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New York Times, Friday, September 10, 1999

Author:
Dana Motley
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : Tied
TotalDebutLatest
311/30/19978/16/2013
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20001721
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5314867%
Dana Motley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Motley. Friday freshness: 28%
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© 1999, The New York Times9/10/99 ( No. 18,203 )
Across
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Turns tail? : WAGS
5
Beef : GRIPE
10
Letter opener? : FLAP
14
Offended : HURT
15
Gyrocompass component : ROTOR
16
1950's pinup queen ___ St. Cyr : LILI
17
Sinus, e.g. : ITER
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Tied : EVENSTEVEN
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Father's quarters : MONASTERY
22
"The Bostonians" star, 1984 : REEVE
23
Capital near an earthquake zone : ANKARA
24
Kind of cow : SACRED
25
Hard to pin down : DODGY
27
Fight : STRIVE
29
Cat Nation members : ERIES
30
Article in Der Spiegel : EINE
31
They're uncertain : IFS
34
One with a tab in a bar : BEERCAN
37
Old-fashioned name for Warsaw's land : POLONIA
39
Lookout point : TOR
40
Quite a card : RIOT
42
Egg producer : OVARY
43
It may fly in legends : CARPET
45
Bud, botanically speaking : GEMMA
46
Live in : OCCUPY
49
Conductor Toscanini : ARTURO
51
Prepare, as mushrooms : SAUTE
52
Produce preserver : SCARECROW
55
Surfing milieu : CYBERSPACE
57
Presidential administration : OATH
58
They're good for tricks : ACES
59
Like some furniture : OAKEN
60
Reno, for one: Abbr. : ATTY
61
Lull : REST
62
Extract : WREST
63
D. H. Lawrence's retreat : TAOS
Down
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Vagary : WHIM
2
One with a painted body : AUTO
3
Military specialist : GRENADIER
4
New face : STRANGER
5
She played Anna in "Anna Karenina" : GRETA
6
Rolling stones : ROVERS
7
Rehearse : ITERATE
8
Small liqueur glass : PONY
9
Trauma ctrs. : ERS
10
Take to the cleaners : FLEECE
11
It may be donated : LIVER
12
Anacin alternative : ALEVE
13
Carried a torch (for) : PINED
19
Globetrotter's presentation : TRAVELOGUE
21
Storied locale : SKYSCRAPER
24
___-Soviet relations : SINO
25
Chapter 11 concern : DEBT
26
Dessert item since 1912 : OREO
28
Upholstery uglifier : RIP
31
Beatrice, to Dante : INAMORATA
32
Business : FIRM
33
___ prayer for : SAYA
35
Gossamer : AIRY
36
Alphabet trio : NOP
38
Chesterfield, e.g. : OVERCOAT
41
Item served with punch : TEACAKE
43
Category in a baby contest : CUTEST
44
Does tec work : TRACES
46
Screenwriter's dream : OSCAR
47
Mystic Edgar : CAYCE
48
Cheese units : CUBES
50
QB Dilfer : TRENT
52
Ready for a fight : SPAR
53
Number after sette : OTTO
54
Reasons : WHYS
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Animal going to market, maybe : SOW

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

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