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New York Times, Monday, October 18, 1999

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert
Editor:
Will Shortz
62-Down : Brynner's co-star in "The King and I"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
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3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
210/18/19999/10/20012
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0200000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5384%
Karen Riekert

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXY} This is puzzle # 36 for Ms. Salomon. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Riekert. Monday freshness: 36%
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© 1999, The New York Times10/18/99 ( No. 18,241 )
Across
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Play parts : ACTS
5
Atty. Gen. Janet : RENO
9
Greek column style : IONIC
14
___ & Chandon (champagne) : MOET
15
With, en français : AVEC
16
Onetime Trump : IVANA
17
Prince Charles's top : POLOSHIRT
19
Exploding stars : NOVAS
20
Bowler's 7-10, e.g. : SPLIT
21
Sends to a certain fate : DOOMS
23
Likely : APT
24
Actor's minimum wage : SCALE
26
Architect I. M. ___ : PEI
27
Hurry : HIE
28
Chinese Chairman : MAO
30
Steffi Graf's footwear : TENNISSHOES
33
Out-of-doors, as dining : ALFRESCO
35
Absorbed, as a loss : ATE
36
She said "I do" : WIFE
37
New Year's ___ : EVE
39
Tear down : RAZE
43
Old gray mare, say : NAG
46
Ushered : ESCORTED
49
Cal Ripkin's lid : BASEBALLCAP
53
Gridders' scores : TDS
54
McClanahan of "The Golden Girls" : RUE
55
Place to recuperate : SPA
56
Combat zone : ARENA
58
Height: Abbr. : ALT
59
Name on a children's book : AESOP
61
"Casablanca" cafe : RICKS
64
Birth-related : NATAL
66
Picabo Street's outerwear : SKIJACKET
68
Muralist Rivera : DIEGO
69
Roughly : ORSO
70
It's rounded up in a roundup : HERD
71
Sen. Thurmond : STROM
72
"___ here" ("Ditto") : SAME
73
Goofs up : ERRS
Down
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Stereo parts : AMPS
2
City dwelling : COOP
3
Chews out : TELLSOFF
4
Impassive : STOIC
5
Cheerleader's cry : RAH
6
Prosecutor's presentation : EVIDENCE
7
Roman "fiddler" : NERO
8
Squids' relatives : OCTOPI
9
"Really! It's MY treat!" : IINSIST
10
Ab ___ (from the beginning) : OVO
11
Arizona Indian : NAVAHO
12
Where to find baked blackbirds : INAPIE
13
Social classes : CASTES
18
Senator's constituency : STATE
22
Phoenix neighbor : MESA
25
___ États-Unis : LES
28
Paw's mate : MAW
29
MacGraw of "Love Story" : ALI
31
Steinbeck work : NOVEL
32
Frau's counterpart : HERR
34
Philosopher Descartes : RENE
38
Avoidance of reality : ESCAPISM
40
Assailant : ATTACKER
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A's opposite, in England : ZED
42
Begley and Bradley : EDS
44
King David's wayward son : ABSALOM
45
Stare with lax jaw : GAPE
47
Mustang or Lynx : CAR
48
"Carmen," e.g. : OPERA
49
Ranches and corporations have them : BRANDS
50
Café ___ : AULAIT
51
Irish canine : SETTER
52
Rodeo ropes : LASSOS
57
Specialty : NICHE
60
Gumbo staple : OKRA
62
Brynner's co-star in "The King and I" : KERR
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Norms: Abbr. : STDS
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Back from now : AGO
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Coffee, slangily : JOE

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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