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New York Times, Friday, May 29, 1998

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
57-Across : Bad start?
TotalDebutLatest
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RebusScrabblePGramFresh
11.55233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJQWXZ} This is puzzle # 45 for Mr. Piscop. Friday freshness: 91%
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© 1998, The New York Times5/29/98 ( No. 17,734 )
Across
1
Hispaniola, por ejemplo : ISLA
5
"The Sultan of Sulu" writer : ADE
8
Bone: Prefix : OSTE
12
Wrinkly-skinned dogs : SHARPEIS
14
Imprisons : EMBARS
16
Bosh : TOMMYROT
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Fronton gear : CESTAS
18
Wrong : INERROR
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Given to snorting, say : PORCINE
20
One throwing in the towel : CEDER
21
Popular 40-Across subject : DANCERS
22
Longtime "Today" figure : SHALIT
25
Marsh bird : SNIPE
27
Entries : VESTIBULES
31
Sci. course : ECOL
32
"___ tu" : ERI
33
Promoter of Paris? : CAPULET
35
Faulkner title starter : ASI
36
Suffix with strip or seed : LING
38
Braveheart and Annie Hall, e.g. : TITLEROLES
40
Noted Impressionist : DEGAS
42
Warmer, in a way : NEARER
43
Saved the king, maybe : CASTLED
45
Thrills : KICKS
49
Pas : PAPPIES
50
Composer Rimsky-Korsakov : NIKOLAI
52
Designate : ANOINT
53
Like some TV shows : LATELATE
54
Persian, perhaps : CARPET
55
Exchanges : TRADESIN
56
"The Thinking Eye" artist : KLEE
57
Bad start? : DYS
58
Where Mays wrapped up his career : SHEA
Down
1
Suffix with material : ISTIC
2
Did superbly : SHONE
3
Shot in the foot : LAMED
4
Recliner part : ARMREST
5
Sleek, in automotive lingo : AERO
6
Noted Christian : DIOR
7
Cornerstone abbr. : EST
8
Bluer than blue : OBSCENE
9
Caustic, in a way : SATIRICAL
10
Switch : TRANSPOSE
11
Start of North Carolina's motto : ESSE
13
Like some victories : PYRRHIC
14
Nobel Prize subj. : ECON
15
Some autos, for short : MERCS
19
Femur neighbor : PATELLA
21
Made weak : DILUTED
23
Blind as ___ : ABAT
24
Bluebonnets : LUPINES
26
12-time Ivy League football champs : ELIS
27
African spread : VELD
28
Clinton supported it : ERIECANAL
29
"Road" destination of 1940 : SINGAPORE
30
Swami : SEER
34
Migrated like the Boers : TREKKED
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Certain main : GASPIPE
39
Team since 1954 : ORIOLES
41
"Goosebumps" author R. L. ___ : STINE
44
Baltic native : LETT
46
Don't match : CLASH
47
Bright-eyed Couric : KATIE
48
Italian city known for its Chianti : SIENA
49
Excise tax unit : PACK
50
Not : NARY
51
"Take ___ a compliment" : ITAS
53
Inc., overseas : LTD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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