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New York Times, Monday, August 16, 1999

Author:
M. Francis Vuolo
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : "___ Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
TotalDebutLatest
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Michael Vuolo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Vuolo. Monday freshness: 59%
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© 1999, The New York Times8/16/99 ( No. 18,178 )
Across
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Passing mention? : OBIT
5
Bucks and bulls, e.g. : MALES
10
Toddler's bed : CRIB
14
Snack (on) : NOSH
15
Humiliate : ABASE
16
Seine feeder : OISE
17
Rod for a hot rod : AXLE
18
Word before mail or vote : VOICE
19
Some TV's : RCAS
20
It's old : YESTERDAYSNEWS
23
"It ___ Necessarily So" : AINT
24
Walk back and forth : PACE
25
Holler : SHOUT
28
Reagan military program, for short : SDI
30
Tears into : HASAT
34
Common aquarium fishes : TETRAS
36
Emergency PC key : ESC
38
Omega's preceder : PSI
39
It's very old : ATHINGOFTHEPAST
43
Regret : RUE
44
Three, in Napoli : TRE
45
Frank acknowledgment : AVOWAL
46
Nursery rhyme Jack : SPRAT
49
Cold call? : BRR
51
___ Banks, "Mr. Cub" : ERNIE
52
Hour not found on a grandfather clock : XIII
54
Bern's river : AARE
56
It's very, very old : ANCIENTHISTORY
62
Angel's prop : HALO
63
Praises : LAUDS
64
On the qui ___ : VIVE
66
King's land in a Broadway musical : SIAM
67
Comic DeGeneres : ELLEN
68
French summers : ETES
69
98, in the car world : OLDS
70
Old Russian despots : TSARS
71
Grate : RASP
Down
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Out ___ limb : ONA
2
Squared at the edges : BOXY
3
Wight, for one : ISLE
4
Synonym books : THESAURI
5
Expert : MAVEN
6
Calls off, as a mission : ABORTS
7
Dismissed, with "off" : LAID
8
Daydreamer : ESCAPIST
9
"Later!" : SEEYA
10
Eye tissue : CORNEA
11
Wedding shower? : RICE
12
"___ Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" : ISAW
13
Porgy's love : BESS
21
Behemoth : TITAN
22
Student's place: Abbr. : SCH
25
Twinklers : STARS
26
In a lather : HETUP
27
In ___ words : OTHER
29
Postpone, as enrollment : DEFER
31
Give birth to : SPAWN
32
Very, in music : ASSAI
33
It may change with a promotion : TITLE
35
One who gives orders: Abbr. : SGT
37
Half a Latin dance : CHA
40
Electrons, in wave functions : ORBITALS
41
Turn inside out : EVERT
42
Study carefully : POREOVER
47
They're universally accepted : AXIOMS
48
1-1 score, e.g. : TIE
50
Oakland gridder : RAIDER
53
Coastal feature : INLET
55
Orgs. : ASSNS
56
Mock words of understanding : AHSO
57
Do perfectly : NAIL
58
Attired : CLAD
59
Oahu dance : HULA
60
Beatles' meter maid : RITA
61
The "Y" of Y.S.L. : YVES
65
Sixth sense : ESP

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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