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New York Times, Tuesday, June 2, 1998

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Mekong River land
TotalDebutLatest
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RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 30 for Ms. Gorski. Tuesday freshness: 48%
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© 1998, The New York Times6/2/98 ( No. 17,738 )
Across
1
Won't-keep-you-up-at-night beverage : DECAF
6
Improvisation : ADLIB
11
Hon : LUV
14
Beethoven dedicatee : ELISE
15
The supreme Supreme : DIANA
16
Simile's center : ASA
17
Not discreet : LOOSELIPPED
19
Rendezvoused : MET
20
Mekong River land : LAOS
21
English university city : LEEDS
23
Fixes securely : FASTENS
27
Morsel : CRUMB
29
Whole : ENTIRE
30
Kind of microscope : ELECTRON
33
Plucked instruments : LYRES
34
Put (down), as money : PLUNK
35
Power serve, perhaps : ACE
36
London "stops" : LOOS
37
Rounded the edges of : FILED
38
Catcher's catcher : MITT
39
Advice giver Landers : ANN
40
Fragrant trees : PINES
41
French legislature : SENAT
42
Portions : SEGMENTS
44
Word before Highness : SERENE
45
Not in port : ATSEA
46
Broke off (from) : SECEDED
47
Poem : VERSE
49
Portion : PART
50
Video maker, for short : CAM
51
Hardly generous : TIGHTFISTED
58
Numbered rd. : RTE
59
Up ___ (stuck) : ATREE
60
Maine university town : ORONO
61
Frowning : SAD
62
Puts in an overhead compartment, say : STOWS
63
Three trios : NONET
Down
1
Dover's state: Abbr. : DEL
2
"Do Ya" group, for short : ELO
3
A.F.L.-___ : CIO
4
Dummkopf : ASS
5
They're put out at times : FEELERS
6
"See ya!" : ADIOS
7
Ballroom dance maneuvers : DIPS
8
Napkin's place : LAP
9
Like Bach's Violin Sonata No. 3 : INE
10
Casino affliction : BADLUCK
11
Not too smart : LAMEBRAINED
12
Preowned : USED
13
Chocolate factory sights : VATS
18
Highway division : LANE
22
C.P.R. expert : EMT
23
"You guys..." : FELLAS
24
"Tennis, ___?" : ANYONE
25
Bullied : STRONGARMED
26
Father's Day favorites : TIES
27
This puzzle has 78 : CLUES
28
Tear apart : REND
30
Some fashion magazines : ELLES
31
Gas rating : OCTANE
32
Snared : NETTED
34
One of Columbus's ships : PINTA
37
Rare-coin rating : FINE
38
French mother : MERE
40
Madrid money : PESETAS
41
Arrondissement, in Paris : SECTION
43
Holyoke and Sinai, e.g.: Abbr. : MTS
44
Slave : SERF
46
Fills up : SATES
47
Some RCA products : VCRS
48
"I could ___ horse!" : EATA
49
Piano mover's cry : PHEW
52
Blue chip giant : ITT
53
Miracle-___ (garden brand) : GRO
54
Sold-out inits. : SRO
55
Heavy weight : TON
56
Atlanta-to-Raleigh dir. : ENE
57
Part of an E-mail address : DOT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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