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New York Times, Wednesday, June 24, 1998

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Across : Lightweight hat
TotalDebutLatest
1821/12/197810/27/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
485442212852
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.534304631%
Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 72 for Mr. Silvestri. Wednesday freshness: 22%
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© 1998, The New York Times6/24/98 ( No. 17,760 )
Across
1
Liberal follower : ARTS
5
Help with the dishes : WIPE
9
Frontier dwelling : CABIN
14
Orderly : NEAT
15
The old sod : ERIN
16
Small type : AGATE
17
Ironed? : DECREASED
19
Brewing need : YEAST
20
U.F.O. crew : ALIENS
21
Hoodwink : DUPE
23
Barrel parts : STAVES
25
Lightweight hat : PANAMA
29
Back biter : MOLAR
31
Wacky : INSANE
33
Fastidious : FUSSY
36
Wrinkled? : DEPRESSED
38
Nile slitherer : ASP
39
Ann and May : CAPES
40
Noted twin : ENG
41
Extinguished? : DELIGHTED
44
X-rated : DIRTY
46
Nonpointed end : ERASER
47
Stable worker : GROOM
49
It's often heard during storms : STATIC
51
Baroque : ORNATE
54
Presuming that : ASIF
56
Neighbor of Namibia : ANGOLA
58
Provide funding for : ENDOW
62
Renounced? : DECLAIMED
64
Miss America topper : TIARA
65
Bibliography abbr. : ETAL
66
Hawaiian honker : NENE
67
Westminster, for one : ABBEY
68
Bank (on) : RELY
69
Those muchachas : ESAS
Down
1
Time ___ half : ANDA
2
Holders of many frames : REELS
3
Implied : TACIT
4
Fords are made here : STREAMS
5
Pop goer : WEASEL
6
Taxing letters : IRS
7
Pinto : PIED
8
Become, finally : ENDUP
9
___ pepper : CAYENNE
10
The time of one's life? : AGE
11
Flock sound : BAA
12
Part of T.G.I.F. : ITS
13
New Jersey pro : NET
18
Representative : ENVOY
22
Skating event : PAIRS
24
Peace Nobelist of 1978 : SADAT
26
Dunderhead : ASS
27
Part of an atomic clock : MASER
28
With regard to : ANENT
30
Replace a wooden pin : REPEG
32
Irritable : EDGY
33
Fall behind in the stretch : FADE
34
Spreadsheet workers : USERS
35
Relative of "thud" : SPLAT
37
"Don Quixote" role : PEDRO
39
O'Donnell of "Mad Love" : CHRIS
42
Book before Jeremiah: Abbr. : ISA
43
Brief vacation : GETAWAY
44
Italian lady : DONNA
45
John Lennon song : IMAGINE
48
Viva voce : ORALLY
50
Beverage in a jug : CIDER
52
Parts of "complete works" : TOMES
53
"Maria ___" (1941 hit) : ELENA
55
Bash : FETE
57
Citrus quaffs : ADES
58
Hellenic vowel : ETA
59
Pen point : NIB
60
Smidgen : DAB
61
Comstock output : ORE
63
Old White House nickname : CAL

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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