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New York Times, Saturday, May 1, 1999

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Across : Aimless
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 35 Missing: {QX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 102 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 26%
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J
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© 1999, The New York Times5/1/99 ( No. 18,071 )
Across
1
Bucks : SMACKERS
9
Aimless : ADRIFT
15
Like a failure : WASHEDUP
16
With more expedience : SOONER
17
1920 aeronautical invention : AUTOGIRO
18
Inconvenience : HASSLE
19
Talk fast, maybe : SLUR
20
Cheap : TATTY
22
Festive time : YULE
23
Indignant : HETUP
25
Mil. titles : LTS
26
E-mail guffaw : LOL
27
Gum ___ : RESIN
29
Home entertainment letters : VHS
31
Collapsed : GAVE
32
It starts tomorrow? : TEE
34
Informal offers : INVITES
36
Note : JOTDOWN
40
Ranters : RAILERS
41
Rubs on : ANOINTS
42
End : TIP
43
Ground ___ : ZERO
44
Household nickname : SIS
46
1930 Literature Nobelist : LEWIS
50
Tony winner Caldwell : ZOE
51
Theater lighting-effects device : GEL
53
Subject of a house inspection test : RADON
55
Camelot lady : ENID
57
Have ___ for : ANEED
59
Stud site : LOBE
60
Scammed : DONEIN
62
Regular guys : STEADIES
64
Take down, in a way : UNTACK
65
Certify : ACCREDIT
66
Noted spot in test-marketing : PEORIA
67
Étagères : WHATNOTS
Down
1
Boast : SWASH
2
Ruffian : MAULER
3
Quick : ASTUTE
4
Speak in unison : CHORUS
5
It may be tapped : KEG
6
Database command : EDIT
7
Countryman : RURAL
8
Production of network or cable ads : SPOTTV
9
White : ASHY
10
1949 film noir classic : DOA
11
Looking up : ROSY
12
Set apart : INSULATE
13
Collapsed : FELLOVER
14
Like a tundra : TREELESS
21
Souvenir shop item : TSHIRT
24
Climber's aid : PITON
28
Small amphibians : NEWTS
30
Sluggard : SNAIL
31
Novelist Scott-Heron : GIL
33
Banner : ENSIGN
35
Spiteful one : VIPER
36
Embellished : JAZZEDUP
37
Personal : ONEONONE
38
Assailed : TOREINTO
39
Roman historian ___ Cassius : DIO
45
Show uncertainty : SEESAW
47
Narrative subtitled "Life in the Woods" : WALDEN
48
1966 musical co-starring Mary Martin : IDOIDO
49
Confirming phrase : SOBEIT
52
Lascivious type : LETCH
54
Settles : NESTS
56
Cherished : DEAR
57
"She's a Lady" songwriter : ANKA
58
Geometric prefix : DECA
61
Here, in Le Havre : ICI
63
Knack : ART

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

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