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New York Times, Friday, February 19, 1999

Author:
Dana Motley
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Down : Rare child
TotalDebutLatest
311/30/19978/16/2013
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20001721
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5314867%
Dana Motley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 35 Missing: {GQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Motley. Friday freshness: 22%
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© 1999, The New York Times2/19/99 ( No. 18,000 )
Across
1
Classic name at the Newport Folk Festival : BAEZ
5
Gulf of Guinea city : ACCRA
10
Magic charm : MOJO
14
Org. often seen in court : ACLU
15
Hit a low note? : MOOED
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Top service provider : ACER
17
"The Little Mermaid" prince : ERIC
18
___ bear : PANDA
19
One doing the lord's work : SERF
20
Boxer's concern : REACH
22
Timber defect extending from the middle outward : STARSHAKE
24
Houseparents' charge : HOSTEL
26
Minor German count : EINS
27
It bites : SATIRE
30
Victor at Thermopylae, 480 B.C. : XERXES
32
"It" author Glyn : ELINOR
33
Dressage order : TROT
34
Tayside topper : TAM
37
Arab League member : TUNISIA
39
Result of submarine activity : TSUNAMI
41
Letters at sea : HMS
42
Men behaving badly : CADS
44
Flash floods : SPATES
45
Come about : EVOLVE
47
Glass eels : ELVERS
48
Post-delivery delivery : SLAP
49
"The Plough and the Stars" playwright : OCASEY
51
Shade of yellow : BUTTERCUP
53
Car in a Beach Boys song : TBIRD
57
Footless animal : APOD
58
Elkins of whodunits : AARON
60
It has notions : ETUI
61
___-eyed : DEWY
62
About 1/4 cord : STERE
63
Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr. : ASSN
64
Flying fisher : ERNE
65
Trattoria topping : PESTO
66
Ticker locale: Abbr. : NYSE
Down
1
Heavyweight champ after Carnera : BAER
2
A little of a lot? : ACRE
3
London Magazine essayist : ELIA
4
Ratatouille ingredient : ZUCCHINI
5
Rock group booster : AMP
6
Not work very hard : COAST
7
Surrounding sentences, maybe : CONTEXT
8
"The enemy is upon us!" : REDALERT
9
When the Feast of Lots is observed : ADAR
10
Certain iron : MASHIE
11
Little Rhody, with "the" : OCEANSTATE
12
Nitwits : JERKS
13
Fish stocked in ornamental pools : ORFE
21
Forecast, of a sort : HOROSCOPE
23
Rare child : SEXTUPLET
25
Soap, e.g. : SERIAL
27
Revolutionary War commander ___ Warner : SETH
28
College endower, often : ALUM
29
Entertainment center : TINSELTOWN
31
Characters in "Macbeth" and "Richard II" : ROSSES
35
Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr. : AMER
36
Fail to see : MISS
38
14-Across's role, often : ADVOCATE
40
Cassoulet ingredient : NAVYBEAN
43
Comes by : SECURES
46
Textile fiber colorer : VATDYE
48
Swell : SUPER
50
Left : APORT
51
Enjoined : BADE
52
Irritate : RASP
54
Tiny start? : ITSY
55
Crooner Columbo : RUSS
56
Banquet : DINE
59
Classic opener : NEO

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

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