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New York Times, Tuesday, October 12, 1999

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
With surprising speed, to an egotist?
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Early. Tuesday freshness: 43%
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© 1999, The New York Times10/12/99 ( No. 18,235 )
Across
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Idaho, e.g. : TATER
6
Calcutta dress : SARI
10
Alain's girlfriend : AMIE
14
Accustom : INURE
15
Caddie's offering : IRON
16
Bad luck cause : JINX
17
Single year's record : ANNAL
18
Cuts, as branches : LOPS
19
Lotion ingredient : ALOE
20
Be mildly surprising, to an egotist? : RAISESOMEIBROWS
23
Trip up a mountain : ASCENT
24
Wine city near Turin : ASTI
25
___ Mahal : TAJ
27
Still in the womb : UNBORN
32
Office transmittal : MEMO
36
Iran's ___ Shah Pahlavi : REZA
39
Lively French dance : GIGUE
40
Long-lost friend, to an egotist? : ASIGHTFORSOREIS
43
Carpet fiber : ISTLE
44
Altimeter units : FEET
45
Job for a body shop : DENT
46
More than dislike : DETEST
48
... _ _ _ ... : SOS
50
Ocean prowlers : SUBS
53
Pursued : CHASED
58
With surprising speed, to an egotist? : INTHEBLINKOFANI
63
___ Clinic : MAYO
64
Kismet : FATE
65
Longest river in Europe : VOLGA
66
Fuse units : AMPS
67
"Trinity" author : URIS
68
Prolific writer on calculus : EULER
69
Swim contest : MEET
70
Word with contact or zoom : LENS
71
With subterfuge : SLYLY
Down
1
Princess' headgear : TIARA
2
Magnani and Christie : ANNAS
3
Part of a military uniform : TUNIC
4
Make blank : ERASE
5
Give in : RELENT
6
Round building : SILO
7
It may be picked up in a tobacco shop : AROMA
8
Items in bell towers : ROPES
9
Undisturbed : INSITU
10
Open a bit : AJAR
11
Actor O'Shea : MILO
12
"___ pronounce..." : INOW
13
Divorcées : EXES
21
Skittish move : START
22
Evening fare at some churches : BINGO
26
Newsman Greenfield : JEFF
28
Wren or hen : BIRD
29
Double curve : OGEE
30
Havoc : RUIN
31
Habitat for 28-Down : NEST
32
Motel employee : MAID
33
Start of North Carolina's motto : ESSE
34
Hand holder : MITT
35
Eye up and down : OGLE
37
Playwright Akins : ZOE
38
God of war : ARES
41
1946 Literature Nobelist : HESSE
42
Nasdaq offering : STOCK
47
Bath water quantity : TUBFUL
49
Elbows : SHOVES
51
Trumpet emanation : BLARE
52
1960's protest : SITIN
54
Run ___ of : AFOUL
55
Rand of fan dancing fame : SALLY
56
Broadway conductor Lehman ___ : ENGEL
57
"Dear" book : DIARY
58
Shi'ite leader : IMAM
59
Be specific about : NAME
60
Key in : TYPE
61
Virus's target : HOST
62
Loch of Scotland : NESS

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

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