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New York Times, Wednesday, June 3, 1998

Author:
Karen Hodge
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Down : Revolt
TotalDebutLatest
1310/18/19822/22/2012
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5974236%
Karen Young Bonin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Ms. Bonin. Wednesday freshness: 18%
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© 1998, The New York Times6/3/98 ( No. 17,739 )
Across
1
Be wide open : GAPE
5
Square fare? : MEAL
9
Common alias : SMITH
14
Port of "The Plague" : ORAN
15
Tickle Me doll : ELMO
16
Capital west of Haiphong : HANOI
17
Like jokers, often : WILD
18
Steal a pass? : LIFTTICKET
20
Formidable foe : NEMESIS
22
Newcastle's river : TYNE
23
Atty.-to-be exams : LSATS
24
Lifesaving equipment : ROPE
25
Popular cooking spray : PAM
28
Word said with a wave of the hand : PRESTO
30
Fabulous fur : ERMINE
32
Paving stuff : TAR
34
Unruly crowd : RABBLE
36
Swenson of "Benson" : INGA
37
For the birds? : AVIAN
39
Tabard Inn order : ALE
40
Understood : TACIT
41
Big name in electronics : SONY
42
Beethoven's Third : EROICA
44
"Get your hands off me!" : HEY
45
A wink or a nod, say : SIGNAL
47
Pre-exercise exercise : WARMUP
49
Baseball's Kranepool and others : EDS
50
Spare, e.g. : TIRE
52
Bobbing object : APPLE
54
"Scram!" : SHOO
55
Trap setters : SNARERS
57
Steal a novel? : POCKETBOOK
61
"___ Camera" : IAMA
62
Land of the Rising Sun : JAPAN
63
Philharmonic part : OBOE
64
For men only : STAG
65
Sports data : STATS
66
Take care of : TEND
67
To be, in old Rome : ESSE
Down
1
Dress for a ball : GOWN
2
The Little Mermaid : ARIEL
3
Steal coils? : PALMSPRINGS
4
Make lovable : ENDEAR
5
TV actress Gilbert : MELISSA
6
Yalies : ELIS
7
Bowling alley initials : AMF
8
Game of chance : LOTTO
9
Fistfight result : SHINER
10
Nutmeg-based spice : MACE
11
Old well's contents : INK
12
Corn site : TOE
13
Smash : HIT
19
Melville tale : TYPEE
21
Rear : STERN
24
Steal from singer Nick? : ROBLOWE
25
Steal draperies? : PINCHPLEATS
26
1973 Rolling Stones #1 song : ANGIE
27
Substantial : MEATY
29
Transportation on the slopes : TBAR
31
Actress Farrow : MIA
32
Café cup : TASSE
33
Skirt : AVOID
35
"Star Wars" princess : LEIA
38
Writer Rand : AYN
40
Buccaneers' bay : TAMPA
42
"A Cooking Egg" poet : ELIOT
43
Turned the handle : CRANKED
46
Parthenon's city : ATHENS
48
Revolt : UPRISE
51
"Lost in Space" figure : ROBOT
53
Bombeck and others : ERMAS
54
Card game played with sevens through aces : SKAT
55
In a bit : SOON
56
Wise one : SAGE
57
Bedwear, briefly : PJS
58
Horse's morsel : OAT
59
Tax preparer, for short : CPA
60
Medal bestowed by Eliz. II : OBE

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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