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New York Times, Wednesday, August 18, 1999

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : Kaput
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QWZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 34 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 3%
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O
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© 1999, The New York Times8/18/99 ( No. 18,180 )
Across
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Lots of feet : YARDS
6
Pound sounds : ARFS
10
Completely worn out : SHOT
14
Heads up : ALERT
15
Luxurious : POSH
16
Shoreline shelter : COVE
17
Excessive excitement : MANIA
18
Suffix with fleur : ETTE
19
Tourney type : OPEN
20
Amusement park scream provoker : ROLLERCOASTER
23
Actress Thompson of "Back to the Future" : LEA
24
Figure at State U : PROF
25
People to hang with : PALS
28
Hardy heroine : TESS
31
The Trans-Siberian Railroad crosses them : URALS
35
Tribute, of sorts : ODE
36
Babe's sound : OINK
37
Kind of salami : GENOA
38
Goldbricking : LOAFINGONTHEJOB
42
Flynn with dashing roles : ERROL
43
Celebration that gets out of hand : RIOT
44
Sugar suffix : OSE
45
Hombre's title : SENOR
46
Magazine photo, for short : STAT
47
Line feeder : CUER
48
Full ___ : TILT
50
Place for a stud : EAR
52
Thrill-seeker's activity : BUNGEEJUMPING
58
Jaywalking, e.g. : NONO
59
Father of Phobos : ARES
60
Service song? : PSALM
62
Where to get off : EXIT
63
Red Rose, once : PETE
64
Advantage : LEGUP
65
It doesn't take long to process : BYTE
66
Sleep restlessly : TOSS
67
Snake paths : ESSES
Down
1
Thanksgiving serving : YAM
2
1989 E.P.A. target : ALAR
3
City at the foot of the Sierra Nevadas : RENO
4
Fire safety activities : DRILLS
5
Old hat : STALE
6
Impersonator : APER
7
Campus soldiers: Abbr. : ROTC
8
Lens settings : FSTOPS
9
Wind danger : SHEAR
10
Way to get off : SCOTFREE
11
Chance for success : HOPE
12
Kaput : OVER
13
Beauty mark? : TEN
21
Stay home for supper : EATIN
22
Looked high and low for : SOUGHT
25
See 41-Down : POLES
26
Esteem to the extreme : ADORE
27
Live's partner : LEARN
29
Part of the U.K.: Abbr. : ENG
30
Modern hybrid garment for women : SKORT
32
Pear variety : ANJOU
33
Kind of change : LOOSE
34
Cavalry weapon : SABER
36
Offshore sight : OILRIG
39
Certain explanation : FOOTNOTE
40
Actress Peeples : NIA
41
With 25-Down, sights in some Indian villages : TOTEM
46
Sound system : STEREO
47
Calamities : CRISES
49
Sprang : LEAPT
51
Mac maker : APPLE
52
Like many 80's cars : BOXY
53
Troop group : UNIT
54
New York team : JETS
55
Swiss army knives have lots of them : USES
56
Bothers : NAGS
57
Stick together : GLUE
58
Kan. neighbor : NEB
61
AWOL chasers : MPS

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

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