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New York Times, Tuesday, December 8, 1998

Author:
Frances Hansen
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Across : "I give up!"
TotalDebutLatest
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111.6388148%
Frances Hansen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 100 for Ms. Hansen. Tuesday freshness: 99%
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© 1998, The New York Times12/8/98 ( No. 17,927 )
Across
1
Polish border river : ODRA
5
Lazy girl? : SUSAN
10
It's uplifting : BRA
13
Comic's missiles : PIES
14
Strangle : CHOKE
15
Stimpy's TV pal : REN
16
Character created by 58-Across : WEARYWILLIE
18
F.D.R. measure : OPA
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Spiral-horned sheep : ARGALI
20
"Ready, ___...!" : AIM
21
Tiny stream : RILL
22
Employers of 58-Across : BARNUMANDBAILEY
25
Greek H : ETA
26
Army cops : MPS
27
Frozen desserts : SORBETS
28
German spa : EMS
30
Claiborne or Smith : LIZ
32
West Pointer : CADET
33
1951 film featuring 58-Across : THEFATMAN
37
Patrick of "Marat/Sade" : MAGEE
40
Ernie Els's org. : PGA
41
Comic DeLuise : DOM
44
Patti of opera lore : ADELINA
47
Under the weather : ILL
49
Caviar : ROE
51
Where 58-Across died, 1979 : SARASOTAFLORIDA
54
Bandy words : SPAR
55
Burgle : ROB
56
Parrots, in a way : ECHOES
57
SST's fly over it: Abbr. : ATL
58
Memorable Big Top star born 12/8/1898 : EMMETTKELLY
60
King of Kings : GOD
61
Drops in the letter box : MAILS
62
Ciardi's "___ a Man" : IMET
63
Leandro's love : ERO
64
"I give up!" : UNCLE
65
So-called monster's home : NESS
Down
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Surgeon's decision : OPERATE
2
You're working on one : DIAGRAM
3
Showed on TV again : RERAN
4
Sanctuary : ASYLUM
5
___-fi : SCI
6
Old Polish lancer : UHLAN
7
Pyramid and cube : SOLIDS
8
Like some arms : AKIMBO
9
Society page word : NEE
10
Grilled : BROILED
11
Satiated : REPLETE
12
Wall Street worker : ANALYST
16
"...gimble in the ___": Carroll : WABE
17
Nun's headdress : WIMPLE
21
Decorative strip of fabric : RIBAND
23
"Oh, you wish!" : ASIF
24
Medieval chest : ARCA
29
Of a stone pillar : STELAR
31
Nuke : ZAP
34
"Who does he think ___!" : HEIS
35
End-of-week cry : TGIF
36
Xylophone tool : MALLET
37
Knead : MASSAGE
38
Converting device: Var. : ADAPTOR
39
First name in TV talk : GERALDO
42
Gregg Olson and others : ORIOLES
43
Early assembly-line cars : MODELTS
45
Bates of "Psycho" : NORMAN
46
Extremely tiny : ATOMIC
48
Commit unalterably : LOCKIN
50
"Duck soup" : EASY
52
Clear as ___ : ABELL
53
Part of a sentence, in linguistics : RHEME
58
Cassowary's cousin : EMU
59
Mao ___-tung : TSE

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

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