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New York Times, Tuesday, June 30, 1998

Author:
Arthur S. Verdesca
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Down : Showy
TotalDebutLatest
422/27/19881/19/2000
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
57126462
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.51392820%
Arthur S. Verdesca

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. Verdesca. Tuesday freshness: 14%
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L
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A
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P
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P
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W
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E
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D
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G
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E
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A
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S
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P
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A
L
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R
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G
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R
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B
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C
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L
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F
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T
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O
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K
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R
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W
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O
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R
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E
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L
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D
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F
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M
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P
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© 1998, The New York Times6/30/98 ( No. 17,766 )
Across
1
Arctic dweller : LAPP
5
Cuneiform stroke : WEDGE
10
"Pronto!" : ASAP
14
Treaty signer : ALLY
15
About the line of rotation : AXIAL
16
200-meter, e.g. : RACE
17
Onetime feminine ideal : HOURGLASSFIGURE
20
Big chunk of a drug company's budget : RESEARCH
21
Golf's ___ Cup : RYDER
22
Same old, same old : RUT
23
Release money : BAIL
25
Strait of Dover port : CALAIS
29
Novelty singing feature : FALSETTO
33
Modern surveillance tool : AWACS
34
Actress Winslet : KATE
35
Certain theater, for short : REP
36
1941 Lillian Hellman play : WATCHONTHERHINE
40
Barely make, with "out" : EKE
41
Wine sediment : LEES
42
Big name in stationery : EATON
43
Insane : DERANGED
46
Incenses : ANGERS
47
Filly, e.g. : FOAL
48
"What's more..." : AND
49
___ Park, N.J. : MENLO
52
Sun circler : ASTEROID
57
Anthony Burgess thriller, with "A" : CLOCKWORKORANGE
60
Et ___ : ALII
61
Foreign : ALIEN
62
Nonplus : STOP
63
Emperor in "Quo Vadis?" : NERO
64
Primed : READY
65
After-dinner drink : PORT
Down
1
Cowardly Lion portrayer : LAHR
2
Cream ingredient : ALOE
3
"Not only that..." : PLUS
4
Combustible pile : PYRE
5
Bewhiskered creature : WALRUS
6
On the money : EXACT
7
Menu offering : DISH
8
Xenon, for one : GAS
9
Pixie : ELF
10
Having a diamond-shaped pattern : ARGYLE
11
50's-60's Mideast king : SAUD
12
A lot of lot : ACRE
13
Equal : PEER
18
Showy : GARISH
19
Showy flower : IRIS
23
Spa : BATHS
24
On the sheltered side : ALEE
25
Sounded crowlike : CAWED
26
Suffering from insomnia : AWAKE
27
Subsequently : LATER
28
N.C. State's athletic org. : ACC
29
Doomed : FATED
30
Stale : TRITE
31
Drift : TENOR
32
Uncaps : OPENS
34
Prepare to be knighted : KNEEL
37
Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
38
Provide : RENDER
39
Witch : HAG
44
1955 merger : AFLCIO
45
Out-of-the-way place : NOOK
46
"Friends, Romans, countrymen" orator : ANTONY
48
Begged : ASKED
49
Shoemaker Thom : MCAN
50
Lui's partner : ELLE
51
Film ___ : NOIR
52
Song for Carmen : ARIA
53
Hoof smoother : RASP
54
Aware of : ONTO
55
Helicopter pioneer Sikorsky : IGOR
56
Educ. or H.U.D., e.g. : DEPT
58
Gulf ___ : WAR
59
Ring cheer : OLE

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

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