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New York Times, Thursday, September 23, 1999

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Across : Not so exposed
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 35 for Mr. Quigley. Thursday freshness: 51%
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© 1999, The New York Times9/23/99 ( No. 18,216 )
Across
1
Like some coffee : ICED
5
1950 Isaac Asimov novel : IROBOT
11
Conditioned : FIT
14
Curbside call : TAXI
15
"Unto the Sons" author : TALESE
16
Microphone tester's word : ONE
17
Gets rich, as an archeologist? : HITSPAYDIRT
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TV inits. : RCA
20
1999 British Petroleum acquisition : AMOCO
21
Pokey : STIR
22
Tube top : CAP
23
John Jr.'s love : CAROLYN
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Auteur's field : CINEMA
28
Thesaurus abbr. : ANT
29
One of the world's last remaining People's Democratic Republics : LAOS
31
Not so exposed : SAFER
32
"The Karate Kid" star Pat : MORITA
34
Full of pep : PERT
35
Archeologist's favorite film, with "The"? : REMAINSOFTHEDAY
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All-nighter follower : EXAM
41
Cantabs' rivals : YALIES
42
Coke, as originally touted : TONIC
44
Fictional plantation : TARA
45
Pol. monogram of '52 and '56 : AES
48
Peasants' cooperatives : ARTELS
50
In a halfhearted way : TEPIDLY
52
Here, in Le Havre : ICI
53
Type type: Abbr. : ITAL
56
Editor Harold : EVANS
57
Nothing at all : NIL
58
Groovy archeologist's query? : CANYOUDIGIT
61
Night school subj. : ESL
62
Trail travelers : HIKERS
63
Article in Stern : EINE
64
"Still Crazy" star Stephen : REA
65
Cleans : ERASES
66
Ruination : DOOM
Down
1
Ivy League city : ITHACA
2
Alligator kin : CAIMAN
3
Obtain via shakedown : EXTORT
4
70's "in" spot : DISCO
5
Ending on a niña's name : ITA
6
Sci-fi killer : RAY
7
Reo maker : OLDS
8
"So ___" : BEIT
9
"Hamlet" courtier : OSRIC
10
Popular computer game : TETRIS
11
Compelled to take : FORCEFED
12
Privately : INCAMERA
13
Tax protest of 1773 : TEAPARTY
18
Hoi ___ : POLLOI
24
It's a long story : YARN
25
Like many a jalopy : NOISY
27
Scruffs : NAPES
30
Ermine, at times : STOAT
32
Bess's follower : MAMIE
33
Black key : AFLAT
35
Orthodontist's creation : RETAINER
36
Cast out : EXORCISE
37
Señora's scarf : MANTILLA
38
Bias-ply, for one : TIRE
39
In a mound : HEAPED
43
Writer's no-no : CLICHE
45
Slowly : ADAGIO
46
Climate affecter : ELNINO
47
Bettor's faith : SYSTEM
49
The way up, maybe : STAIR
51
Overgrown, in a way : IVIED
54
"She's a Lady" songwriter : ANKA
55
Strong cleaners : LYES
59
Sourdough's find : ORE
60
Enterprise inits. : USS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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