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New York Times, Wednesday, November 4, 1998

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Down : Sad
TotalDebutLatest
1894/27/19948/3/2024
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 91 for Mr. Norris. Wednesday freshness: 79%
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K
2
C
3
J
4
O
5
N
6
E
7
S
8
P
9
E
10
R
11
K
12
I
13
L
14
I
R
O
N
O
N
S
15
A
L
A
16
M
E
D
A
17
D
O
G
T
R
O
T
18
T
O
W
E
R
E
D
19
A
M
S
20
J
C
P
E
N
N
E
Y
21
S
22
O
23
A
P
24
B
E
H
E
S
T
25
E
C
B
E
26
N
27
T
L
E
Y
28
T
O
29
N
30
I
31
C
32
N
U
B
33
C
O
U
P
34
R
O
N
A
35
E
L
O
36
O
W
E
37
S
38
P
39
A
40
S
T
R
41
C
U
T
42
S
43
S
K
I
D
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I
O
U
45
A
S
S
E
46
T
47
V
C
A
N
D
48
R
E
W
S
49
R
E
50
S
E
A
T
51
A
R
N
O
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M
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C
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H
A
M
M
E
R
55
B
56
A
T
57
C
R
O
P
P
E
R
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M
A
N
I
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P
60
L
61
E
62
A
I
R
H
O
L
E
63
O
N
E
F
O
O
T
64
N
B
A
65
S
T
D
66
N
C
W
Y
E
T
H
© 1998, The New York Times11/4/98 ( No. 17,893 )
Across
1
Basketball Hall-of-Famer from the Celtics : KCJONES
8
A pop : PER
11
About 5/8 of a mi. : KIL
14
Some patches : IRONONS
15
Oakland's county : ALAMEDA
17
Gentle pace : DOGTROT
18
Greatly surpassed, with "over" : TOWERED
19
Mornings, for short : AMS
20
U.S. retailer since 1902 : JCPENNEY
21
"General Hospital," e.g. : SOAP
24
Bidding : BEHEST
25
"Trent's Last Case" author : ECBENTLEY
28
Pick-me-up : TONIC
32
Core : NUB
33
Grand achievement : COUP
34
Columnist Barrett : RONA
35
"Hold On Tight" rock grp. : ELO
36
Be in arrears : OWE
37
It has springs : SPA
40
Bering, e.g.: Abbr. : STR
41
Spoils shares? : CUTS
43
Lose control of a car : SKID
44
Marker : IOU
45
Money in the bank, say : ASSET
47
"Petals in the Wind" author : VCANDREWS
49
Do a maître d's job : RESEAT
51
Cartoonist Peter : ARNO
52
"U Can't Touch This" singer, 1990 : MCHAMMER
55
Halloween decoration : BAT
57
Tenant farmer : CROPPER
58
Subdivision of a Roman legion : MANIPLE
62
Pet carrier feature : AIRHOLE
63
Ruler's length : ONEFOOT
64
Jordan has a part in it: Abbr. : NBA
65
Reg. version : STD
66
Noted children's book illustrator (one of six "middle C" people in this puzzle) : NCWYETH
Down
1
Tease : KID
2
___-Magnon : CRO
3
Nudge : JOG
4
Recorded : ONTAPE
5
"Cheers" regular : NORM
6
Slaughter in baseball : ENOS
7
J.F.K. arrival : SST
8
Like some fog : PATCHY
9
Take flight to unite? : ELOPE
10
Least experienced : RAWEST
11
"Show Boat" composer : KERN
12
Notion in Normandy : IDEE
13
___ Luck : LADY
16
Personal counselor : MENTOR
20
Military vehicle : JEEP
21
Cayuga relative : SENECA
22
Dome opening, in architecture : OCULUS
23
Ones overseeing monk-y business? : ABBOTS
24
Sad : BLUE
26
Cpl. or sgt. : NCO
27
Stranded motorist's need : TOW
29
More of a busybody : NOSIER
30
Around, so to speak : INTOWN
31
Old-time Met tenor : CARUSO
37
32-card game : SKAT
38
Brooch part : PIN
39
Tack on : ADD
42
Angel : SERAPH
43
Melee memento : SCAR
46
Musical speeds : TEMPOS
47
Went off at an angle : VEERED
48
Approve : RATIFY
50
Sensed odors, old-style : SMELT
52
Thom ___ shoe stores : MCAN
53
Newborn's place : CRIB
54
Wedding dance : HORA
55
Judge's seat : BANC
56
Freshly : ANEW
58
Back-to-work time: Abbr. : MON
59
"The Haunted Palace" poet : POE
60
Auction amount : LOT
61
Biblical verb ending : ETH

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

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