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New York Times, Wednesday, July 22, 1998

Author:
Mark Elliot Skolsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Down : Like many a Rockwell kid
TotalDebutLatest
131/30/19967/28/2004
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11.624630%
Mark Elliot Skolsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Skolsky. Wednesday freshness: 34%
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© 1998, The New York Times7/22/98 ( No. 17,788 )
Across
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Regal showing : POMP
5
Arp's art : DADA
9
Kind of gun : RADAR
14
Bahraini bigwig : AMIR
15
Long-legged wader : IBIS
16
Soft palate projection : UVULA
17
Crucifix inscription : INRI
18
Grasslands : LEAS
19
Quiche Lorraine ingredient : BACON
20
Like Richard I : LIONHEARTED
23
Place for powder : KEG
24
Tony-winning actress Grimes : TAMMY
25
Do : COIF
27
Flamethrower fuel : NAPALM
30
Dinghy or wherry : ROWBOAT
33
"Put ___ on it!" : ALID
34
Anent : ASTO
37
The end of one's rope, maybe : NOOSE
38
Joplin composition : RAG
39
Lloyd Webber's "___ of Love" : ASPECTS
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Poisonous: Prefix : TOX
42
Give a shellacking : CREAM
44
Additionally : ALSO
45
With 66-Across, "Romeo is Bleeding" star : LENA
46
Puffy people? : SMOKERS
48
Kind of voyage : MAIDEN
50
Hoopster Archibald : NATE
51
Leaf's breathing orifice : STOMA
53
Cockpit abbr. : ALT
55
Like some schemes : HAREBRAINED
60
Spacious : ROOMY
62
Humpbacked helper : IGOR
63
Missile housing : SILO
64
Smart guys : ALECS
65
___-war bird (predatory flier) : MANO
66
See 45-Across : OLIN
67
Not speaking to : MADAT
68
Bushel and a peck : SLEW
69
Undiluted : NEAT
Down
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Gardener's equipment : PAIL
2
Former Atlanta arena : OMNI
3
Joan of art : MIRO
4
Pitch on paper : PRINTAD
5
Sophie's "choice" and others : DILEMMAS
6
Perpendicular to the keel : ABEAM
7
Bedside book : DIARY
8
Gal Fri. : ASST
9
Steam bath followers : RUBDOWNS
10
She married Mickey, Artie and Frank : AVA
11
Like Chaplin's walk : DUCKFOOTED
12
Skin soother : ALOE
13
Went off, in a way : RANG
21
Shakespearean prince : HAL
22
Author Umberto : ECO
26
Nigerian tribesman : IBO
27
They're always looking for deals : NARCS
28
Burglar's bane : ALARM
29
Like many a Rockwell kid : PIGEONTOED
30
Enormous birds of myth : ROCS
31
Together : ASONE
32
Ross Perot, e.g. : TEXAN
35
Places to get 9-Down : SPAS
36
___ Avivian : TEL
39
February birthstone : AMETHYST
40
Procrastinator's word : TOMORROW
43
Dossier letters : AKA
45
Go-between : LIAISON
47
"Bad Behaviour" star Stephen : REA
49
Doc bloc : AMA
51
"Love Story" author : SEGAL
52
Butchery selection : TBONE
53
Composer Khachaturian : ARAM
54
"Whatever ___ Wants" (1955 song) : LOLA
56
What swish shots miss : RIMS
57
Shade of green : NILE
58
Lamb's pen name : ELIA
59
Word of warning : DONT
61
Former name of Universal Studios : MCA

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

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