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New York Times, Monday, November 23, 1998

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : Singer Morissette
TotalDebutLatest
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 36 for Ms. Gorski. Monday freshness: 31%
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© 1998, The New York Times11/23/98 ( No. 17,912 )
Across
1
Labor's partner, in a garage bill : PARTS
6
Pro ___ (proportionate) : RATA
10
Some urban air : SMOG
14
Big name at video arcades : ATARI
15
Dutch cheese : EDAM
16
No-no: Var. : TABU
17
Homeowners may take them out : SECONDMORTGAGES
20
Uttered : SAID
21
Corn units : EARS
22
Watermelon part : RIND
23
Tee precursor : ESS
24
Author Tyler : ANNE
25
Found at this place : HEREIN
27
Good-as-new tire : RETREAD
29
Put down, slangily : DIS
30
Caribbean, e.g. : SEA
31
Op ___ : ART
32
Elsie's chew : CUD
33
Bank earnings: Abbr. : INT
34
Journalists, as a group : THEFOURTHESTATE
40
"Yo!" : HEY
41
Legal thing : RES
42
Org. that gets members reduced motel rates : AAA
43
It's found in the ground : ORE
44
Exchange I do's : WED
45
All thumbs : AWKWARD
49
Made good on, as a loan : REPAID
51
Jai ___ : ALAI
52
Baked Hawaiian dish : POI
53
Helpful ___ : HINT
54
Singer Anita : ODAY
55
Amount to make do with : LESS
56
"The Pastoral," formally : BEETHOVENSSIXTH
59
Big oil company : ARCO
60
Pastrami place : DELI
61
River to the Rhône : ISERE
62
Glimpsed : SEEN
63
Historical spans : ERAS
64
Spanish houses : CASAS
Down
1
Overtaker on the road : PASSER
2
"Relax, soldiers!" : ATEASE
3
Bigot : RACIST
4
Walked (on) : TROD
5
Confession in a confessional : SIN
6
Send back to a lower court : REMAND
7
Like a lot : ADORE
8
Sailors : TARS
9
Tsp. or tbs. : AMT
10
One step : STAIR
11
Milk of ___ : MAGNESIA
12
Following orders : OBEDIENT
13
Gloomy guy : GUS
18
Like alcohol that's unfit for drinking : DENATURED
19
Some college tests, for short : GRES
24
Prefix with dynamic : AERO
25
Treehouses and such : HIDEAWAYS
26
Basketball's Archibald : NATE
28
W.W. II fliers: Abbr. : RAF
29
Comment made while slapping the forehead : DUH
32
Pennies: Abbr. : CTS
34
Comic book superhero : THOR
35
"I agree!" : HEREHERE
36
Lens : EYEPIECE
37
Sunburned : RED
38
H. H. Munro's pen name : SAKI
39
Playing marble : TAW
44
"Get ___ it!" : WITH
45
Singer Morissette : ALANIS
46
Peaks : APEXES
47
Spots for speakers : ROSTRA
48
Spode pieces : DISHES
50
Susan of "Goldengirl" : ANTON
51
Writer ___ Rogers St. Johns : ADELA
54
Dispatcher's word : OVER
55
"Mona ___" : LISA
56
Undergrad degrees : BAS
57
Poem of praise : ODE
58
[their mistake, not mine] : SIC

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

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