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New York Times, Wednesday, January 13, 1999

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : Pesto, e.g.
TotalDebutLatest
1811/12/19783/17/2024
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ScrabblePGramPre‑WSFresh
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Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 77 for Mr. Silvestri. Wednesday freshness: 29%
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© 1999, The New York Times1/13/99 ( No. 17,963 )
Across
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Sulu portrayer, in "Star Trek" : TAKEI
6
Prego competitor : RAGU
10
Fakery : SHAM
14
Out of whack : AMISS
15
Where Qum is : IRAN
16
Prefix with -gon : HEXA
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October and November? : MOSTOFFALL
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Co-fighter : ALLY
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Ogee shape : ESS
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Good time : BALL
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A whole lot : OODLES
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Hoped-for review : RAVE
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Warning at St. Andrews : FORE
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Bedouin's domain : SAHARA
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Memorable : HISTORIC
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Potters' supplies : CLAYS
34
It leaves its mark on the beach : SOLE
35
Ancient marketplaces : FORA
36
Kind of clef : ALTO
37
Didn't just shrug the shoulders : CARED
38
Football Hall-of-Famer Tarkenton : FRAN
39
Sea-diving area : REEF
40
Topple from power : OUST
41
Minotaur's land : CRETE
42
Necessarily : PERFORCE
44
Like this puzzle : THEMED
45
Play the siren : LURE
46
Not legally binding : VOID
47
Yellowstone sight : WAPITI
50
Lo-cal : LITE
51
Brenda who sang "I'm Sorry" : LEE
54
Cassini of fashion : OLEG
55
When origami flourished? : DAYSOFFOLD
58
Foolhardy : RASH
59
All, to start with : OMNI
60
Co-op contract : LEASE
61
Speed unit : KNOT
62
Diatribe : RANT
63
Red Sea nation : YEMEN
Down
1
Unexciting : TAME
2
"Famous" name : AMOS
3
It's sometimes stolen : KISS
4
Extreme suffix : EST
5
Lines on a weather map : ISOBARS
6
M-1, for one : RIFLE
7
Uzbekistan's ___ Sea : ARAL
8
Cowboy's date : GAL
9
Set free : UNLOOSED
10
Flintstone tone? : SHADEOFFRED
11
Scratch pad? : HELL
12
Bar on a car : AXLE
13
Giant great : MAYS
18
Broad bean : FAVA
23
Scrap for Spot : ORT
24
Bradbury as an aviator? : RAYOFFLIGHT
25
___ mignon : FILET
26
Line of cliffs : SCARP
27
French walk : ALLEE
28
Misanthrope : HATER
29
Buggy power : HORSE
30
Composer Ned : ROREM
31
All worked up : IRATE
32
Punished, schoolmaster-style : CANED
34
Pesto, e.g. : SAUCE
37
Restricted air lane : CORRIDOR
41
For the most part : CHIEFLY
43
In the open : OUT
44
1939 movie canine : TOTO
46
Call on : VISIT
47
Have an effect : WORK
48
Rock-and-roll pioneer Freed : ALAN
49
Colombian money : PESO
50
City between Boston and Salem : LYNN
51
Potting soil : LOAM
52
Different : ELSE
53
First place : EDEN
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G.P.'s grp. : AMA
57
Invoice amount : FEE

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

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