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New York Times, Thursday, April 9, 1998

Author:
Betty Jorgensen
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Down : Holmes's creator
TotalDebutLatest
773/19/19874/9/1998
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.49276922%
Betty Jorgensen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 77 for Ms. Jorgensen. Thursday freshness: 8%
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C
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© 1998, The New York Times4/9/98 ( No. 17,684 )
Across
1
Reiner of TV : CARL
5
Coin collector? : SOFA
9
Subject for an insurance company : LOSS
13
"A Death in the Family" author : AGEE
14
One of the Donald's exes : MARLA
16
Bell ringer : AVON
17
Mine car : TRAM
18
Make ___ of (embarrass) : AFOOL
19
Permission to go : VISA
20
Start of a quip by 52-Down : ADOORSWHATADOG
23
___ King Cole : NAT
24
Powerful person : NABOB
25
Stalemate : IMPASSE
29
Relating to a battery terminal : ANODAL
33
Helpful information : LEAD
34
Beginning with frost or press : PERMA
37
Neighbor of Ida. : ORE
38
Middle of the quip : ISPERPETUALLYON
42
Actress Hagen : UTA
43
Spheres : AREAS
44
Blithe spirit : ELAN
45
Sick, to Simone : MALADE
47
Maine town with a navy yard : KITTERY
50
Catch by the neck : LASSO
53
Party label : DEM
54
End of the quip : THEWRONGSIDEOF
60
Dance for a luau : HULA
61
Copland ballet : RODEO
62
Sanction : OKAY
64
Gateway to Paris : ORLY
65
Staffordshire river : TRENT
66
"Mitla Pass" author : URIS
67
A.A.A. suggestions : RTES
68
Goals : ENDS
69
Exaggerated, as a story : TALL
Down
1
Jazzman : CAT
2
Indian tourist site : AGRA
3
Deciphered : READ
4
Kind of stand : LEMONADE
5
Common sense : SMARTS
6
Churls : OAFS
7
Upside-down smile : FROWN
8
Honolulu's ___ Tower : ALOHA
9
Decorative water bowl : LAVABO
10
"Ars amatoria" poet : OVID
11
Fair : SOSO
12
Catch : SNAG
15
The Crimson Tide : ALABAMA
21
Western Hemisphere assoc. : OAS
22
Having melodic harmony : TONAL
25
Ancient Troy : ILIUM
26
Hostess Perle : MESTA
27
Word with bull or cross : PAPAL
28
Olympics equipment : EPEE
30
Holmes's creator : DOYLE
31
Like a stadium after a homer : AROAR
32
The kid in "The Heartbreak Kid" : LENNY
35
Fraternity letter : ETA
36
Twice-baked bread : RUSK
39
Speeder's downfall : RADAR
40
Job for the mailroom : PRESORT
41
Cry accompanying frantic pounding : LETMEOUT
46
Irving Berlin classic : ALWAYS
48
___ delight (solitaire game) : IDIOTS
49
Koppel of "Nightline" : TED
51
Zzzz : SNORE
52
Humorist Nash : OGDEN
54
Red-bearded god : THOR
55
Offended : HURT
56
Female in France : ELLE
57
Excite : SEND
58
Soup pods : OKRA
59
Go kaput : FAIL
63
Initials in fashion : YSL

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

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