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New York Times, Tuesday, July 28, 1998

Author:
Robert Dillman
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Down : Act servile
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Robert Dillman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Dillman. Tuesday freshness: 2%
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© 1998, The New York Times7/28/98 ( No. 17,794 )
Across
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Lady with a title : OWNER
6
Mirth : GLEE
10
Evil : BAD
13
Carefree song syllables : TRALA
14
Transport for Huck Finn : RAFT
15
A large part of Mongolia : GOBI
16
Stock secretarial ploy #1 : HESINCONFERENCE
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Catch ___ (start to get) : ONTO
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Decorative window shape : OVAL
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Artist Max : ERNST
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It's baked in a square : TILE
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Strike callers : UMPS
26
Genteel affair : TEA
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Juices : SALIVA
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Crones : HAGS
35
Skylit rooms : ATRIA
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"Yes, ___!" : SIR
38
Command to Dobbin : WHOA
39
Stock secretarial ploy #2 : SHESWITHACLIENT
43
Bingo-like game : KENO
44
Pi follower : RHO
45
Cockeyed : INANE
46
Sharp rebuff : SLAP
47
It lets off steam : KETTLE
50
Many a Little League coach : DAD
51
Seamstress Betsy : ROSS
53
"___ kleine Nachtmusik" : EINE
55
Village smith, e.g. : SHOER
58
Pantomimist Jacques : TATI
60
Meadows : LEAS
64
Stock secretarial ploy #3 : HESNOTATHISDESK
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Lighten (up) : EASE
68
Queen before George I : ANNE
69
Jaunty : PERKY
70
Commotion : ADO
71
Stink : ODOR
72
Left one's seat : AROSE
Down
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Roman emperor in A.D. 69 : OTHO
2
Birdhouse bird : WREN
3
Magazine publisher Condé ___ : NAST
4
"Cats" poet : ELIOT
5
Wasn't colorfast : RAN
6
Act servile : GROVEL
7
Turner, the 40's Sweater Girl : LANA
8
Offensive smells : EFFLUVIA
9
Beach time in Bordeaux : ETE
10
Rhine city : BONN
11
Basics : ABCS
12
Many a New Year's resolution : DIET
15
"'S Wonderful" composer : GERSHWIN
17
Pepsi, e.g. : COLA
18
Business solicitor, for short : REP
23
"___ Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" : ISAW
25
Dramatist Connelly : MARC
26
Duties : TASKS
27
A Barrymore : ETHEL
28
Gladiator's locale : ARENA
30
"___ the Sheriff" (1974 hit) : ISHOT
32
Leading : AHEAD
33
Slangy word of intention : GONNA
34
Full, at last : SATED
36
Liquid in synthetic rubber manufacture : ISOPRENE
40
Nettles : IRKS
41
What witnesses take : THESTAND
42
Mortgage, e.g. : LIEN
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Pet restraint : TETHER
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CVI halved : LIII
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Cortez's quest : ORO
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Box ___ (tree) : ELDER
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Where Dwight Gooden once pitched : SHEA
56
Principal : HEAD
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___ buco (Italian dish) : OSSO
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79 for gold, e.g.: Abbr. : ATNO
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
62
Inquires : ASKS
63
Kind of terrier : SKYE
65
Chinese ideal : TAO
66
Health facility : SPA

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

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