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New York Times, Thursday, March 25, 1999

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : Word with bore or wave
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1893/15/19944/22/20245
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16241.551,23753%
David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQW} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 49 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 28%
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© 1999, The New York Times3/25/99 ( No. 18,034 )
Across
1
Natl. Adopt-a-Dog Month : OCT
4
Concert gear : AMPS
8
Knickerbockers : PANTS
13
Malted drink that's not a malted : ALE
14
Experiences losses : DIETS
16
Budget alternative : ALAMO
17
U.S. 36 crosses it : KAN
18
Accessory : EXTRA
19
Defraud : COZEN
20
Obliged : LIABLE
22
With 54-Across, hit from 36-Across : ANYTHING
24
Hosted : EMCEED
25
"___ far, far better thing..." : ITISA
26
North Sea feeder : YSER
27
Got off the ground : BEGAN
29
Popular candy : PEZ
32
Tether : LEASH
34
Heiress, maybe : NIECE
36
Broadway premiere of 1946 : ANNIEGETYOURGUN
41
Active : DOING
42
"Must-___" (NBC slogan) : SEETV
43
1939 Bogart title role : DRX
44
Actor Hawke : ETHAN
46
Mosque V.I.P. : IMAM
50
Comical introduction : SERIO
52
In the rococo style : ORNATE
54
See 22-Across : YOUCANDO
57
Weyerhaeuser Co. employee : LOGGER
58
Specks : MOTES
59
On ___ (carousing) : ATOOT
61
"Platoon" setting : NAM
62
Canticle : CHANT
63
Mantelpiece : LEDGE
64
I.O.C. member : USA
65
Remains : ASHES
66
Baseball's Ordoñez et al. : REYS
67
Blokes : MEN
Down
1
36-Across surname : OAKLEY
2
What adjusters adjust : CLAIMS
3
Playing card combo : TENACE
4
Designer Simpson : ADELE
5
Assortment : MIXEDBAG
6
Prized : PET
7
Apt description of 1-Down : STRAIGHTSHOOTER
8
Treaties : PACTS
9
Football's ___ Bowl : ALOHA
10
Axis figure : NAZI
11
Capone's adversaries : TMEN
12
Dance partner : SONG
15
Popular legend of Dutch origin : SANTA
21
See 35-Down : BERLIN
23
Yang's opposite : YIN
28
London-to-Dover dir. : ESE
29
Solitaire puzzle piece : PEG
30
Old French coin : ECU
31
Meditative thought : ZEN
33
Hosp. scan : EEG
34
Fanatic : NUT
35
With 21-Down, composer of 36-Across : IRVING
36
Combine : ADD
37
Hide-hair link : NOR
38
Rule out : NIX
39
Its anagram is a synonym of itself : YEA
40
Winemaking science : OENOLOGY
44
Ocean flier : ERN
45
Word with bore or wave : TIDAL
47
Selleck TV role : MAGNUM
48
Not troubled : ATEASE
49
36-Across star : MERMAN
50
Brouhaha : SCENE
51
Bridge positions : EASTS
53
Some school methods : ROTES
54
1979 disco classic : YMCA
55
Circus cries : OOHS
56
Kings Peak locale : UTAH
60
Jonson work : ODE

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

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