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New York Times, Wednesday, August 12, 1998

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : 25 million to 1, maybe
TotalDebutLatest
1338/27/19814/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
2511253728151
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
51.59618943%
Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQ} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Wednesday freshness: 17%
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© 1998, The New York Times8/12/98 ( No. 17,809 )
Across
1
Start of a well-known series : ABCDE
6
Forest denizen : ELK
9
Dry (off) : TOWEL
14
Retinue : TRAIN
15
New beginning? : NEO
16
Lessen : ABATE
17
25 million to 1, maybe : LOTTOODDS
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Put a spell on : HEXED
20
Director Lee : ANG
21
Kind of alert : SMOG
22
Round Table address : SIR
23
Gulf war missile : SCUD
25
Craving for candy : SWEETTOOTH
30
Native American symbol : TOTEM
32
Washington height : RAINIER
33
Carving arrowheads, nowadays : LOSTART
37
Draft org. : SSS
38
Theme of this puzzle : TRIPLEDOUBLES
42
"___ get it!" ("Aha!") : OHI
43
Where to find clear sailing : OPENSEA
44
Football choice : RECEIVE
47
Actor Bruce : NIGEL
51
Person with a log : BOOKKEEPER
55
Vena ___ (vessel to the heart) : CAVA
56
Lots of time : EON
57
Canal with a mule named Sal : ERIE
59
Hit with a phaser : ZAP
60
Capital in 1960's headlines : HANOI
63
Kindnesses : GOODDEEDS
65
Actress Aimée : ANOUK
66
Armageddon : END
67
"A Delicate Balance" playwright : ALBEE
68
Words to remember : MOTTO
69
Soap solution : LYE
70
Ambiances : MOODS
Down
1
"It's about time!" : ATLAST
2
Something to bust : BRONCO
3
Strong string : CATGUT
4
Dah's partner : DIT
5
"The Dukes of Hazzard" spinoff : ENOS
6
Grant : ENDOW
7
Sitting spot : LEDGE
8
Frazier's specialties : KOS
9
Gauguin locale : TAHITI
10
Moon of Uranus : OBERON
11
Grow, in a way : WAX
12
Summer in France : ETE
13
Ran : LED
18
Mantras : OMS
22
Position : STATUS
24
Supermarket section : DELI
26
___ the side of caution (play it safe) : ERRON
27
Seine tributary : OISE
28
1979 Nastassja Kinski role : TESS
29
Mark McGwire stat: Abbr. : HRS
31
Swab : MOP
34
Untidy one : SLOVEN
35
Home on the range : TEPEE
36
Summer pick-me-up : ADE
38
Lt. Kojak : THEO
39
"Miami Vice" cop : RICO
40
Little Joe's pa, on "Bonanza" : BEN
41
Not clerical : LAIC
42
Shape of the world : ORB
45
Scrape together : EKEOUT
46
1965 Dixie Cups hit : IKOIKO
48
Park structure : GAZEBO
49
Got around : EVADED
50
Failures : LAPSES
52
Spring bloomer : PEONY
53
Wear : ERODE
54
Free (of) : RID
58
Dutch cheese : EDAM
60
Hardly one with stage fright : HAM
61
It starts with enero : ANO
62
"Forget it!" : NOT
63
Come together : GEL
64
"Eldorado" rock grp. : ELO

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

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