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New York Times, Tuesday, September 14, 1999

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Across : Fruit or mincemeat, e.g.
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QYZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 46 for Ms. Gorski. Tuesday freshness: 7%
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© 1999, The New York Times9/14/99 ( No. 18,207 )
Across
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Contralto's counterpart : BASSO
6
Richard of "Pretty Woman" : GERE
10
Arm or leg : LIMB
14
Consumer : EATER
15
Part of I.C.U. : UNIT
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Race track : OVAL
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Castle feature : DRAWBRIDGE
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Shuttle scheduler : NASA
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50 minutes with a psychiatrist, e.g. : SESSION
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Yeses : ASSENTS
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Ready for overtime : TIED
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Clear, as a disk : ERASE
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"Joe" : JAVA
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Honors : LAURELS
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Home to 9,000 Maine collegians : ORONO
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"Oh, for Pete's ___" : SAKE
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Elsie's greeting : MOO
39
Absolutely best part : JEWELINTHECROWN
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Old spy org. : OSS
44
Result of melting : DRIP
45
Gown fabric : TULLE
46
Troop formation : PHALANX
49
Hardy heroine : TESS
50
Bewildered : ATSEA
53
PBS Emmy winner : NOVA
55
Plotzed : FAINTED
58
African member of OPEC : NIGERIA
63
Time to make a move : TURN
64
Fruit or mincemeat, e.g. : PIEFILLING
66
Duel tool : EPEE
67
"I had no ___!" : IDEA
68
Any song by the Supremes : OLDIE
69
Slash : REND
70
Filly's brother : COLT
71
Adam and Mae : WESTS
Down
1
Resting places : BEDS
2
Swiss stream : AARE
3
Stops on the I.R.T. : STAS
4
Wraps (up) : SEWS
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Once around the world : ORBIT
6
Kind of pig : GUINEA
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Butt : END
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Latvia's capital : RIGA
9
Summers in France : ETES
10
Antisocial types : LONERS
11
Former Mrs. Trump : IVANA
12
Flag places : MASTS
13
Not at all excited : BLASE
18
Disturb : ROIL
22
High-quality : SELECT
24
Part of sweeping efforts? : DUSTPAN
26
Skater Starbuck : JOJO
27
God of war : ARES
28
Promises : VOWS
29
Chemical ending : ANE
31
When repeated, enthusiastic : RAH
32
Squeeze (out) : EKE
34
Passé : OLDHAT
36
Underground type : MOLE
37
Predators on mice : OWLS
38
End drawer in a till : ONES
40
Roth ___ (investment choice) : IRA
41
Zip : NIL
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Grind, so to speak : RUT
46
Wrote : PENNED
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Like some yogurt : NONFAT
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The Louis whose mother was Marie Antoinette : XVII
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Second photo in a testimonial ad : AFTER
51
Hose shade : TAUPE
52
Signal to pull over : SIREN
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Radiant : AGLOW
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"Ulysses," for one : EPIC
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Queen of Carthage : DIDO
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Big fashion magazine : ELLE
60
Clears (of) : RIDS
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"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
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Ripens : AGES
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Sushi order : EEL

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

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