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New York Times, Saturday, December 4, 1999

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Down : Irregular courses
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1894/27/19948/3/2024
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JKPVWX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 113 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 28%
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© 1999, The New York Times12/4/99 ( No. 18,288 )
Across
1
Accents : STRESSES
9
Thingies: Var. : GISMOS
15
Talk : CHITCHAT
16
"Odyssey" setting : ITHACA
17
Jump, in a way : RECHARGE
18
Elongated tropical fruit : LOOFAH
19
Kind of system, in medicine : ABO
20
Fight : MELEE
22
C.P.A. suggestion : IRA
23
City on the Moselle : METZ
25
Robert Frost farm site : DERRY
27
Casino call : NOIR
28
Just observed : SATIN
30
Prefix with Tibetan : SINO
31
Mil. institution since 1845 : USNA
32
Tease : RAGON
34
Like many carved wooden masks : NIGERIAN
36
Fashion of the times : ZEITGEIST
38
Reclusive and austere : MONASTIC
41
Hard stuff : SAUCE
44
Cut ___ : ARUG
45
1965 jazz album : ELLA
47
Best Actor of 1990 : IRONS
49
Huts : COTS
50
Theoclymenus and others : SEERS
52
Prefix with -genous : ENDO
53
N.L. East city : ATL
54
Send : RADIO
56
___ anglais (English horn) : COR
57
Upset : QUEASY
61
Serious warning : REDALERT
63
Virgin : UNTROD
64
Small-time : ONEHORSE
65
1950's Rangers : EDSELS
66
Natl. Mon. near Charleston, S.C. : FTSUMTER
Down
1
Skedaddles : SCRAMS
2
Classic Faulkner story : THEBEAR
3
Cannoli filling : RICOTTA
4
Numerical ending : ETH
5
Fleece : SCAM
6
Bit : SHRED
7
Reggie White's team when he was named N.F.L. M.V.P. : EAGLES
8
Avoiding : STEERINGCLEAROF
9
"Drums Along the Mohawk" hero : GIL
10
1995 court V.I.P. : ITO
11
Premium cable network: Abbr. : SHO
12
Some thugs : MAFIOSI
13
Ovate wind instrument : OCARINA
14
Dry : SAHARAN
21
Banks in Chicago : ERNIE
24
Irregular courses : ZIGZAGS
26
Mystics : YOGIS
27
Development : NURTURE
29
Refusals : NOES
33
Informal evenings : NITES
35
Actor Morales : ESAI
37
Home subcontractor : TILER
38
Short-tailed Asian monkey : MACAQUE
39
Strong and clear, as a voice : OROTUND
40
Small seeds : NUTLETS
42
Harmony : CONCERT
43
Back : ENDORSE
46
Devoted : ARDENT
48
One concerned with classes : SORTER
51
A and B, e.g. : SIDES
55
Diamond Head locale : OAHU
58
Is after you? : ARE
59
Peruvian coin : SOL
60
N.F.L. stat. : YDS
62
Actor Herbert of "War and Peace" : LOM

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

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