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New York Times, Saturday, March 4, 2000

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Down : Powerful D.C. group
TotalDebutLatest
1894/27/19948/3/2024
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 118 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 27%
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© 2000, The New York Times3/4/0 ( No. 18,379 )
Across
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Stages : ROSTRUMS
9
Deliver a message : PREACH
15
Traditional : APPLEPIE
16
Symbol of authority : MANTLE
17
Denzel Washington role : MALCOLMX
18
Liquor levy, e.g. : SINTAX
19
"The Martyrdom of ___" (Muslim classic) : ALI
20
Cover letter letters : SAE
21
"Great!" : NEATO
22
Ice breaker : PICK
24
Dirty : SOILED
28
Price abbr. : CTS
29
Without a break : ONEACT
31
"Mississippi Masala" director ___ Nair : MIRA
32
When repeated, a laugh : HEE
33
"The High Road" novelist O'Brien : EDNA
34
Olympic competitor : SPRINTER
36
Absorbed : INATRANCE
38
They're often seen near thrones : CANOPIES
40
M.T.A. employee : ENGR
43
___-Rhin, France : BAS
44
Old T-bird features : FINS
45
Value : ESTEEM
47
Refuge : ARK
48
Five-time British Open champ : WATSON
50
Moved on the ocean? : HOVE
51
It was formed in Manila in 1954 : SEATO
53
1999 World Series runner-up: Abbr. : ATL
55
Ferdinand, e.g. : REY
56
Andalusian title : SENORA
58
Gag : STRANGLE
60
Set up a base, maybe : ENCAMP
61
Finer, as print : TEENSIER
62
Dangerous carrier : TSETSE
63
Items sold in lots : USEDCARS
Down
1
New York/New Jersey's ___ Mountains : RAMAPO
2
Having a range of colors : OPALINE
3
Put together : SPLICED
4
Female rap trio with the #1 hit "Waterfalls" : TLC
5
Model T alternatives : REOS
6
Like the pitcher, usually : UPLAST
7
Copy, in a way : MIMEO
8
Kind of roles : SEX
9
Parliamentary bigwigs, for short : PMS
10
Dry measures? : RAINDANCES
11
Female suffix : ENNE
12
Case for a lawyer : ATTACHE
13
Racket : CLATTER
14
Sugar with six carbon atoms : HEXOSE
23
"Born Yesterday" playwright : KANIN
25
Sway : IMPRESS
26
Bygone coins : LIRAS
27
Actress Gray : ERIN
30
Pandora's box : CANOFWORMS
34
Stretch : STINT
35
Extra inning : TENTH
37
Capital ENE of Fiji : APIA
38
Corners carelessly : CAREENS
39
Skeptically : ASKANCE
41
"Ally McBeal" lawyer : GEORGIA
42
New Year's Eve figure : REVELER
43
Big-eared pet : BASSET
45
Access : ENTREE
46
Actress Ari : MEYERS
49
"Unholy Loves" author : OATES
52
Not sloppily : TOAT
54
Catch : LAND
57
Lout : APE
58
Alphabet sequence : STU
59
Powerful D.C. group : NSC

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

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