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New York Times, Tuesday, April 28, 1998

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Probable
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611.571,613877%
Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 74 for Mr. Nosowsky. Tuesday freshness: 79%
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© 1998, The New York Times4/28/98 ( No. 17,703 )
Across
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Vatican City, to Rome, e.g. : ENCLAVE
8
"That's disgusting!" : UGH
11
"___ you kidding?" : ARE
14
Not as robust : FRAILER
15
Sib for a sis : BRO
16
Dellums or Howard : RON
17
Discussed : TALKEDABOUT
19
Something to chew : CUD
20
Prefix with liter : DECI
21
Yucatán "yay!" : OLE
22
"Elder" or "Younger" Roman : CATO
23
Juliette Gordon Low, notably : GIRLSCOUTLEADER
27
Treaty of Nanking port : AMOY
28
The Sierras, e.g.: Abbr. : MTS
29
Good buddies on the road : CBERS
30
Part of a dehumidifier : PAN
31
Forbidden fruit : NONO
33
___ Pointe, Mich. : GROSSE
34
Theme of this puzzle, seen seven times in the grid : HIDINGOUT
36
Numbered gas rating : OCTANE
39
Wacko : NUTS
40
Easy mark : SAP
43
French port : BREST
44
Opposite of 'tain't : TIS
45
18-wheeler : SEMI
46
From Ho Chi Minh City : SOUTHVIETNAMESE
50
Buttonlike? : CUTE
51
"___ the fields we go..." : OER
52
Reached terra firma : ALIT
53
W.W. II zone : ETO
54
Astonished : WIDEMOUTHED
58
"Smoking or ___?" : NON
59
Real cold : ICY
60
Dunk : IMMERSE
61
Nav. rank : ENS
62
"Turn right" : GEE
63
Purse items : TISSUES
Down
1
Newt : EFT
2
Second Amendment lobby, for short : NRA
3
Where witches brew : CALDRON
4
Probable : LIKELY
5
Smart ___ (wisecrackers) : ALECS
6
Of Hindu scripture : VEDIC
7
Victorian, for one : ERA
8
Heavy steel holders : UBOLTS
9
Dish for Oliver Twist : GRUEL
10
Very popular : HOT
11
Skee-Ball and Pac-Man centers : ARCADES
12
Hollowing tools : ROUTERS
13
Add one's support to : ENDORSE
18
Lapel adornment : BOUTONNIERE
22
Henry ___ Lodge : CABOT
23
Interstice : GAP
24
"Hallelujah, ___ Bum" (1928 hit) : IMA
25
Prefix with science : OMNI
26
Tan colors : ECRUS
31
Beethoven's "Choral" Symphony, with "the" : NINTH
32
"Intimations of Immortality," e.g. : ODE
33
Understood : GOT
34
Too big a hurry : HASTE
35
Burst of wind : GUST
36
Bluer than blue : OBSCENE
37
Caesar salad topper : CROUTON
38
Old Germans : TEUTONS
40
Transparent, modern-style : SEETHRU
41
Some radios : AMS
42
Cobbler : PIE
44
Color fabric : TIEDYE
45
Hits, old-style : SMITES
47
Alto or tenor : VOICE
48
Grammy winner Judd : NAOMI
49
Grads : ALUMS
54
Rug on the noggin : WIG
55
Cambridge sch. : MIT
56
WNW's reverse : ESE
57
___ Moines : DES

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

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