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New York Times, Friday, May 21, 1999

Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Down : Rowlands of "Gloria"
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Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {BFX} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Friday freshness: 4%
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© 1999, The New York Times5/21/99 ( No. 18,091 )
Across
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___ stick (incense) : JOSS
5
Expert in a field : PASTMASTER
15
Catch phrase? : UHOH
16
Hawaii : ALOHASTATE
17
Kind of land : LALA
18
Second-hand items? : TIMEPIECES
19
Amara's nation : IRAQ
20
Course aids : TEES
21
"It's ___ Unusual Day" (1948 hit song) : AMOST
22
Thole filler : OAR
23
Bedlam : DIN
24
Sun shades : TANS
26
Telepathy and such : PSI
28
Pea jacket? : POD
29
When tank warfare began: Abbr. : WWI
32
Try to see things the other way : STANDONONESHEAD
38
Lap dog, maybe : MINIATUREPOODLE
39
African trumpeters : ELEPHANTSTRUNKS
40
Foal : horse :: grig : ___ : EEL
41
Ward healers: Abbr. : RNS
42
It comes before long : ERE
43
Feverish fit : AGUE
45
Scenic vantage point : TOR
47
U.S. defense weapon : SAM
50
___-manger (food storage room) : GARDE
53
Kind of avis : RARA
55
Wood worker : ADZE
56
Demon : EVILSPIRIT
58
Glorify : LAUD
59
Watering hole? : NINETEENTH
60
Place for a London flat : TYRE
61
They deserve what's coming to them : ADDRESSEES
62
Between 28-Down : ASEA
Down
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Half a wine-making family : JULIO
2
Butler's lady : OHARA
3
Environmentally-friendly energy source : SOLARPANEL
4
Court nickname : SHAQ
5
Page of music : PATTI
6
Out of this world : ALIEN
7
Approximately : SOME
8
Perennially popular tour band : THESTONES
9
Traveler's check? : MAP
10
___-American : ASIAN
11
Flower holders : STEMS
12
Meat-filled treat : TACO
13
Part of the French "to be" : ETES
14
Others : REST
23
Lah followers : DIDAH
25
Versed : ADEPT
27
Barbershop sound : SNIP
28
New York and Los Angeles, e.g. : PORTS
29
When "Dynasty" aired : WEDNESDAYS
30
Street light : WALK
31
Big date : IDES
32
Barrie baddie : SMEE
33
Fireplace decoration : TILE
34
Hokkaido city : OTARU
35
Novices' places : NUNNERIES
36
Having more smarts? : SORER
37
"___ of the Wolf" (Bergman film) : HOUR
43
Social reformer Felix : ADLER
44
Old-style literary romance : GESTE
45
Humdrum : TRITE
46
Scouts take them : OATHS
48
Common color in heraldry : AZURE
49
Cherubini opera : MEDEA
50
Rowlands of "Gloria" : GENA
51
Fired up : AVID
52
Coat : RIND
54
"Comus" composer : ARNE
55
Western ski resort : ALTA
57
Anatomical foot : PES

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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