowadays : ONLINE
29
Ellery Queen and others : PENNAMES
34
Site of Kit Carson's grave : TAOS
35
Opening of a retail store? : WAL
36
Strike : XOUT
37
Don't act : SITTIGHT
40
Pupil surrounder : AREOLA
42
Hardly thrilling : BLAH
43
Fox's Fox : MULDER
44
"Equal Time" co-host, once : DEEDEEMYERS
49
Age abbr. : YRS
50
Some cats : ANGORAS
51
Cleaning solution? : BATH
53
Wake-up call? : MORNIN
54
Acts between parties : MEDIATES
58
Tennis's Makarova and others : ELENAS
59
Sorrowful souls : GRIEVERS
60
Bad lover? : SATAN
61
Merchant : STOREMAN
Down
1
One-handed Norse god : TYR
2
Shoe designation : EEE
3
Noodge : NAG
4
McQueen of movies : CHAD
5
"Conga" singer : ESTEFAN
6
Loony : NUTCASE
7
"East of Eden" family name : TRASK
8
French possessive : SES
9
Chicken that's a prolific egg layer : LEGHORN
10
Far from blasting : ONLOW
11
Fall off : ABATE
12
More terrible : DIRER
13
Dance set? : STEPS
15
Lincoln's first Vice President : HAMLIN
19
Words before "Fine" and "Pretty" in song : IFEEL
20
Some are blind : SPOTS
21
Stoop in Hawaii : LANAI
22
Set apart : ALLOT
24
Understanding : EMPATHY
26
Spray : MIST
30
Skating maneuver : AXEL
31
Dour : MOODY
32
Solver of the Königsberg bridge problem : EULER
33
Shiners : STARS
35
Has quite an impact on : WHAMS
38
Basque, e.g. : IBERIAN
39
Learns little by little : GLEANS
40
Its range is about 500-1700 kHz : AMRADIO
41
More out of shape : RUSTIER
44
Iris Murdoch and others : DAMES
45
___ Gay : ENOLA
46
Protected bird : EGRET
47
"The Secret History" novelist Tartt : DONNA
48
Hindenburg's predecessor : EBERT
52
Include : HAVE
54
British sports cars : MGS
55
Pro ___ : TEM
56
Time piece? : ERA
57
1040 ID : SSN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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