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New York Times, Wednesday, November 17, 1999

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
2-Down : Rope injuries
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Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 66 for Mr. Piscop. Wednesday freshness: 93%
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© 1999, The New York Times11/17/99 ( No. 18,271 )
Across
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Unimaginative rhyme scheme : ABAB
5
"___ Dei" : AGNUS
10
Apple quantity : PECK
14
"Star Trek" navigator : SULU
15
Masked creatures : COONS
16
Others, in lists : ALII
17
Revered Sioux chief : CRAZYHORSE
19
In ___ (occurring naturally) : VIVO
20
Lodge : INN
21
Kind of blitz : MEDIA
22
Some soft drinks : NEHIS
23
Composer Albéniz : ISAAC
25
Mel Blanc spoke for him : DAFFYDUCK
27
Distance unit in duels : PACE
29
Baseball card stat : ERA
30
Church recess : APSE
33
Was printed : RAN
35
Play opener : ACTONE
40
Singer known for song parodies : WEIRDALYANKOVIC
43
Like some Bedouins : LIBYAN
44
Old tree-planting org. : CCC
45
Baseballer Martinez : TINO
46
Flag thrower : REF
48
A lo-o-ong time : EONS
50
Hall-of-Fame pitcher with the 30's Cardinals : DIZZYDEAN
55
Words of dismay : OYVEY
59
"___ and his money..." : AFOOL
60
Bishop's topper : MITRE
62
Singer Sumac : YMA
63
Swiss city : BERN
64
Classic character on "The Eddie Cantor Radio Show" : MADRUSSIAN
66
Spanish infant : BEBE
67
Novelist Lesage : ALAIN
68
Getting ___ years : ONIN
69
Relative of 55-Across : ALAS
70
English coppers : PENCE
71
Appropriately named fruit : UGLI
Down
1
Computer acronym : ASCII
2
Rope injuries : BURNS
3
TV's "The George & ___ Show" : ALANA
4
Sawyer of the comics : BUZ
5
Yen : ACHE
6
Lot : GOODDEAL
7
Irrigation apparatus : NORIA
8
Risky : UNSAFE
9
Vane dir. : SSE
10
Like most roads : PAVED
11
Philanthropist Yale : ELIHU
12
Kind of duty : CIVIC
13
Place to post notices : KIOSK
18
Gym site : YMCA
22
City on the Hudson : NYACK
24
Mimicking behavior : APERY
26
1930's-70's despot : FRANCO
28
Stretched : CRANED
30
Tapered tool : AWL
31
Kennedy Library architect : PEI
32
Bro, for one : SIB
34
Gotham: Abbr. : NYC
36
Hotsy-___ : TOTSY
37
Duct opening? : OVI
38
"Delta of Venus" author : NIN
39
Environmental prefix : ECO
41
Actress Hannah : DARYL
42
Lacking a middle : ACENTRIC
47
Egg producer : FEMALE
49
Vetoes : NOES
50
Part of a Flintstone yell : DABBA
51
Sondheim's "___ Pretty" : IFEEL
52
1964 Quinn role : ZORBA
53
Areas : ZONES
54
Actor Quinn : AIDAN
56
In contention : VYING
57
Modern letters : EMAIL
58
New Age musician : YANNI
61
Ancient symbol : RUNE
64
Navigator's aid : MAP
65
Worthless coin : SOU

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

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