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New York Times, Wednesday, July 7, 1999

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Swerves, at sea
TotalDebutLatest
1821/12/197810/27/2024
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.534304631%
Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJ} This is puzzle # 82 for Mr. Silvestri. Wednesday freshness: 15%
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© 1999, The New York Times7/7/99 ( No. 18,138 )
Across
1
Kind of court : CLAY
5
Frenzied : MANIC
10
Shoe filler : LAST
14
Letter after epsilon : ZETA
15
Disconcert : ABASH
16
Mold medium : AGAR
17
Own up to : AVOW
18
Follower of Daniel : HOSEA
19
Brown opponent : YALE
20
Epitaph for a bull? : RIPSNORTER
22
"___ the Roof" (1963 hit) : UPON
23
In the open : OUT
24
Threaten : IMPEND
26
Gelcap alternative : TABLET
30
Outlay : COST
32
Shakespearean sprite : ARIEL
33
Traffic planner's array? : DOTMATRIX
38
Siberian river : LENA
39
Mother of Tiberius : LIVIA
40
Bridal shower? : RICE
41
Non-prepaid items? : CODPIECES
43
Breakfast sizzler : BACON
44
Straw in the wind : OMEN
45
City near Los Angeles : POMONA
46
"Scent of a Woman" star : PACINO
50
"___ Poetica" : ARS
51
Mary Kay competitor : AVON
52
Basketball contest selectors? : NITPICKERS
59
Ceramacist's medium : TILE
60
Starters : ATEAM
61
Marine leader? : AQUA
62
Hoof sound : CLOP
63
Pony or monkey : DANCE
64
Hierarchy level : RUNG
65
Hind's mate : HART
66
Church official : ELDER
67
Easy-listening : LITE
Down
1
Winter Palace resident : CZAR
2
Dolly of "Hello, Dolly!" : LEVI
3
Surmounting : ATOP
4
Swerves, at sea : YAWS
5
Elephant driver : MAHOUT
6
Scrub a launch : ABORT
7
Tammany tiger's creator : NAST
8
Psychic's phrase : ISEE
9
Personal magnetism : CHARISMA
10
Short-range basket : LAYUP
11
Wide open : AGAPE
12
Stylish shop : SALON
13
The way things are going : TREND
21
Wassailer's song : NOEL
25
Kingston Trio hit : MTA
26
Soapstone component : TALC
27
Mars, in combinations : AREO
28
Tough spot : BIND
29
Sudden transition : LEAP
30
Group of witches : COVEN
31
Redding of song : OTIS
33
Vegas rollers : DICE
34
The cart before the ores : TRAM
35
"Little Caesar" gangster : RICO
36
Click-on item : ICON
37
TV's Warrior Princess : XENA
39
Summer quencher : LEMONADE
42
It may have an extra electron : ION
43
Pear type : BOSC
45
Introductory reading : PRIMER
46
Temporary phone hookup : PATCH
47
Castilian city : AVILA
48
Decorator's decision : COLOR
49
Bumbling : INEPT
50
On the double : APACE
53
Romance lang. : ITAL
54
Take care of : TEND
55
First name in Communism : KARL
56
Relative of iso- : EQUI
57
Litter member : RUNT
58
Learned : SAGE

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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