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New York Times, Wednesday, February 10, 1999

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Down : Basketballs, but not footballs
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 23 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 3%
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© 1999, The New York Times2/10/99 ( No. 17,991 )
Across
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Fast runners : HARES
6
"There!" : TADA
10
Cut of marble : SLAB
14
Rep : AGENT
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Paradise : EDEN
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Paradise's opposite : HELL
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"I can't use my Q..." (1959) : SINCEIDONTHAVEU
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___ king : ALA
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Puts two and two together : ADDS
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Chilled : ONICE
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Plea of a player drawing KILLJO- (1952, 1964 and 1990) : TELLMEY
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"There!" : LOOK
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Jerk : ASS
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Kills, slangily : BUMPSOFF
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Money guru Greenspan : ALAN
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Of the ear : AURAL
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Divinity sch. subj. : REL
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Theme of this puzzle : SINGINGSCRABBLE
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"I ___ Camera" (1955 film) : AMA
42
Bluecoats, with "the" : NORTH
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This, to Tomás : ESTA
44
Ingredients in some pancakes : POTATOES
46
"Bards of Passion and of Mirth," e.g. : ODE
48
Laura's daytime lover : LUKE
49
"Double letter score" refrain (1925) : TFORTWO
53
Big name in computer printers : EPSON
56
Londoner : BRIT
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Okey-dokes : AYS
58
Where to place DRAMATI- (1914) : BYTHEBEAUTIFULC
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Domain : AREA
63
Civic group : ELKS
64
Frenzy : MANIA
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Takes home, in a way : NETS
66
Cut the fat : DIET
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Walk in : ENTER
Down
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Sets upon : HASAT
2
Not hidebound : AGILE
3
Kidney-related : RENAL
4
Letter accompanier: Abbr. : ENC
5
Does a slow burn : STEAMS
6
Bear that kids bear : TEDDY
7
Hornets' nests : ADOS
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Site of iniquity : DEN
9
Picnic crasher : ANT
10
Flubs a golf shot : SHANKS
11
Dolly ___ of "Hello, Dolly!" : LEVI
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Actor Guinness : ALEC
13
Off-color : BLUE
18
Midmonth date : IDES
19
Hype : HOOPLA
24
Singer k.d. : LANG
25
Pitch suddenly : LURCH
26
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
28
Gang woes : BUSTS
29
Basketballs, but not footballs : ORBS
30
Had a sensation : FELT
31
Dog botherer : FLEA
32
P.D.Q. : ASAP
33
Car with a bar : LIMO
34
Gray's subj. : ANAT
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Match : AGREE
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Without a sour note : INTUNE
39
Hide-and-seek hideout : NOOK
40
Miller, for one : BEER
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Ho's his : ALOHAS
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Just for the thrill ___ : OFIT
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Stay in the cooler : DOTIME
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Something to leave money in? : TRUST
50
Razz : TAUNT
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"Generation of Vipers" author Philip : WYLIE
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Star's statuette : OSCAR
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Israel's Abba : EBAN
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Combustible heap : PYRE
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Leave be : STET
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Lie on the beach : BAKE
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Foundation : BED
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Priest of I Samuel : ELI
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Idol worshiper : FAN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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