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New York Times, Friday, September 24, 1999

Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Across : Arctic sightings
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Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JKQVXZ} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 35 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Friday freshness: 2%
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© 1999, The New York Times9/24/99 ( No. 18,217 )
Across
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Chocolate shade : MOCHA
6
Entries in a family album : AGES
10
Blue : SAD
13
Poet's preposition : ANEAR
14
Prosaic : BLAH
15
1999 Broadway hit, with "The" : WEIR
16
Bluto's residence, in a 1978 movie : DELTAHOUSE
18
Field unit : ACRE
19
French 101 verb : ETES
20
Part of a C.S.A. signature : ELEE
21
Factions : BLOCS
22
Sounds from spas : AHS
23
Lose : MISLAY
25
Vetoes : NOS
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Took the lure : BIT
27
Brume : MIST
28
"You ___ bother..." : NEEDNT
30
Granddaddy of all computers : ENIAC
32
Laugh-a-minute : HOOT
34
Wonderland bird : DODO
35
French revolutionary cry : EGALITE
37
Live Aid, e.g. : BENEFIT
39
"Symphonie espagnole" composer : LALO
40
Chick follower : ADEE
42
Stock : BROTH
43
"Thou art the thing ___": King Lear : ITSELF
45
Red giant in the constellation Cetus : MIRA
47
Renault, e.g.: Abbr. : CIE
48
Day break : NAP
49
Military command : ATEASE
51
Heavy measure : TON
52
Hard work may be part of it : ETHIC
54
___ B'rith : BNAI
55
Actress Collette of "Emma" : TONI
56
Feudal estate : FIEF
57
Alternative to elimination : ROUNDROBIN
59
One of the kings in Kings : OMRI
60
Smart ___ : ALEC
61
One of the Horae : IRENE
62
Riddle-me-___ (guess-book challenge) : REE
63
Easter, e.g., at sea : GALE
64
Arctic sightings : BERGS
Down
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Wasted no time in approaching : MADEABEELINEFOR
2
Separation order : ONETHINGATATIME
3
Heavens, so to speak : CELESTIALSPHERE
4
Pillboxes, e.g. : HATS
5
"___ Vos Prec" (T. S. Eliot work) : ARA
6
Like child labor : ABOLISHED
7
Sticks on : GLUESTO
8
Canvas site : EASEL
9
One side in an age-old battle : SHE
10
Gandhi's birthday, a holiday in India : SECONDOFOCTOBER
11
Cold comfort : AIRCONDITIONING
12
Get smart? : DRESSTOTHENINES
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___-Mart : WAL
17
Half in front? : HEMI
21
"Later!" : BYE
24
It's for openers : ANTE
27
WorldCom partner : MCI
29
River of Hesse : EDER
31
Cream ingredient : ALOE
33
Homage : OBEISANCE
36
Eisenhower's rival for the 1952 nomination : TAFT
38
Court grp. : NBA
41
Hebrew for "God is with us" : EMANUEL
44
Resinous deposit : LAC
46
Nevada Sen. Harry ___ : REID
50
Deadly virus : EBOLA
53
"___ were you..." : IFI
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Hurried : TORE
57
Tease : RAG
58
Tease : RIB

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

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