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New York Times, Thursday, January 21, 1999

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Down : Amount of corn
TotalDebutLatest
1175/12/19918/20/2021
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
52103171925
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
61.481,050279%
Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 46 for Mr. Ross. Thursday freshness: 28%
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© 1999, The New York Times1/21/99 ( No. 17,971 )
Across
1
Cause of gray hair : AGER
5
Olympic success : MEDAL
10
They may be collared : PETS
14
Flier's feat : SOLO
15
Professor Hill : ANITA
16
Stub ___ : ATOE
17
Distribute a 1964 Sidney Lumet film : PASSOUTFAILSAFE
20
Bell site : STEEPLE
21
Quarrel : DUSTUP
22
Suds : BEER
23
"High Noon" sheriff Will ___ : KANE
24
Seedy second-floor apartment : RUNDOWNWALKUP
29
1997 Masters winner : WOODS
31
Frozen dew : HOAR
32
Go ___ : APE
33
1990's singer Tori : AMOS
34
Substantive : MEATY
36
Nile menace : CROC
37
E.R. employees : RNS
38
Bluebelle, e.g., in old TV ads : AUNT
39
Phony phone caller : CRANK
40
Protest leader : SITINSTANDOUT
44
Awaken : STIR
45
401(k) cousins : IRAS
46
Blue : EROTIC
49
Racing vehicles : GOCARTS
53
Hipsters' ballpark lunch : COOLCATSHOTDOGS
56
Confusion : HAZE
57
Carnation holder : LAPEL
58
Issue : EMIT
59
Keatsian works : ODES
60
Trades jabs : SPARS
61
N.B.A. personnel : REFS
Down
1
Dangerous nestful : ASPS
2
Charge : GOAT
3
Choice word : ELSE
4
Crown material, in the Wisdom of Solomon : ROSEBUDS
5
Beaten badly : MAULED
6
Intestinal prefix : ENTERO
7
Subtraction amt. : DIF
8
___ standstill : ATA
9
Used a payment plan : LAIDAWAY
10
Bunch : PASSEL
11
Division politique : ETAT
12
Sukiyaki ingredient : TOFU
13
Slip (in) : SEEP
18
Leads the bidding : OPENS
19
Like some calendars : LUNAR
23
Masseur's target : KNOT
24
It's ruled : ROOST
25
"___ Fool Believes" (1979 #1 hit) : WHATA
26
Jeweler's unit : KARAT
27
Familiar with : UPON
28
Amount of corn : PECK
29
Occasions when the arms are raised : WARS
30
Hawks' former arena : OMNI
34
Broadway fare : MUSICALS
35
___'acte : ENTR
36
Person with a cause : CRUSADER
38
Bit of high jinks : ANTIC
39
Do together : COACT
41
Carpet fibers : ISTLES
42
Closer : NIGHER
43
Needs a bib : DROOLS
46
Second time around? : ECHO
47
Way to go : ROAD
48
Slip (in) : OOZE
50
"Coriolanus" setting : ROME
51
Work-weary exclamation : TGIF
52
J.F.K. jets : SSTS
54
Water source : TAP
55
Loser's place? : SPA

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

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