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New York Times, Thursday, March 5, 1998

Author:
Wayne Robert Williams
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Down : Passes
TotalDebutLatest
384/30/19943/5/1998
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.5516243%
Wayne Robert Williams

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 38 for Mr. Williams. Thursday freshness: 50%
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© 1998, The New York Times3/5/98 ( No. 17,649 )
Across
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Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
5
Starting letters in military code : ALFAS
10
Asian holidays : TETS
14
Electronics giant : SONY
15
It may be sweet : TOOTH
16
Indian tourist town : AGRA
17
"Georgia on My Mind" composer : HOAGYCARMICHAEL
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B.P.O.E. cousin : IOOF
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Any of the Furies : ERINYS
22
Circumspect : CHARY
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Serf : HELOT
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War admiral under Charles II : EARLOFSANDWICH
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O.R. personnel : DRS
33
Nasal partitions : SEPTA
34
Where to make waves : SALON
36
Half brother of Hermes : ARES
38
Deep-six : DITCH
40
Thou-shalt-not : NONO
41
Thousand Island alternative : RANCH
43
Outfit : GETUP
45
Jack of "Barney Miller" : SOO
46
More than fans : HEROWORSHIPERS
49
Skips : OMITS
50
It can be found in runes : NORSE
51
Hot : STOLEN
54
Plutarch biographical subject : CATO
56
Blue Meanies musical : YELLOWSUBMARINE
62
Compelled : MADE
63
Japanese immigrant : ISSEI
64
Irish name : ERIN
65
Iditarod Trail transport : SLED
66
Gets 30-Down : NEARS
67
Tear to pieces : REND
Down
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Blond shade : ASH
2
Friend of Tigger : ROO
3
Literary snippets : ANA
4
1965 Temptations hit : MYGIRL
5
Old record label : ATCO
6
It has two heels : LOAF
7
On behalf of : FOR
8
Where to use a PIN : ATM
9
Guard : SHIELD
10
Papeete resident : TAHITIAN
11
First governor of Alaska : EGAN
12
Rare trick-taker : TREY
13
"Do the Right Thing" pizzeria : SALS
18
Is wildly unstable : YOYOS
19
Toots one's own horn : CROWS
22
Moth-repellent wood : CEDAR
23
70's-80's All-Star Toby : HARRAH
24
Leblanc's Lupin : ARSENE
25
They may be mad : HATTERS
26
Passes : ENACTS
28
Stoked : FED
29
Tap : SPIGOT
30
Comparatively contiguous : CLOSER
31
A-student's conferral : HONORS
35
Lasso loop : NOOSE
37
Viewed more text, perhaps : SCROLLED
39
"Say, what?" : HUH
42
Similar: Prefix : HOMEO
44
Ship of 1492 : PINTA
47
Advantageous to both sides : WINWIN
48
Not as good : POORER
51
Cabaret singer Sylvia : SYMS
52
Shade of blue : TEAL
53
"Ye" follower, sometimes : OLDE
54
One with a handle : CBER
55
"Jake's Thing" novelist : AMIS
57
Maui-to-Hawaii dir. : SSE
58
Olympics chant : USA
59
Steamed state : IRE
60
"Henry & June" role : NIN
61
Kind of user : END

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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