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New York Times, Saturday, August 12, 2000

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
58-Across : Close, as friends
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 128 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 53%
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© 2000, The New York Times8/12/0 ( No. 18,540 )
Across
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Ancient shrines : CATACOMBS
10
Keep one's distance from : AVOID
15
Sappho, for one : LYRICPOET
16
Condo luxury : SAUNA
17
Be distinct, in a way : ENUNCIATE
18
Lockheed P-38 feature : TURBO
19
At one time, at one time : ERST
20
Sign, as an agreement : ENTERINTO
22
George Herriman cartoon critter : KAT
23
Launch site : SILO
24
Poison: Prefix : TOXO
26
Tough looks : SNEERS
30
Shade of blue : NILE
32
All ___ : WET
33
Shepherdess in Virgil's "Eclogues" : DELIA
34
Neuter : GELD
35
Iran-Contra grp. : NSC
36
Cry at a casino : LETITRIDE
39
Ball club : BAT
42
Neighbor of Pol. : LITH
43
More upscale : NICER
46
Letter run : STU
47
Ed.'s request : SASE
48
Mounts : GETSON
50
___ Plus razor : ATRA
52
Besmirches : TARS
54
Fort Worth sch. : TCU
55
On its way (or so they say) : INTHEMAIL
58
Close, as friends : GOOD
59
Charm : AMUSE
60
Part of a Car and Driver rating : ENDURANCE
62
Discourage : REPEL
63
Planners' work : SCENARIOS
64
Area bordering the Himalayas : ASSAM
65
Lover's secret : SHADYPAST
Down
1
Narrow-faced irons : CLEEKS
2
"We, the Living" novelist : AYNRAND
3
Part of a board : TRUSTEE
4
"___ No Sunshine" (1971 hit) : AINT
5
New Deal program: Abbr. : CCC
6
19th-century humorist ___ Read : OPIE
7
Haunted house sounds : MOANS
8
Risking everything : BETTINGTHERANCH
9
More intense, as a stare : STEELIER
10
Palazzo Alfieri locale : ASTI
11
Brag : VAUNT
12
Play narrated by a stage manager : OURTOWN
13
Workload sites : INBOXES
14
1957 Physics Nobelist Tsung-___ Lee : DAO
21
Egg ___ : ROLLING
25
Market letters : OTC
27
Pipe connection : ELL
28
Cambodian currency : RIELS
29
Fill : SATIATE
31
One of the Munsters of 60's TV : EDDIE
37
"Ugh!" : ITSAMESS
38
Outer: Prefix : ECT
39
Character-building org. : BSA
40
Once in a while : ATTIMES
41
British trouser cuffs : TURNUPS
44
Country with a blue-, black- and white-striped flag : ESTONIA
45
Ornamentational styles : ROCOCOS
49
Least covered : NUDEST
51
Lost : ATSEA
53
Place for a hit, usually : SIDEA
56
Controls : HELM
57
City in southern Sweden : LUND
58
Title hero in Glenn Close's first major film : GARP
59
Constellation near Norma : ARA
61
Light line : RAY

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

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