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New York Times, Thursday, December 16, 1999

Author:
Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Down : What tellers lack?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
11612/29/199311/26/200845
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2015151219278
RebusScrabDebutFresh
71.5252247%
Harvey Estes
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJKQX} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 44 for Mr. Estes. This is puzzle # 42 for Ms. Salomon. Thursday freshness: 22%
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© 1999, The New York Times12/16/99 ( No. 18,300 )
Across
1
Graphic ___ : ARTS
5
No-frills : BASIC
10
Deer sir : STAG
14
Something eaten with the palms? : LUAU
15
Exxon alternative : AMOCO
16
Quaint sigh : AHME
17
About : INRE
18
Red Sea borderer : YEMEN
19
Charger's acquisition : DEBT
20
Dickens's pen name : BOZ
21
Fine-tune : HONE
22
C&W singer Tritt : TRAVIS
24
Home of the legendary Morgan le Fay : AVALON
26
They're involved in pageantry : BEAUTIES
28
Admonition to a child : BENICE
29
Fortune 500 chemicals company : OLIN
30
Like Beethoven's Sonata No. 30 : INE
31
Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
32
Helping for a while, with "over" : TIDING
34
Sheraton hotels owner : ITT
35
Be busy : HUM
37
One of the Chaplins : SYD
38
Phys., e.g. : SCI
40
Honest ___ : ABE
42
They're cast : IMAGES
45
"How the Other Half Lives" author Jacob : RIIS
48
Singing syllable : TRA
49
Honeybun : DEAR
50
"Seinfeld" regular : ELAINE
52
Source of some clicking : TAPDANCE
54
More crafty : CAGIER
55
Extremely : EVERSO
56
Off-course : AWRY
58
Journalist Kupcinet : IRV
59
Note : MEMO
60
Big name in daytime TV : ROSIE
62
Cash in Capua : LIRA
63
___ B : PLAN
64
Heads-up : ALERT
65
Quotation notation : ANON
66
Actress Daly : TYNE
67
Hot spot : HADES
68
Ernie's "Sesame Street" pal : BERT
Down
1
"Open sesame!" sayer : ALIBABA
2
Exceed : RUNOVER
3
Jungle swinger : TARZANTHEAPEMAN
4
"So ___ me!" : SUE
5
Rifle attachment : BAYONET
6
End of grace : AMEN
7
With 11-Down, 3-Down's last words? : SOMEBODYGREASED
8
Rocks : ICE
9
Hold in check : CONTAIN
10
Begin's co-Nobelist : SADAT
11
See 7-Down : THEVIIIIIIIIINE
12
Completely surrounding : AMBIENT
13
Prepares : GETSSET
21
Ad ___ : HOC
23
Steps up? : RUNGS
25
Stead : LIEU
27
Say "Li'l Abner," say : ELIDE
33
Violinist Stern : ISAAC
36
Goldfinger? : MIDAS
39
Rugged rock : CRAG
40
Crack : ATTEMPT
41
With pluck : BRAVELY
43
Holiday window item : MENORAH
44
What tellers lack? : SECRETS
46
Mistaken : INERROR
47
Leporello, e.g., in "Don Giovanni" : SERVANT
51
Put : LAY
53
Stingless bee : DRONE
57
Certain money transfer : WIRE
61
Schnozz tip? : OLA
62
Family dog, for short : LAB

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

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