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New York Times, Tuesday, August 11, 1998

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Across : Tooth trouble
TotalDebutLatest
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.552297%
Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JKWZ} This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Hartman. Tuesday freshness: 19%
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P
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R
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B
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L
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O
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G
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G
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L
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P
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© 1998, The New York Times8/11/98 ( No. 17,808 )
Across
1
Droops : SAGS
5
Hula-Hoops, lava lamps, etc. : FADS
9
Tooth trouble : DECAY
14
24-karat, goldwise : PURE
15
Settled down : ALIT
16
The Sorbonne, e.g. : ECOLE
17
Mediterranean seaport : ORAN
18
Punjabi peeress : RANI
19
Confine : BOXIN
20
Basketball player's credo? : NOHARMNOFOUL
23
Free of charge : GRATIS
24
Blockhead : LUG
25
Pindaric work : ODE
28
Starchy tuber : YAM
29
You, right now : SOLVER
32
Allege as fact : AVER
33
Waters : AQUAE
34
Sacramento's Arco ___ : ARENA
35
Soldier's credo? : NOGUTSNOGLORY
39
Science fiction, for one : GENRE
40
"Over the Rainbow" composer Harold : ARLEN
41
"Dragonwyck" author Seton : ANYA
42
Numb, as a foot : ASLEEP
44
Wane : EBB
47
Superman foe ___ Luthor : LEX
48
Cookout leftover? : ASH
49
Armstrong's program : APOLLO
51
Bodybuilder's credo? : NOPAINNOGAIN
54
Worrier's woe, it's said : ULCER
57
Tickled-pink feeling : GLEE
58
Quiz show sound : DING
59
"Waterlilies" painter Claude : MONET
60
Equipment : GEAR
61
Prefix with -derm or -therm : ENDO
62
___ bear : PANDA
63
Talks noisily : YAPS
64
Costner, in "The Untouchables" : NESS
Down
1
Like foam rubber : SPONGY
2
Display in the night sky : AURORA
3
Kind of cracker : GRAHAM
4
French lawmakers : SENAT
5
Sends down to the minors : FARMSOUT
6
Actor Alda : ALAN
7
Producer De Laurentiis : DINO
8
Squelch : STIFLE
9
Fix, as software : DEBUG
10
Environmental sci. : ECOL
11
"Friends" co-star Courteney : COX
12
He stung like a bee : ALI
13
Japanese bread : YEN
21
Off-color : RISQUE
22
"___ Town" : OUR
25
Finished : OVER
26
Say it ain't so : DENY
27
Mesozoic or Paleozoic : ERA
30
Carol syllables : LAS
31
Corruptible : VENAL
32
Elvis ___ Presley : ARON
33
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
34
Syrian city : ALEPPO
35
Hawaiian honker : NENE
36
Cameo stone : ONYX
37
Bauxite or hematite : ORE
38
Grain gatherers : GLEANERS
39
___ Friday : GAL
42
Nile biter : ASP
43
Like a yak's coat : SHAGGY
44
"Seinfeld" role : ELAINE
45
Duck hunters' shelters : BLINDS
46
Beatniks beat them : BONGOS
48
Central artery : AORTA
50
Rhymester Nash : OGDEN
51
Poverty : NEED
52
Intestinal sections : ILEA
53
Minimal high tide : NEAP
54
"Kill the ___!" (ball park cry) : UMP
55
Mauna ___ : LOA
56
MSNBC rival : CNN

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1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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