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New York Times, Monday, November 8, 1999

Author:
Kent Lorentzen
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Rear end, site of many falls
TotalDebutLatest
311/8/19991/6/2004
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0111000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.621540%
Kent Lorentzen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 41 Missing: {HQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Lorentzen. Monday freshness: 80%
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© 1999, The New York Times11/8/99 ( No. 18,262 )
Across
1
Not white, as meat : DARK
5
Free, as a ticket : COMP
9
Choir voice : ALTO
13
Skin softener : ALOE
14
Before surgery : PREOP
16
Spare : LEAN
17
Wine container : WOODBARREL
19
Checker, perhaps : TAXI
20
"Crackers" : NUTSO
21
Hot sauce : TABASCO
23
Egg container : PAPERCARTON
27
Part of the Corn Belt : IOWA
31
Carted : DRAYED
32
Olive container : GLASSJAR
34
Civilian clothes : MUFTI
39
Bob of the Bob and Ray comedy team : ELLIOTT
40
Sermon : ORATION
42
Mongol invader : TATAR
43
Moonshine container : STONEJUG
44
Field : DOMAIN
47
Father : SIRE
48
Soda pop container : ALUMINUMCAN
53
Partitions : DIVIDES
54
River spanned by the Bagnell Dam : OSAGE
59
Relatives of ostriches : EMUS
60
Garbage container : PLASTICBAG
64
Gondola propeller : POLE
65
Muddle : MIXUP
66
___ mater : ALMA
67
Victim of a 1917 revolution : TSAR
68
Hardly demanding : MEEK
69
Requisite : NEED
Down
1
Time to crow : DAWN
2
Baseball brothers' name : ALOU
3
Edible part of a parsnip : ROOT
4
Popular sneakers : KEDS
5
Book balancer, for short : CPA
6
Bobby of hockey : ORR
7
Mal de ___ : MER
8
Emily Dickinson's field : POETRY
9
Hitching post : ALTAR
10
Minimum : LEAST
11
Mexican silverwork center : TAXCO
12
Tear bringer : ONION
15
Rank : PLACE
18
Conk : BOP
22
Villain : BADMAN
24
Mil. staff officer : ADJT
25
Rear end, site of many falls : PRAT
26
Prominent dachshund feature : EAR
27
The Beach Boys' "___ Around" : IGET
28
Stewpot : OLLA
29
Animator Disney : WALT
30
It's east of the Urals : ASIA
33
Dishonorable : SORDID
35
Colorado Indians : UTES
36
Pacific island getaway : FIJI
37
Sightseeing trip : TOUR
38
"Come Back, Little Sheba" playwright : INGE
40
Suffix with psych- : OTIC
41
Barrett known for dishing : RONA
43
Uncle ___ : SAM
45
When lunch ends, maybe : ONEPM
46
Islam adherent : MUSLIM
48
Highly skilled : ADEPT
49
Prom transports : LIMOS
50
Part of the back of the mouth : UVULA
51
Scrooge : MISER
52
"___ don't!" (words of denial) : NOI
55
Put into the computer without typing : SCAN
56
Competent : ABLE
57
Willing : GAME
58
"Holy cow!" : EGAD
61
Tree feller : AXE
62
Let a judge hear the case : SUE
63
Tollway: Abbr. : TPK

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

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