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New York Times, Wednesday, October 14, 1998

Author:
Jay Sullivan
Editor:
Will Shortz
Russian monarch with lipstick marks on his cheek?
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Jay Sullivan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Sullivan. Wednesday freshness: 31%
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© 1998, The New York Times10/14/98 ( No. 17,872 )
Across
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Fishhook feature : BARB
5
Clogs' cousins : SABOTS
11
File folder feature : TAB
14
Siouan speaker : OTOE
15
Man with all the answers? : TREBEK
16
Cry's companion : HUE
17
"Touched by an Angel" star Downey : ROMA
18
"Fighting" N.C.A.A. team : ILLINI
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Depression ___ : ERA
20
Fisherman's woe? : EMPTYNETS
22
Fictional pachyderm : BABAR
24
Indications : SIGNS
25
Come in behind the others : LOSE
26
Had a TV dinner, say : ATEIN
29
Eyeglass prescription measurement : DIOPTER
32
"___ depends..." : THAT
33
Beaus : SWAINS
36
Cunning : SLY
37
Barfly : SOT
38
Brushwood : THICKET
39
Like King George III : MAD
40
Triage sites, briefly : ERS
41
Like margarita glasses : SALTED
42
Slalom obstacle : GATE
43
Odd occurrence : ANOMALY
45
Foul-up : BONER
46
"Open ___!" : FIRE
47
Picket line crossers : SCABS
50
Snake in the grass : SNEAK
52
Lamé wear? : GOLDCOATS
56
Affirmative action : NOD
57
Pill bug or wood louse : ISOPOD
59
Bad thing to hear at a checkup : UHOH
60
Copy : APE
61
Better half : SPOUSE
62
Hoopla : TODO
63
Compose : PEN
64
Drew upon : TAPPED
65
Stevenson scoundrel : HYDE
Down
1
Use an auger : BORE
2
Positron's place : ATOM
3
Easy win : ROMP
4
Gets lost : BEATSIT
5
Overcharge : STING
6
"Stormy Weather" songwriter : ARLEN
7
Waist circlers : BELTS
8
Waist circlers : OBIS
9
Lacrosse quorum : TEN
10
Sun Valley lift? : SKIBOOST
11
Jimmy the Greek? : THEBETSMAN
12
Nimbus : AURA
13
Den denizen : BEAR
21
Dark half of a Chinese circle : YIN
23
Warbucks's henchman, with "the" : ASP
25
Like a gridiron : LINED
26
Perplexed : ATSEA
27
Brier feature : THORN
28
Adam's apple? : EATSOFEDEN
29
Sandbag stack, maybe : DIKE
30
Tickle : ELATE
31
Golf's ___ Cup : RYDER
33
Oil source : SHALE
34
Cunning : WILY
35
Take steps : ACT
38
Russian monarch with lipstick marks on his cheek? : TSARKIST
42
Leave for the winter, say : GOSOUTH
44
One to remember, for short : MIA
45
"Fawlty Towers" airer : BBC
47
Absorb : SOPUP
48
Intimate : CLOSE
49
Part of V.A.T. : ADDED
50
Kind of judgment : SNAP
51
"Forget it!" : NOPE
52
Sticky stuff : GOOP
53
Yawl call : AHOY
54
Sondheim's Sweeney : TODD
55
It's about a foot : SHOE
58
Workout locale : SPA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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