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New York Times, Tuesday, July 27, 1999

Author:
Alfio Micci
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : Kind of lily
TotalDebutLatest
1024/26/19702/19/2004
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
91.51399144%
Alfio Micci

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 100 for Mr. Micci. Tuesday freshness: 63%
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© 1999, The New York Times7/27/99 ( No. 18,158 )
Across
1
Siesta : NAP
4
Pedro's home : CASA
8
Deceive, in a way : LEADON
14
It's found in the ground : ORE
15
Canticles : ODES
16
Microscopic critter : AMOEBA
17
Sweet melon : HONEYDEW
19
Fringed carriage : SURREY
20
Gulf war ally : OMAN
21
That is : IDEST
23
"Don't give up!" : TRY
24
1968 third-party candidate : WALLACE
26
Very, to Verdi : ASSAI
28
Starlike : ASTRAL
30
Uptight : TENSE
33
St. Francis's birthplace : ASSISI
36
Doctor's interruption : PAGE
38
Almighty : GOD
39
Kind of room : REC
40
Late : OVERDUE
42
Liked, hippie-style : DUG
43
Years ___ : AGO
44
San ___, Italy : REMO
45
Botanical interstice : AREOLE
47
Leg up : BOOST
49
Hereditary : INBRED
51
Pesto ingredient : BASIL
53
Moderate's opposite : RADICAL
57
One of the Chaplins : SYD
58
Pine product : RESIN
60
Zilch : NADA
61
Nixon impeachment chairman : RODINO
63
Himalayan capital : KATMANDU
65
Picked : CHOSEN
66
Tempers : IRES
67
Gone gray, say : OLD
68
Like some smiles : TOOTHY
69
Rugmakers' supplies : DYES
70
Once called : NEE
Down
1
Opposite of "in any way" : NOHOW
2
Cologne : AROMA
3
Like some servitude : PENAL
4
Shy : COY
5
Habit-forming : ADDICTIVE
6
Farm machine : SEEDER
7
"___ forgive those..." : ASWE
8
Endures : LASTS
9
Ostrich's kin : EMU
10
Lines leading from pumping stations? : AORTAE
11
Hero's forte : DERRINGDO
12
Mind : OBEY
13
Voiced turndown : NAY
18
China's Zhou ___ : ENLAI
22
Soup follower : SALAD
25
Catalogues : ASSORTS
27
Took the wheel : STEERED
29
Place to wipe the hands : APRON
31
Motown music category : SOUL
32
Rim : EDGE
33
Show horse : ARAB
34
Kind of lily : SEGO
35
Cartoon dog : SCOOBYDOO
37
Underwrite : GUARANTEE
41
Author Zola : EMILE
46
Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
48
Crossword constructor, seemingly : SADIST
50
Like many a rabbit's warren : BRIARY
52
Slice of wry? : IRONY
54
Officially accepted works : CANON
55
Confuse : ADDLE
56
Summa cum ___ : LAUDE
57
Area of the Big Apple : SOHO
59
Start of a car accident : SKID
61
Sales slip: Abbr. : RCT
62
Book before Esth. : NEH
64
Post-B.A. degrees : MSS

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

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