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New York Times, Thursday, September 24, 1998

Author:
Frances Hansen
Editor:
Will Shortz
61-Across : Early 11th-century date
TotalDebutLatest
12112/27/19643/29/2006
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
111.631958149%
Frances Hansen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 99 for Ms. Hansen. Thursday freshness: 23%
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© 1998, The New York Times9/24/98 ( No. 17,852 )
Across
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See 28-Down : CHASE
6
"Bleak House" girl and others : ADAS
10
"A Passage to India" doctor : AZIZ
14
Book of prophecies : HOSEA
15
Heart : GIST
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Oliver's request : MORE
17
Garden annual : ASTER
18
Spanish direction : ESTE
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Children's author Blyton : ENID
20
Newsman's dramatic cry : STOPTHEPRESSES
23
Mason of "The Goodbye Girl" : MARSHA
24
It precedes 15 : LOVE
25
Greek gulf or city : ARTA
27
Literary postscript : EPILOG
32
Rock stars' dates : GIGS
36
Kind of terrier : SKYE
38
Welcome to paradise? : ALOHA
39
Travolta film, 1989 : LOOKWHOSTALKING
42
Common trash can site : ALLEY
43
Con : SCAM
44
A long time in México : ANOS
45
Overpower : DEFEAT
47
Troubadour's dawn song : ALBA
49
"Grand" : THOU
51
Storm's cause, maybe : ELNINO
56
Heed sound advice : LISTENTOREASON
60
Incisiveness : BITE
61
Early 11th-century date : MIII
62
Vitality : PULSE
63
Wall St. acronym : AMEX
64
Park director's concern: Abbr. : ECOL
65
Comb and comb and comb : PREEN
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Slightly tainted : GAMY
67
Naysay : DENY
68
No longer in the closet : OUTED
Down
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Gulf : CHASM
2
Popular landscaping plant : HOSTA
3
New York's ___ Place : ASTOR
4
Oozes : SEEPS
5
Kitt who wrote "A Tart Is Not a Sweet" : EARTHA
6
Humorist/illustrator Jon : AGEE
7
Is circumspect : DISPLAYSCAUTION
8
Player in a dome : ASTRO
9
Stow, as cargo : STEEVE
10
University town west of Cedar Rapids : AMES
11
Commercial ___ : ZONE
12
Colored part of a ball? : IRIS
13
British ending : ZED
21
Draconian : HARSH
22
Calyx part : SEPAL
26
Boxing stat : TKOS
28
With 1-Across, star of Broadway's "The Women," 1936 : ILKA
29
Meat purchase : LOIN
30
Cousin of "whoops!" : OHNO
31
Comedian's stock : GAGS
32
Tickled : GLAD
33
Heracles' captive maiden : IOLE
34
Play a round : GOLF
35
___-Ball (arcade game) : SKEE
37
Bibliographical abbr. : ETAL
40
"Easy Rider" biker : WYATT
41
Color appropriate for 7-Down : AMBER
46
Like this puzzle : THEMED
48
Syrian hub : ALEPPO
50
In reserve : ONICE
52
Pacific republic : NAURU
53
Seagull spot : ISLET
54
"Long time ___" : NOSEE
55
Ceaselessly : ONEND
56
Stew bean : LIMA
57
Columnist's squib : ITEM
58
Like a Playmate : SEXY
59
Slick : OILY
60
Do a supermarket job : BAG

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