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New York Times, Tuesday, August 10, 1999

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Down : Sen. McCarthy's grp.
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Quigley. Tuesday freshness: 56%
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© 1999, The New York Times8/10/99 ( No. 18,172 )
Across
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Laser output : BEAM
5
___ Beta Kappa : PHI
8
Materialize : APPEAR
14
"Don't go in there!" : ITSATRAP
16
Government in power : REGIME
17
"Light My Fire" band : THEDOORS
18
Endowments for the arts : GRANTS
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Kind of radio : AMFM
20
Fulfilled : MET
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___ Lanka : SRI
22
Humiliate : SHAME
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Algeria's Gulf of ___ : ORAN
27
Jazzman Getz : STAN
28
Cliffhanger phrase : TUNEINNEXTWEEK
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Butter portion : PAT
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Kept under wraps : HID
33
Athos, to Porthos : AMI
34
Saucer-eyed Broadway star : CAROLCHANNING
40
Needlefish : GAR
41
Work on a Grecian urn : ODE
42
One of the Cyclades : IOS
44
"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" movie : SONGOFTHESOUTH
49
Windshield feature : TINT
50
Obeyed a court order? : ROSE
51
Makeup maker : ALMAY
52
Thrilla in Manila participant : ALI
53
Duty : TAX
54
Philandering fellow : ROUE
56
"The Clemency of Titus" composer : MOZART
58
1988 Burt Reynolds film : RENTACOP
62
Miniature : PEEWEE
63
Cabinet Department : INTERIOR
64
Confused : ADDLED
65
Old Pontiac : GTO
66
Shrill barks : YAPS
Down
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Smidgen : BIT
2
Ordinal suffix : ETH
3
Enzyme ending : ASE
4
"___ X" : MADAME
5
Coll. instructor : PROF
6
Pleasing to the ear : HARMONIC
7
Tape speed abbr. : IPS
8
Silver, in heraldry : ARGENT
9
Saucy : PERT
10
Masters holder: Abbr. : PGA
11
Element #99 : EINSTEINIUM
12
Greyhound alternative : AMTRAK
13
Plant runner? : RESIN
15
Actress Marisa : TOMEI
20
Nth degree : MAX
22
"The Racer's Edge" : STP
23
Sen. McCarthy's grp. : HUAC
24
Made an enemy of : ANTAGONIZED
26
Cinnamon candies : REDHOTS
27
Formal introduction? : SEMI
29
Rink grp. : NHL
30
Pale : WAN
35
Carry on : RANT
36
Web site address ending : ORG
37
Follower : ADHERENT
38
Formerly, in newspaper announcements : NEE
39
"___ match?" : GOTA
43
Diffident : SHY
44
Like grain that's out of the rain : SILOED
45
Addressed a crowd : ORATED
46
"The X-Files" network : FOX
47
Fry, in a way : SAUTE
48
Mrs. who owned a famous cow : OLEARY
49
The Bucs stop here : TAMPA
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Ebony or mahogany : TREE
55
Aware of : ONTO
57
Its point is to make holes : AWL
58
18-wheeler : RIG
59
K.G.B. rival : CIA
60
Alley ___ : OOP
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Couples: Abbr. : PRS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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