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New York Times, Thursday, July 30, 1998

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Elroy
TotalDebutLatest
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GJVZ} This is puzzle # 86 for Mr. Norris. Thursday freshness: 36%
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© 1998, The New York Times7/30/98 ( No. 17,796 )
Across
1
Pieces of two-pieces : BRAS
5
Some whistle blowers : REFS
9
Bomb ___ : SQUAD
14
Abundant : LUSH
15
Checkup : EXAM
16
Bizarre : OUTRE
17
Analogy words : ISTO
18
Conn of "Grease" : DIDI
19
Antidiscrimination grp. since 1909 : NAACP
20
T. S. Eliot work : THEWASTELAND
23
N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Elroy : HIRSCH
24
Deep green : EMERALD
28
Nav. rank : ENS
29
Familia members : TIAS
32
Kind of apartment : STUDIO
33
"McTeague" novelist Frank : NORRIS
35
Beyond : PAST
36
Early Clark Gable film, with "The" : PAINTEDDESERT
40
Grammy winner Cohn : MARC
41
Like most mail : SEALED
42
First elected Congresswoman Jeannette : RANKIN
45
Distort, as survey results : SKEW
46
Endorsed : OKD
49
Herculean athletes : IRONMEN
51
Stinkpot : MEANIE
53
Eugene O'Neill's only comedy : AHWILDERNESS
56
1836 battle site : ALAMO
59
Mawkish sentiment : CORN
60
California's ___ Valley : SIMI
61
Plant tissue : XYLEM
62
Computer menu option : EDIT
63
River of Hesse : EDER
64
This might give you a flat : LEASE
65
Sales force : REPS
66
Hourly fee, e.g. : RATE
Down
1
Hardly thinking : BLITHE
2
Storm, as a building : RUSHIN
3
Long-stemmed flowers : ASTERS
4
Exhibits : SHOWS
5
Garibaldi adherent in revolutionary Italy : REDSHIRT
6
Turnpike feature : EXIT
7
Get lighter : FADE
8
Show one's pearly whites : SMILE
9
Italian ___ : SONNET
10
Mammal, usually : QUADRUPED
11
Actress Hagen : UTA
12
Basketball's path : ARC
13
Bank acct. entry : DEP
21
Respond to, as information : ACTON
22
Radio settings : AMS
25
Sixth Jewish month : ADAR
26
Wish ___ : LIST
27
Initial follower : DOT
30
Son of Zeus : ARES
31
They may be chosen : SIDES
33
Ricky and Lucy, e.g. : NICKNAMES
34
Wounded Knee locale: Abbr. : SDAK
36
"I Kid You Not" autobiographer : PAAR
37
Flower through Florence : ARNO
38
Weather : ELEMENTS
39
Drainage system : SEWER
40
Scanner, for short : MRI
43
Words after "Honey" : IMHOME
44
"What's ___?" : NEW
46
One of the Iroquois : ONEIDA
47
Fate : KISMET
48
Want : DESIRE
50
More refined : NICER
52
Goose genus : ANSER
54
Vein : LODE
55
Persistently annoying sound : DRIP
56
Rock's ___ Rose : AXL
57
Bleaching agent : LYE
58
Cookbook phrase : ALA

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

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