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New York Times, Friday, August 14, 1998

Author:
Shannon Burns
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : 1990 Literature Nobelist Octavio ___
TotalDebutLatest
102/10/19972/9/2008
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Shannon Burns

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {K} This is puzzle # 9 for Ms. Burns. Friday freshness: 32%
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© 1998, The New York Times8/14/98 ( No. 17,811 )
Across
1
Thrifty competitor : AVIS
5
Kind of point : FOCAL
10
Subjoin : ADD
13
Idealistic sort : DONQUIXOTE
15
Chief Big Bear, e.g. : CREE
17
Habitual : ACCUSTOMED
18
Snakes lack them : EARS
19
Mend a dress, maybe : REHEM
20
1990 Literature Nobelist Octavio ___ : PAZ
21
Meet transaction : SWAP
22
"...could ___ horse!" : EATA
25
Swell place? : SEA
27
"Mister!" : SIR
28
Pane producer : GLAZIER
31
James, for one : EPISTLE
33
Rose up : REBELLED
35
Some tourneys : PROAMS
36
Lots : AGOB
37
Supersized : LARGE
39
Father of Fear and Panic : ARES
40
King of pop : CAROLE
42
It may heat up a dish : JALAPENO
44
Cure-alls : ELIXIRS
46
Counterstrokes: Var. : RIPOSTS
47
Smoke : CIG
48
S.F. zone : PST
49
Go off the deep end : SNAP
50
Banned weapons : UZIS
52
Wharton grad's aspiration, maybe : CEO
54
Jonson dedicatee : CELIA
58
Scotch ___ : PINE
59
Ultimate villain : ANTICHRIST
62
Hitch : SNAG
63
Justification : GOODREASON
64
Day-___ : GLO
65
Bacon product : ESSAY
66
Not loco : SANO
Down
1
When Purim is observed : ADAR
2
Una ___ (unanimously) : VOCE
3
Span fraction : INCH
4
Concertina : SQUEEZEBOX
5
Meet : FIT
6
Tic-tac-toe dud : OXO
7
Free ticket : COMP
8
Resting : ATEASE
9
Plant group : LEDZEPPELIN
10
Hand helpers : ACES
11
What public oddities often do : DRAWSTARES
12
Result of a bad jump : DERAILMENT
14
FedEx alternative : USMAIL
16
Starbucks listings : ESPRESSOS
23
Withdrawal whereabouts : TELLERSCAGE
24
Department : AREA
26
4-Down necessity : AIR
28
Meal-ending toasts : GRACECUPS
29
Making O.K., in a way : LEGALIZING
30
Native : ABORIGINAL
32
Daily productions : SOAPOPERAS
34
Court legend : DRJ
38
Long-jawed fishes : GARS
41
Leo Durocher monicker, with "The" : LIP
43
Military helicopter : APACHE
45
Tachygraphists : STENOS
51
Utah's flower : SEGO
53
Native Oklahomans : OTOS
55
Daughter of Homer and Marge : LISA
56
"Help ___ the way!" : ISON
57
___ extra cost : ATNO
60
Civil rights leader Wells : IDA
61
"All for one and one for all," e.g. : CRY

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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