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New York Times, Saturday, May 2, 1998

Author:
Jeff Herrington
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Steer steerer
TotalDebutLatest
217/5/19915/2/1998
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0750342
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.45221648%
Jeff Herrington

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQV} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Herrington. Saturday freshness: 7%
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© 1998, The New York Times5/2/98 ( No. 17,707 )
Across
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Suicidal : KAMIKAZE
9
Kind of dust : COSMIC
15
More than thin : ANOREXIC
16
Senators' home : OTTAWA
17
Kind of measures : REMEDIAL
18
"What do you have to lose?" : WHYNOT
19
Town north of Tulsa : OWASSO
20
Commander at Briar Creek, in the Revolutionary War : ASHE
22
Peak of the Pennines : MATTERHORN
28
Least forward : SHIEST
32
Hall of fame : ARSENIO
33
Uniformed units : TEAMS
34
128 cubic feet : CORD
36
Old Fords : LTDS
37
Stridulates : RASPS
38
Meeting place : HUB
39
Base coach's cry : SLIDE
40
Actress Martinelli : ELSA
41
Caesar's place : SITU
42
Librarians' loads : TOMES
43
Nervous ___ (worrywarts) : NELLIES
45
Led to : CAUSED
47
"Amistad" studio : DREAMWORKS
49
Philatelist's purchase : PANE
50
Most vulpine : SLYEST
56
Braggart : GASCON
60
Cordial : ANISETTE
62
Beau Brummell's concern : ATTIRE
63
Competitions between banks : REGATTAS
64
Composed : SEDATE
65
Aware : SENTIENT
Down
1
Big name in corn syrup : KARO
2
De novo : ANEW
3
N.Y.C. cultural center : MOMA
4
Burns up : IRES
5
Its slogan was once "They feel good" : KEDS
6
Postulates : AXIOMS
7
Pakistani president, 1978-88 : ZIA
8
Bravura : ECLAT
9
Steer steerer : COWHERD
10
Leftovers : OTHERS
11
What a mess! : STY
12
Fortify : MAN
13
W.W. II battle site, for short : IWO
14
Clawer : CAT
21
First mate of the Pequod : STARBUCK
23
City on the Missouri : ATCHISON
24
They may accompany handshakes : HELLOS
25
Like many departures : ONTIME
26
Purged: Var. : RIDDED
27
Bridge locales : NOSES
28
Undercoat : SEALER
29
Headache : HASSLE
30
Old Chevy model : IMPALA
31
Three dots, in Morse : ESS
33
Pollster's concern : TREND
35
Excuse : OUT
39
Grimson of hockey : STU
41
Home of the University of the South : SEWANEE
44
Gravity : IMPORT
46
Allocate : ASSIGN
48
Nurtures : REARS
51
E.T.S. offering : LSAT
52
Elusive creature : YETI
53
Politically-incorrect ending : ETTE
54
Quarterback Humphries : STAN
55
Dip one's toe in, say : TEST
56
Blast : GAS
57
Corroded : ATE
58
Norm: Abbr. : STD
59
Fact-gathering grp. : CIA
61
Prenuptial? : NEE

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

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