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New York Times, Saturday, December 11, 1999

Author:
William S. Cotter
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Down : They're not returned
TotalDebutLatest
79/19/19965/13/2000
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.634268%
William S. Cotter

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QUX} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Cotter. Saturday freshness: 88%
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© 1999, The New York Times12/11/99 ( No. 18,295 )
Across
1
Tried to bring down : SHOTAT
7
It may be brought before a board : HANDSAW
14
Ripple : WAVELET
16
Apple-pie order : ALAMODE
17
Facial hair : EYELASH
18
Insect that's the last word in the Scrabble Players Dictionary : ZYZZYVA
19
Machine gun : BREN
20
1999 Emmy-winning soap role : ERICA
22
Drink: Abbr. : BEV
23
Explorer Balboa : VASCO
24
Like some points : FINER
25
From Ft. Myers to Ft. Pierce : ENE
26
Comet's purpose : CLEANSING
28
Québec's southern neighbors : ETATS
30
Tony-winning "Nicholas Nickleby" actor : REES
31
Tablet holder : ARK
32
Submachine guns : STENS
33
Dodger pitcher, A.L. Comeback Player of the Year in 1976 : TOMMYJOHN
36
Immune response orchestrator : TCELL
38
Party preparation : DIP
39
Husband of Poppaea Sabina : NERO
43
Turf : SWARD
44
Countercultural magazine since 1974 : HIGHTIMES
46
Affirmative action : NOD
47
Cast : FLING
49
Siouan tongue : OSAGE
50
Land in la mer : ILE
51
Kosher deli offering : LATKE
52
Mideast capital : SANA
53
51-Across, e.g. : PANCAKE
55
They're no angels : RASCALS
58
They cause breakdowns : ENZYMES
59
Biting insect, informally : SKEETER
60
Billet-doux opening : DEAREST
61
Take stock of : ASSESS
Down
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Winter Olympics powerhouse: Abbr. : SWE
2
Seat at a square dance : HAYBALE
3
Quarterback : OVERSEE
4
One who puts on a show : TELECASTER
5
Family support group : ALANON
6
Your, in Paris : TES
7
Illegal trials? : HAZING
8
___ clover : ALYCE
9
View from Mount Tabor : NAZARETH
10
No place for a base, in brief : DMZ
11
Hoisin sauce ingredient : SOYBEAN
12
Onsets : ADVENTS
13
Drives dangerously : WEAVES
15
1991 best-selling legal thriller : THEFIRM
21
Small-time : RINKYDINK
23
Clicker target : VCR
27
Heb. judge : SAML
29
They're not returned : TENNISACES
32
Short school year? : SOPH
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Shot glasses : JIGGERS
36
Like many blacktops : TWOLANE
37
Concerto feature : CADENZA
40
Spring : EMANATE
41
Entertains : REGALES
42
Verb ending : OSE
43
1-Across surreptitiously : SNIPED
44
Gasoline type, informally : HITEST
45
Casts : TOSSES
48
Finger ___ : LAKES
54
St.-___-l'École, France : CYR
56
Cognomen preceder : AKA
57
Some ring buyers: Abbr. : SRS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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