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New York Times, Friday, May 14, 1999

Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : Prego ad phrase
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
9110/29/199411/24/20192
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
150137142922
RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.4868687%
Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FXZ} This is puzzle # 51 for Mr. Longo. Friday freshness: 64%
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© 1999, The New York Times5/14/99 ( No. 18,084 )
Across
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Starting lineup? : QWERTYUIOP
11
Rock's Bon ___ : JOVI
15
16
At another time : ANON
17
Under the weather : INDISPOSED
18
Deliquesce : MELT
19
Exemplars of twinship : PEAS
20
Dump drop-off : GARBAGE
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Fulda tributary : EDER
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Billy the Kid portrayer Gulager : CLU
27
Like lifeguards : TAN
28
So-called "Little Flower of Jesus" : STTHERESA
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Kind of cookie : SMART
34
Potters : CERAMISTS
35
Took part temporarily : SATIN
36
Gold-medal speed skater Johann ___ Koss : OLAV
37
Seemingly, at the start : QUASI
39
Busy place : HIVE
40
Join securely : TENON
42
Scams : SKINGAMES
44
Teatro Constanzi premiere of 1900 : TOSCA
45
Severe critics : CENSURERS
46
Grossglockner, e.g. : ALP
47
Randy's skating partner : TAI
49
Speck : IOTA
50
Dispense : DOLEOUT
52
Director Schumacher : JOEL
56
"___ in Calico" (hit of the 40's) : AGAL
57
Rave : DANCEPARTY
62
Sub sinker : MINE
63
Prego ad phrase : ITSINTHERE
64
Where John Candy made his debut : SCTV
65
Quells, in a way : TEARGASSES
Down
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Medicine cabinet item : QTIP
2
Fall off : WANE
3
"Das Rheingold" goddess : ERDA
4
Maraud : RAISEHAVOC
5
Slo-mo replay subjects, often : TDS
6
Peke squeak : YIP
7
Japanese salad ingredient : UDO
8
Checkpoint requests : IDS
9
"In My Own Fashion" autobiographer : OLEGCASSINI
10
Harp part : PEDAL
11
Architectural sidepiece : JAMB
12
Successively : ONEATATIME
13
Caspian Sea feeder : VOLGARIVER
14
Sharp focus : INTENTNESS
21
Ukr. neighbor : RUSS
23
F.D.R. or J.F.K., e.g. : DEM
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"ER" actor La Salle : ERIQ
25
Bring back : RESUSCITATE
28
"Dilbert" cartoonist : SCOTTADAMS
29
Caused by providential guidance : TELEOLOGIC
30
Noted Barnard undertaking : TRANSPLANT
31
Tent need : STAKE
33
Ranjit Singh and others : MAHARAJAHS
38
___ many words : INSO
41
Brussels-based org. : NATO
43
Eviscerate : GUT
48
Sit in on : AUDIT
51
Atlas abbr. : ELEV
53
Lucky strikes : ORES
54
Peut-___ (perhaps): Fr. : ETRE
55
Percolation products : LYES
58
Eavesdropping org. : NSA
59
Equator, e.g.: Abbr. : CIR
60
One of the Bunker twins : ENG
61
Student-focused org. : PTA

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

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