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New York Times, Wednesday, April 14, 1999

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Down : One with drive
TotalDebutLatest
1338/27/19814/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
2511253728151
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
51.59618942%
Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Wednesday freshness: 38%
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© 1999, The New York Times4/14/99 ( No. 18,054 )
Across
1
List ender : ETAL
5
Most populous member of the British Commonwealth : INDIA
10
Sneakers brand : KEDS
14
Part of the Hindu trinity : SIVA
15
Booze : SAUCE
16
Door sign : EXIT
17
Leisurely lyricist? : SLOWLERNER
19
Playground cry : WHEE
20
Teacher : EDIFIER
21
Place for a nap : COT
23
Mischief-maker : IMP
24
Intravenous injection : SERUM
25
Mouths : ORA
27
Center : HUB
29
Side view of a composer? : LOEWEPROFILE
34
Coal carrier : HOD
37
Did in : SLEW
38
Arousing : EROTIC
39
Actor Guinness : ALEC
41
Burdens : DRAGS
43
"Could be better" : SOSO
44
Knock down : DEFAME
46
March org. : ROTC
48
Led : RAN
49
Cheerful composer? : JOLLYRODGERS
52
Back at sea : AFT
53
Kind of tax : USE
54
La Scala offering : OPERA
58
Before toweling off : WET
60
Hermit's home : HUT
62
Movie promo : TRAILER
64
Graph line : AXIS
66
Assault on a lyricist? : HARTATTACK
68
See : SPOT
69
Nash of note : OGDEN
70
Place for embroidery scissors : ETUI
71
Polo need : PONY
72
Sympathy : HEART
73
Bruce or Laura : DERN
Down
1
Massachusetts quartet : ESSES
2
Type squiggle : TILDE
3
To have, in Le Havre : AVOIR
4
Permitted : LAWFUL
5
Words said with a nod : ISEE
6
More restricted : NARROWER
7
Dull brown : DUN
8
Polar buildup : ICECAP
9
Prefix with nautical : AERO
10
___ Gardens, N.Y. : KEW
11
Show participant : EXHIBITOR
12
Carpe ___ (seize the day) : DIEM
13
Measure : STEP
18
Wheels for big wheels : LIMOS
22
Norse hammer thrower : THOR
26
Perks : REWARDS
28
Saucers, maybe : UFOS
30
Church leader : ELDER
31
Remainder, in Rouen : RESTE
32
Actress Kudrow : LISA
33
Greenspan concern: Abbr. : ECON
34
Muslim journey : HADJ
35
Spread out on the dining table : OLEO
36
Reason for some hisses : DEFLATION
40
Young rhino : CALF
42
One with drive : GOGETTER
45
Story : MYTH
47
Serb foe : CROAT
50
Dark time, maybe : OUTAGE
51
Treated maliciously : SPITED
55
Tickle pink : ELATE
56
Come again : RECUR
57
Actor Alan : ARKIN
58
Stinger : WASP
59
Northern major-leaguer : EXPO
61
"Look out..." : UHOH
63
Go on and on : RANT
65
Hardly a neat house : STY
67
Vitamin info, in brief : RDA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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