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New York Times, Monday, October 12, 1998

Author:
Richard Chisholm
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Magic charm
TotalDebutLatest
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11.56125%
Richard Chisholm

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JKQZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Chisholm. Monday freshness: 70%
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P
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E
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D
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© 1998, The New York Times10/12/98 ( No. 17,870 )
Across
1
Modern communication : EMAIL
6
Holland export : EDAM
10
1944 battle site : STLO
14
Where Pago Pago is : SAMOA
15
"La Bohème" heroine : MIMI
16
One with a look-alike : TWIN
17
Interpreter of the news : SPINDOCTOR
19
Epidemic : RIFE
20
C.I.A. predecessor : OSS
21
"___ Irae" (Latin hymn) : DIES
22
Mishandles : ABUSES
24
Soccer great born Edson Arantes : PELE
25
"Rob Roy" author : SCOTT
26
The ___ that be : POWERS
29
Magic charm : TALISMAN
32
They're worn on the day after Mardi Gras : ASHES
33
Dot on a computer screen : PIXEL
34
Sumac whose voice covered five octaves : YMA
35
It's dipped in a dip : CHIP
36
Carpentry grooves : DADOS
37
Actress Adams of James Bond films : MAUD
38
Suffix with mountain : EER
39
Respected man : DOYEN
40
Iranian language : FARSI
41
Soup crackers : SALTINES
43
More subdued : CALMER
44
Babble : PRATE
45
Peace symbol : DOVE
46
Victors' reward : SPOILS
48
Car at an auto dealership : DEMO
49
___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
52
Stage accessory : PROP
53
Recovery : TURNAROUND
56
Prisoner's spot : CELL
57
Burden : ONUS
58
Upper crust : ELITE
59
Church recess : APSE
60
Beep on a beeper : PAGE
61
Frighten off : DETER
Down
1
Exxon predecessor : ESSO
2
Guidebook features : MAPS
3
French friends : AMIS
4
It's charged in physics : ION
5
Fire truck equipment : LADDERS
6
Host : EMCEE
7
Dah's counterparts : DITS
8
Latin 101 word : AMO
9
Smokey Robinson's group, with "the" : MIRACLES
10
Swaggers : STRUTS
11
"Make me do it" : TWISTMYARM
12
Time Inc. magazine : LIFE
13
Wallet stuffers : ONES
18
Rembrandts, e.g. : OILS
23
Seethe : BOIL
24
Chick's sound : PEEP
25
Anglo-___ : SAXON
26
Walks a hole in the carpet : PACES
27
Actor Milo or Michael : OSHEA
28
Fancy bath features : WHIRLPOOLS
29
Neap and ebb : TIDES
30
Make smile : AMUSE
31
Very depths : NADIR
33
Check casher : PAYEE
36
"Keep going!" : DONTSTOP
37
Stag attender : MALE
39
Clock face : DIAL
40
Having winning odds : FAVORED
42
Almost a homer : TRIPLE
43
Knocked-out state : COMA
45
Impenetrable : DENSE
46
Pet protector, for short : SPCA
47
Kind of school : PREP
48
The "D" of D.E.A. : DRUG
49
Diamonds, e.g. : SUIT
50
Chip in : ANTE
51
Frankfurt's river : ODER
54
Spanish article : UNA
55
Corrida cry : OLE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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