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New York Times, Thursday, October 15, 1998

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Gambling mecca
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KQXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 46%
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© 1998, The New York Times10/15/98 ( No. 17,873 )
Across
1
60's accessories : BEADS
6
Insult : SLAM
10
Debutantes' affairs : BALS
14
"A Room With ___" : AVIEW
15
Certain securities deal : REPO
16
Release : EMIT
17
23-Across hit : BARBARAANN
19
Subject of many Sanskrit epics : RAMA
20
Handle-shaped : ANSATE
21
Nantucket resident, maybe : SEASIDER
23
1988 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : THEBEACHBOYS
25
Where Euboea is : GREECE
27
Some can dig it : ORE
28
Low : MOO
29
Stolen loot : HAUL
32
Pushes : URGES
36
Perennial 23-Across concert opener : CALIFORNIAGIRLS
40
Kind of pad : STENO
41
One-word advice : DONT
42
Bring into play : USE
43
Angelo or Antonio, e.g. : SAN
45
Pointed feature : GOATEE
48
23-Across hit : HELPMERHONDA
53
Volunteer : ENLISTEE
54
TV western actor : ARNESS
58
Not fully shut : AJAR
59
23-Across hit : CAROLINENO
61
"Coriolanus" setting : ROME
62
It may be left in a locker : ODOR
63
Wild : FERAL
64
Pair : DYAD
65
Repeater? : MYNA
66
Metaphor or irony, e.g. : TROPE
Down
1
Rum-laced cake : BABA
2
Author ___ S. Connell : EVAN
3
Put-ons? : AIRS
4
Campaign event : DEBATE
5
Wrap : SWATHE
6
Mrs., abroad : SRA
7
Buy alternative : LEASE
8
Sleep disorder : APNEA
9
Gambling mecca : MONACO
10
Thiamine deficiency woe : BERIBERI
11
Brazilian novelist Jorge : AMADO
12
British salt : LIMEY
13
General's pride : STARS
18
Come back again : REECHO
22
Sign of indifference : SHRUG
24
Lincoln had one : BEARD
25
Attack : GOAT
26
Cameo, say : ROLE
28
Roast leaders : MCS
30
Pizzeria ___ (fast-food chain) : UNO
31
Fast talk : LINGO
33
Fit of shivering, in dialect : GRUE
34
Threatening word : ELSE
35
Moscow-to-Volgograd dir. : SSE
37
Heartened : INSPIRED
38
Gillette products : FOAMS
39
Like some music : ATONAL
44
Alternative to AOL or CompuServe : NETCOM
46
Wandering : ADRIFT
47
Hide seeker? : TANNER
48
Was informed of : HEARD
49
Waiter's word : ENJOY
50
Guanaco's cousin : LLAMA
51
"All systems go!" : READY
52
Bird with an S-shaped neck : HERON
55
Architect Saarinen : EERO
56
Lose it : SNAP
57
Seafood entree : SOLE
60
Mouths : ORA

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

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