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New York Times, Tuesday, March 17, 1998

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : "Chestnuts roasting ___ open fire"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
601/29/19945/22/201110
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1313121426
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.5746577%
Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXYZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. Klahn. Tuesday freshness: 57%
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© 1998, The New York Times3/17/98 ( No. 17,661 )
Across
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"You are here" posting : MAP
4
Hawkeye Pierce portrayer : ALDA
8
Result : UPSHOT
14
Sign that all are welcome : OPENDOOR
16
Floodgate : SLUICE
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Like a swift and spectacular success : METEORIC
18
Do a slow burn : SEETHE
19
Fabled thieves in green : ROBINHOODSMEN
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"The ___ Mutiny" : CAINE
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H.S. math : ALG
24
Sounds of hesitation : ERS
25
California fort named for a Union general : ORD
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Circumspect : GUARDED
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Fill to the ___ : BRIM
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Small-business magazine : INC
33
Asimov and Newton : ISAACS
37
Civil rights activist Parks : ROSA
38
It'll make you red in the face : ROUGE
40
Mallorca, e.g. : ISLA
41
Spinning : AWHIRL
43
Black gunk : TAR
44
Wash cycle : SPIN
45
Augusta golf tourney : MASTERS
47
CPR expert : EMT
48
Ecol. watchdog : EPA
51
First person in Berlin : ICH
52
Where to get Seoul food : KOREA
54
Ivy League rooters in green : DARTMOUTHFANS
59
Taking the place (of) : INLIEU
60
Face decoration for a brave : WARPAINT
63
"You ___ bother!" : NEEDNT
64
Person-to-person : ONEONONE
65
They can be liquid or frozen : ASSETS
66
Distort : SKEW
67
Actor Beatty : NED
Down
1
Tattoo word, often : MOM
2
King Kong : APE
3
Culture container : PETRIDISH
4
Desert clay : ADOBE
5
Actress Singer of "Footloose" : LORI
6
"___ What Comes Natur'lly" (Irving Berlin song) : DOIN
7
Flatfoot's lack : ARCH
8
Fighters in green : USSOLDIERS
9
Sorority candidates : PLEDGES
10
Takes to court : SUES
11
Words to a blackjack dealer : HITME
12
Yellow pigment : OCHER
13
Many MTV watchers : TEENS
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It's a gas : NEON
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Row your boat : OAR
21
Charmer's snake : COBRA
22
Cupid's dart : ARROW
26
Cookie sellers in green : GIRLSCOUTS
27
Popular card game : UNO
28
Sharp as a tack : ACUTE
29
Speaker's spot : DAIS
31
Hurt badly : MAIM
34
Slanderous insinuation : ASPERSION
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General weather conditions : CLIME
36
Holiday visitor : SANTA
39
Civil War grp. : GAR
42
Clothing : RAIMENT
46
Turkey day: Abbr. : THU
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Patsy's pal on "Absolutely Fabulous" : EDINA
49
Window pieces : PANES
50
Site in a Bizet suite : ARLES
52
Sound of a punch : KAPOW
53
"Chestnuts roasting ___ open fire" : ONAN
55
Ocean motion : TIDE
56
Ark groupings : TWOS
57
Bit of hair : HANK
58
At no cost : FREE
61
Opposite SSW : NNE
62
Cable kingpin Turner : TED

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

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