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New York Times, Monday, May 10, 1999

Author:
Frances Hansen
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Prepared for battle
TotalDebutLatest
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Frances Hansen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 102 for Ms. Hansen. Monday freshness: 52%
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© 1999, The New York Times5/10/99 ( No. 18,080 )
Across
1
Hearty kiss : BUSS
5
"To thine own ___ be true" : SELF
9
Showy success : ECLAT
14
Woodwind : OBOE
15
Shakespearean king : LEAR
16
Michelangelo masterpiece : PIETA
17
Used up : GONE
18
Diva's song : ARIA
19
Ritz-Carlton, e.g. : HOTEL
20
1934 film starring 58-Across, with "The" : GAYDIVORCEE
23
Dry, as wine : SEC
24
Sedate : STAID
25
Prepared for battle : ARMED
27
Croquet area : LAWN
30
Teeter-totters : SEESAWS
33
Stork's delivery : BABY
36
Lout : OAF
38
Stretched the neck to look : CRANED
39
The works : ALL
40
1935 film starring 58-Across : ROBERTA
42
Spy's org. : CIA
43
Finnish baths : SAUNAS
45
Tony winner Caldwell : ZOE
46
Brighten, with "up" : PERK
47
Solemnly affirm : SWEARTO
49
Slight advantage : EDGE
51
Bethlehem product : STEEL
52
Makes eyes at : OGLES
56
Pan in Chinese cooking : WOK
58
Star born May 10, 1899 : FREDASTAIRE
62
Excuse : ALIBI
64
Verdi opera or heroine : AIDA
65
Stash away : STOW
66
"Don't You Know" singer Della : REESE
67
Bridle strap : REIN
68
Pakistani language : URDU
69
Teary 1960 Everly Brothers hit : SOSAD
70
Egg foo ___ : YUNG
71
Ooze : SEEP
Down
1
Baseball's Wade : BOGGS
2
German sub : UBOAT
3
"Crime and Punishment" heroine : SONYA
4
In a shabby way : SEEDILY
5
Croat, e.g. : SLAV
6
Architect Saarinen : EERO
7
Lion's den : LAIR
8
Rhubarb : FRACAS
9
Items of short-lived use : EPHEMERA
10
A.F.L.'s partner : CIO
11
1950 film starring 58-Across : LETSDANCE
12
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
13
Locker room powder : TALC
21
Gilbert and Sullivan princess : IDA
22
Built : ERECTED
26
That, in Mexico : ESA
28
Ohio town or its college : WOOSTER
29
Collar : NAB
31
Small river dam : WEIR
32
Pierre's state: Abbr. : SDAK
33
Lowest pitch : BASS
34
"There oughta be ___!" : ALAW
35
1946 film starring 58-Across : BLUESKIES
37
Casbah headgear : FEZ
40
Lofty : RAREFIED
41
Caviar : ROE
44
Slave Turner : NAT
46
Winged horse of myth : PEGASUS
48
Mrs. whose cow started the Chicago Fire : OLEARY
50
Acquired : GOT
53
Petrol unit : LITRE
54
Wear away : ERODE
55
Make final, as a deal : SEWUP
56
Treaties end them : WARS
57
Butter alternative : OLEO
59
"Mon ___!" : DIEU
60
Tennis score after deuce : ADIN
61
Warbled : SANG
63
Jamboree grp. : BSA

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

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