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New York Times, Saturday, November 28, 1998

Author:
Gilbert H. Ludwig
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Down : Time just after sundown
TotalDebutLatest
185/29/19977/21/2008
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0123552
ScrabDebutFresh
1.589863%
Gilbert H. Ludwig

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {Q} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Ludwig. Saturday freshness: 11%
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H
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O
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P
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S
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M
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B
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M
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W
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D
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L
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X
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D
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A
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N
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R
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N
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C
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© 1998, The New York Times11/28/98 ( No. 17,917 )
Across
1
Test sites: Abbr. : HOSPS
6
Tee off : STEAM
11
It's headquartered in Munich : BMW
14
"You've got ___!" : ADEAL
15
Mexican silverwork center : TAXCO
16
Place for a plug : EAR
17
Street of fiction : DELLA
18
Pianist Rubinstein : ARTUR
19
Enchanted : FEY
20
Avocados : ALLIGATORPEARS
23
Come across as : SEEM
24
"Coppélia" costume : TUTU
25
Romance writer's reward : RITA
27
Constitutionals : STROLLS
29
It may hide your pane : DRAPERY
32
"The Steve Allen Show" regular : NYE
33
Kind of organ : REED
34
Prefix with epinephrine : NOR
35
George Town is its capital : CAYMANISLANDS
39
Aron's twin in "East of Eden" : CAL
40
Out of port : ASEA
41
"Feliz ___ Nuevo!" : ANO
42
It's southeast of Rome : ATLANTA
44
Hardly decorated : SPARTAN
48
Newport Folk Festival figure : BAEZ
49
Hip-hop repertory : RAPS
51
Moistureless : SERE
52
Disingenuous sorrow : CROCODILETEARS
56
Nudge : JOG
57
Wool source : LLAMA
58
Bounds : AMBIT
59
"Where ___?" : AMI
60
Bittern relative : EGRET
61
Plunder, old-style : REAVE
62
Telly initials : BBC
63
Humbugs : FAKES
64
Tee off : ANGER
Down
1
Amy Irving's "Yentl" role : HADASS
2
Short poetic tribute : ODELET
3
Market figure : SELLER
4
The high cost of leaving? : PALIMONY
5
Waste : SLAG
6
Concern of some reports : STATUS
7
Kind of deck : TAROT
8
Forces out : EXTRUDES
9
Bra size : ACUP
10
Seconds : MORE
11
Cozy up to : BEFRIEND
12
Baton wielders : MAESTROS
13
Like some humor : WRY
21
Minimally : ATLEAST
22
Noted collagist : ARP
26
Firth of Clyde port : AYR
28
The "L" of L. Frank Baum : LYMAN
30
Backslide : RELAPSE
31
Turkey's fourth-largest city : ADANA
33
Estuary : RIA
35
Tunneled area : CATACOMB
36
Sneezy? : ALLERGIC
37
Time just after sundown : NEARDARK
38
Vinland visitors : NORSEMEN
39
Gypsy ___ : CAB
43
Prefix with benzene : AZO
44
Smashing pumpkin sounds : SPLATS
45
Steeper? : TEABAG
46
Pull in : ARRIVE
47
Home maker : NESTER
50
"Justine" star, 1969 : AIMEE
53
Staff opening : CLEF
54
First name at the '72 Olympics : OLGA
55
First name at the '98 Olympics : TARA
56
Ring connection : JAB

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

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