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New York Times, Wednesday, July 14, 1999

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Across : Official with a gun
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 33 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 35%
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© 1999, The New York Times7/14/99 ( No. 18,145 )
Across
1
Words from sponsors : ADS
4
Surgery souvenirs : SCARS
9
Start of a series : ABCDE
14
Pose for pictures : SIT
15
Deejay Casey : KASEM
16
Lag behind : TRAIL
17
Sun. speech : SER
18
Start of a question to ponder : IFAPIGLOSES
20
Some poker settlements : IOUS
22
___ Gay (W.W. II plane) : ENOLA
23
Big month for pol. campaigns : OCT
24
Poison plant : SUMAC
26
"Calendar Girl" singer : SEDAKA
28
Question, part 2 : ITSVOICE
31
Resulted in : LEDTO
34
Nobel Institute city : OSLO
35
Cookie holder : JAR
37
Wax collector : EAR
38
Official with a gun : STARTER
41
Under debate : ATISSUE
43
Fess (up to) : OWN
44
Hooded snake : ASP
45
Carry on : WAGE
46
High boot : WADER
48
Question, part 3 : ISTHEPIG
52
Navy flier? : ENSIGN
55
A handshake begins it : TRUCE
56
"Exodus" hero : ARI
57
Brew lovers' buys : CASES
60
Editor's notation : STET
61
End of the question : DISGRUNTLED
64
Brits' thank-yous : TAS
65
A cigar has one : AROMA
66
"Beau ___" (Gary Cooper classic) : GESTE
67
Subject of psychoanalysis : EGO
68
Chatty bird : MYNAH
69
Jerk : SPASM
70
Site of iniquity? : DEN
Down
1
Birthplace of St. Francis : ASSISI
2
Cool off, as a fad : DIEOUT
3
Pulls strings : STRUMS
4
Deal with moguls : SKI
5
Outdoor eatery : CAFE
6
Straight ___ arrow : ASAN
7
Sleep : REPOSE
8
It's heard just before a click : SMILE
9
Bermuda's locale: Abbr. : ATL
10
"1914" poet : BROOKE
11
Pours down : CASCADES
12
Become lighter? : DIET
13
U.S. Open champ Ernie : ELS
19
Flit (about) : GAD
21
Relish, as relish : SAVOR
25
Shares top billing : COSTARS
27
O.K., informally : ALRIGHT
29
Martinique et Saint Croix : ILES
30
Wall Street Journal subj. : CORP
32
Greek cross : TAU
33
Where Salem is: Abbr. : ORE
35
Spielberg thriller : JAWS
36
Rat-___ : ATAT
38
Boar's mate : SOW
39
"Find out how good we really are" sloganeer : TWA
40
Independent Presidential candidate of 1980 : ANDERSON
42
Prediction makers : SEERS
47
Complete baffler : ENIGMA
48
Foot part : INSTEP
49
Hit on the green : PUTTED
50
When mammoths lived : ICEAGE
51
Mounts : GETSON
53
Hosp. area : ICU
54
Sides in a turf war : GANGS
56
Well-ventilated : AIRY
58
Style maven Klensch : ELSA
59
Goes down : SETS
61
Hydroelectric project : DAM
62
Fan sound : RAH
63
Donkey supporter: Abbr. : DEM

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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