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New York Times, Thursday, May 13, 1999

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

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 This is puzzle # 103 for Mr. Norris. Thursday freshness: 61%
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© 1999, The New York Times5/13/99 ( No. 18,083 )
Across
1
Public transport since '76 : SST
4
Rock wren's habitat : MESA
8
Lifted : BUOYED
14
Voting places, familiarly : THEPOLLS
16
Unscheduled performance : ENCORE
17
Class work? : YEARBOOK
18
Smart : ASTUTE
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___-majesté : LESE
20
Small sound : PEEP
22
L'eggs competitor : HANES
23
Existing : INESSE
25
Carrying on : WAGING
27
Challenge for a speech coach : LISP
29
Noted gateman? : STPETER
32
Actor Charles of old romantic roles : BOYER
35
Words from Moto : AHSO
37
Swiss canton : URI
38
Sanctions : OKAYS
39
This puzzle's theme, phonetically : Y2K
40
Stinging : ACRID
42
Tolstoy's "Voyna i ___" : MIR
43
Baffin Bay sight : FLOE
44
Salad ingredients, briefly : CUKES
45
Kind of manner : BEDSIDE
48
River to the North Sea : YSER
50
Sensation : SPLASH
52
Wrinkle : CREASE
56
Kind of star : NATAL
58
Fair : SOSO
60
Dollar competitor : AVIS
61
Judge : CRITIC
63
Security device since 1851 : YALELOCK
65
Cause of misunderstanding? : ACCENT
66
Demure, by some standards : LADYLIKE
67
Acts hospitably : ASKSIN
68
Gaelic : ERSE
69
"Le Coq ___" : DOR
Down
1
Needles : STYLI
2
Luster : SHEEN
3
Rib : TEASE
4
Kind of rule : MOB
5
Runs off (with) : ELOPES
6
___-eyed : SLOE
7
Out of line : ASKEW
8
"When I grow up to ___ man" (Beach Boys lyric) : BEA
9
Take off the steamer : UNSHIP
10
Shell designation : OCTANE
11
Aggressive reformist : YOUNGTURK
12
Art Deco designer : ERTE
13
Low marks : DEES
15
1971 Lifetime Achievement Grammy winner : PRESLEY
21
Entree provider : PASSKEY
24
Round Table participants : SIRS
26
Old Pontiac : GTO
28
Low-priced shoestore : PAYLESS
30
An Iroquoian : ERIE
31
Clears : RIDS
32
Fiasco : BOMB
33
Depression Era figure : OKIE
34
Tape alternative : YARDSTICK
36
Water : H2O
40
One adept at serving : ACER
41
Panacea : CUREALL
43
Grp. whose approval is often sought : FDA
46
Floods : SPATES
47
The Big Ten's Fighting ___ : ILLINI
49
Dresses down : SCOLDS
51
Noted rules maven : HOYLE
53
Get around : AVOID
54
Loony tunes : SICKO
55
Geological ridge : ESKER
56
March Madness org. : NCAA
57
Pinball paths : ARCS
59
River to the Mosel : SAAR
62
U.P.S. unit : CTN
64
Storm area : EYE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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