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New York Times, Wednesday, May 12, 1999

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Down : Ban site?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 28 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 24%
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© 1999, The New York Times5/12/99 ( No. 18,082 )
Across
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Wide in the middle : HIPPY
6
Con's cover, of a sort : ALIAS
11
"The eye" network : CBS
14
Esteem to the extreme : ADORE
15
Bunting or sparrow : FINCH
16
___ y Plata (Montana motto) : ORO
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Plight of one under house arrest? : HOMESTRETCH
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Cone producer : FIR
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Skiing mecca : ALPS
21
Sword sharpener : HONER
22
Way off : AFAR
23
Reason for extra innings : TIE
25
Hotbed for baby bloomers : NURSERY
27
Lifer's beef? : RUNONSENTENCE
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"Exodus" hero : ARI
33
Garr of "Mr. Mom" : TERI
34
Tool for a duel : SABER
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Actress Diana : RIGG
39
Jazz section : SAXES
42
Alpaca habitat : PERU
43
Pale : ASHEN
45
Major Air France terminus : ORLY
47
Have a bug : AIL
48
Get-out-of-jail-free card? : TERMINSURANCE
52
Northeast New Jersey city : PASSAIC
54
Country with a blue-and-white flag: Abbr. : ISR
55
Pickable : RIPE
56
Three-masted vessel : XEBEC
59
E-mail: Abbr. : MSGS
63
Response to a bailiff : IDO
64
Inmates? : TIMEKEEPERS
66
Shea player : MET
67
Dumb and then some : INANE
68
Golfer's hole : DIVOT
69
They go below signatures, for short : PSS
70
Lady ___, Girl Guides founder : AGNES
71
Worries : STEWS
Down
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Result of a crack? : HAHA
2
Teen fave : IDOL
3
Partner of circumstance : POMP
4
Chop-chop : PRESTO
5
"That's a go" : YES
6
Frizzy coif : AFRO
7
Legal claim : LIEN
8
Aim : INTENT
9
Add up : ACCRUE
10
"Put a lid on it!" : SHH
11
Brew bit : COFFEEBEAN
12
Kind of pipe : BRIAR
13
"I take it back" : SORRY
18
Masters' papers : THESES
22
Royalties-collecting org. : ASCAP
24
A.C.D. provides it : INT
26
T.L.C. specialists : RNS
27
___ avis : RARA
28
"Exodus" author : URIS
29
Bistros : NIGHTSPOTS
30
All alternative : ERA
31
President with an enemies list : NIXON
35
Rock's Clapton : ERIC
36
Make a call : RULE
38
Airborne honkers : GEESE
40
Hosp. receiving centers : ERS
41
Floodgate : SLUICE
44
Org. that sticks to its guns? : NRA
46
Mos. and mos. : YRS
49
Table-hopping, e.g. : MIXING
50
Block party? : ICEMAN
51
Ban site? : ARMPIT
52
Preen : PRIMP
53
Gofers : AIDES
57
Cato's "well" : BENE
58
Manages, with "out" : EKES
60
Golfer Ballesteros : SEVE
61
Multiply : GROW
62
Mach-makers: Abbr. : SSTS
64
Acapulco aunt : TIA
65
Bradley and Harris : EDS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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