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New York Times, Monday, July 5, 1999

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Across : Ancient Celt
TotalDebutLatest
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.502306%
Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 72 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 33%
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S
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© 1999, The New York Times7/5/99 ( No. 18,136 )
Across
1
6-3, 5-7 and 6-4, e.g. : SETS
5
Yep's opposite : NOPE
9
Ancient Celt : DRUID
14
Los Angeles gang member : CRIP
15
At any time : EVER
16
Raging group : HORDE
17
Face-to-face exam : ORAL
18
___ carotene : BETA
19
Harass : ANNOY
20
1970 Pearl Harbor film : TORATORATORA
23
Landfill fill : TRASH
24
Rose's beauty : BLOOM
25
Raises : UPS
28
Justice Black : HUGO
30
Gretel's brother : HANSEL
32
Make dresses and things : SEW
35
Destination for many Cuban refugees : MIAMI
38
Containing no admixtures : PURE
39
Civil War song : TRAMPTRAMPTRAMP
43
Travel around : ROVE
44
Disney dwarf who "never had anything to say" : DOPEY
45
W.W. II craft: Abbr. : LST
46
Texas oil city : ODESSA
49
Atlantic states, with "the" : EAST
51
The "p" in r.p.m. : PER
52
Pick up the tab for : TREAT
55
Writer Joyce Carol ___ : OATES
59
1965 #1 hit by the Byrds : TURNTURNTURN
61
Comforter stuffing : EIDER
64
Western Indian : OTOE
65
Charles Lamb, pseudonymously : ELIA
66
War horse : STEED
67
Great Lakes fish : CHUB
68
"Casablanca" cafe owner : RICK
69
Piggy bank deposit : PENNY
70
Dame Myra : HESS
71
Neuter : SPAY
Down
1
"Ivanhoe" novelist : SCOTT
2
Miscue : ERROR
3
Princess topper : TIARA
4
Swimming pool sound : SPLASH
5
Mount from which Moses viewed the Promised Land : NEBO
6
"Man ___!" : OVERBOARD
7
Flower feature : PETAL
8
Poet's muse : ERATO
9
TV's "___ and Greg" : DHARMA
10
Barrett known for her dish : RONA
11
Still-life subject : URN
12
Bachelor's last words : IDO
13
Susan of "L.A. Law" : DEY
21
Soundly defeat : THUMP
22
"What a view!" : OOH
25
Customary : USUAL
26
Salon works : PERMS
27
Caught some Z's : SLEPT
29
"Shoo!" : GIT
31
"All Things Considered" network : NPR
32
Razor sharpener : STROP
33
Undermine : ERODE
34
Vacillate : WAVER
36
Long March leader : MAO
37
Trigger-happy, say : IMPETUOUS
40
Month, in México : MES
41
Potpie tidbit : PEA
42
80's-90's champ Mike : TYSON
47
Well-built : STURDY
48
Airport info next to "Dep." : ARR
50
Idahos, e.g. : TATERS
53
Tennyson's Arden : ENOCH
54
___ drop of a hat : ATTHE
56
Garden bulb : TULIP
57
Kane of "All My Children" : ERICA
58
Twisting : SNAKY
59
Adult-to-be : TEEN
60
Graycoats : REBS
61
Second sight, for short : ESP
62
Suffix with Israel : ITE
63
Cub Scout unit : DEN

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

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