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New York Times, Thursday, May 28, 1998

Author:
Patrick Jordan
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Whimper
TotalDebutLatest
163/19/19966/4/2001
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0363400
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.635523%
Patrick Jordan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {CQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Jordan. Thursday freshness: 6%
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© 1998, The New York Times5/28/98 ( No. 17,733 )
Across
1
"Love handles" : FLAB
5
Leave helpless with laughter : SLAY
9
Cornwall, for one : SHIRE
14
Cabin spot : LAKE
15
Give an edge to : HONE
16
Throw a party for, say : HONOR
17
With 29-, 46- and 59-Across, welcome after-dinner words : OURGUESTSPEAKER
20
Pizarro's quest : ORO
21
Priceless? : FREE
22
Careless : LAX
23
Indiscriminate : RANDOM
25
Boozehound : SOT
26
Former French coin : SOU
29
See 17-Across : ISAMANWHOHAS
33
"___ voltaje!" (Spanish warning) : ALTO
36
Reply to the Little Red Hen : NOTI
37
Clear : ERASE
38
Kind of loser : BORN
39
1983 Indy 500 winner Tom : SNEVA
41
State : AVER
42
The way of all flesh? : AGING
44
Burr-Hamilton event : DUEL
45
Hardy heroine : TESS
46
See 17-Across : TOBEONAPLANE
49
Amarillo-to-Dallas dir. : ESE
50
"Whew!" : BOY
51
Sketch from scratch : REDRAW
55
Ring king : ALI
56
V.I.P. vehicle : LIMO
58
Chopper : AXE
59
See 17-Across : INTHIRTYMINUTES
64
Half a 60's-70's TV duo : ROWAN
65
France's Savoy ___ : ALPS
66
Expensively finished : GILT
67
Radio features : KNOBS
68
"Surely you ___!" : JEST
69
One of the Cartwright boys : HOSS
Down
1
Absolutely astound : FLOOR
2
Author ___ Ingalls Wilder : LAURA
3
Headquarters for Ohio Edison : AKRON
4
Panhandle : BEG
5
Some W.W. II tanks : SHERMANS
6
Waste : LOSE
7
It's a start : ANTE
8
"You betcha!" : YES
9
Put away, in a way : SHEATHE
10
Major prank : HOAX
11
Publicity, so to speak : INK
12
Fish eggs : ROE
13
Slip : ERR
18
Abduction sites, supposedly : UFOS
19
Winter truck accessory : PLOW
24
Quint's name : DIONNE
25
Whimper : SNIVEL
26
Get rid of a shadow : SHAVE
27
Travelers' stopovers : OASES
28
Computerphiles : USERS
30
When repeated, a Mamas and the Papas hit : MONDAY
31
Enjoyed immensely : ATEUP
32
Became a figure of speech? : ORATED
33
Diminish : ABATE
34
Corporate symbols : LOGOS
35
Extended family : TRIBE
40
Chicken Little, e.g. : ALARMIST
43
Mischievous sprites : GOBLINS
47
Film genre : NOIR
48
Eye-catching sign : NEON
52
Relationship : RATIO
53
Figure skating leaps : AXELS
54
Adam and Mae : WESTS
55
King in I Kings : AHAB
56
Singer Lovett : LYLE
57
Rascals : IMPS
59
Get one's goat : IRK
60
Québec vote : NON
61
Couple : TWO
62
___ Mahal : TAJ
63
Terse "review" : UGH

Answer summary:
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