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New York Times, Saturday, February 13, 1999

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Down : Like alumni magazines
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {KQXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 47 for Mr. Kahn. Saturday freshness: 36%
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© 1999, The New York Times2/13/99 ( No. 17,994 )
Across
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They're often charged : MATADORS
9
1996 Rose Bowl mascot : TROJAN
15
Flier to Florence : ALITALIA
16
Connery's "Untouchables" role : MALONE
17
Honcho : BIGWHEEL
18
"You said it!" : ANDHOW
19
Prefix with orthodox : NEO
20
Poe's heart? : ALLAN
22
Zoo attractions : GNUS
23
Party-making : MERRY
25
Word part: Abbr. : SYL
26
It may be full : MONTY
27
Off : AMISS
28
In an intrusive way : NOSILY
30
With patience : GENTLY
32
Sonora and others : ESTADOS
34
Bank acct. entry : INT
35
Bigger than 36-Down : OBESE
37
Sport ___ : UTE
39
Diluted : THINNED
42
Ace : TIPTOP
45
Part of Paganini's oeuvre : ETUDES
46
"Ghost" co-star : MOORE
47
Egyptian city once named Syene : ASWAN
49
___-gone : FAR
51
1966 movie playboy : ALFIE
52
It has a low-arched bridge : VIOL
53
Egg cream ingredient : SYRUP
55
Put away : ICE
56
Musical work that Berlioz called "a heavenly sweetness" : EROICA
58
Agitated : INASTATE
61
New Zealand food fish : REDCOD
62
Workers with logs : DIARISTS
63
Green-lighted : YESSED
64
Betters : ENRICHES
Down
1
Fairy queen of literature : MAB
2
Troop order : ALINEMENT
3
Stranded golf pro? : TIGERINTHEWOODS
4
Pessimist's hypothetical : ATWORST
5
Code component : DAH
6
Olive genus : OLEA
7
Cambodian dough : RIELS
8
Stranded astronaut? : SALLYNEEDSARIDE
9
Fed : TMAN
10
1985 Kurosawa film : RAN
11
Its slogan was once "Not a cough in a carload" : OLDGOLD
12
Stranded country singer? : JOHNNYOUTOFCASH
13
Provide ___ (save face) : ANOUT
14
Like alumni magazines : NEWSY
21
Perplexed, after "at" : ALOSS
23
Eastern trio : MAGI
24
Fashion monogram : YSL
26
Uma's role in "Pulp Fiction" : MIA
29
Keep in : STET
31
Over thar : YOND
33
Brief tale : STORIETTE
36
See 35-Across : BEEFY
38
First weapon to be electrified : EPEE
40
Sign of stress : ITALICS
41
Ursuline, e.g. : NUN
43
"___ Fool to Care" (1954 hit) : IMA
44
Judicious : POLITIC
47
Actor Brooks : AVERY
48
Ending with "no" : SIREE
50
Bust : RUNIN
53
Teen activist org. : SADD
54
Punnily titled 1952 quiz show "Up to ___" : PAAR
57
Iowa college : COE
59
Bombay title : SRI
60
It's twisted : ESS

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

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