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New York Times, Monday, August 17, 1998

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Down : Blue-gray
TotalDebutLatest
1169/13/199410/17/2005
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.502306%
Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 61 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 6%
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© 1998, The New York Times8/17/98 ( No. 17,814 )
Across
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Help at a heist : ABET
5
Calls to a shepherd : BAAS
9
Deadly : FATAL
14
Easy gait : LOPE
15
Qualified : ABLE
16
Functional : UTILE
17
Trebek of "Jeopardy!" : ALEX
18
Spot on a radar screen : BLIP
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Fancy British car, informally : ROLLS
20
Walt Disney's first sound cartoon : STEAMBOATWILLIE
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Aria, e.g. : SOLO
24
Wriggly fish : EEL
25
TV adjunct : VCR
28
Unbeatable rival : NEMESIS
31
Downward bend : SAG
34
Lose underpinnings : ERODE
36
Time delay : LAG
37
Catherine ___, wife of Henry VIII : PARR
38
Life of the party : GOODTIMECHARLIE
42
Pinnacle : ACME
43
Mystery writer Deighton : LEN
44
Lend-___ Act : LEASE
45
Shade of blue : SKY
46
Late, great crooner : SINATRA
49
Reading room : DEN
50
One ___ time : ATA
51
Surrounds, with "in" : HEMS
53
Show girl's suitor : STAGEDOORJOHNNY
61
Inner circle : CADRE
62
"Peek-___!" : ABOO
63
Puerto ___ : RICO
64
Durant who co-wrote "The Story of Civilization" : ARIEL
65
Singer Braxton : TONI
66
List shortener : ETAL
67
Greenbacks : MONEY
68
In the public eye : SEEN
69
Watered-down : WEAK
Down
1
Word of regret : ALAS
2
Length of fabric : BOLT
3
Blunted blade : EPEE
4
Lone Star State : TEXAS
5
Talk nonsensically : BABBLE
6
Flowering : ABLOOM
7
Inter ___ : ALIA
8
Labor Day's mo. : SEPT
9
Avenging spirits of mythology : FURIES
10
Wake Island, e.g. : ATOLL
11
Cash drawer : TILL
12
"___ Do Is Dream of You" (1934 hit) : ALLI
13
___-majesté : LESE
21
"Waterlilies" painter : MONET
22
Consider the pros and cons of : WEIGH
25
Golden Nugget casino locale : VEGAS
26
Stew container : CROCK
27
Spacious : ROOMY
29
Actress Verdugo : ELENA
30
Biological container : SAC
31
Kind of fork : SALAD
32
Come to light : ARISE
33
White House's ___ Room : GREEN
35
1950's White House monogram : DDE
37
Ante- : PRE
39
Trojan War epic : ILIAD
40
Fraternity members : MEN
41
Site of Crockett's last stand : ALAMO
46
Blue-gray : STEELY
47
Royal seat : THRONE
48
Counterreply : REJOIN
50
Jibe : AGREE
52
Woman with a temper : SHREW
53
Con game : SCAM
54
Hawaiian tuber : TARO
55
Score after deuce, in tennis : ADIN
56
Feed bag fill : OATS
57
Cousin of a bassoon : OBOE
58
Nick at ___ : NITE
59
Org. with eligibility rules : NCAA
60
The sunny side, in sunny side up : YOLK

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

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