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New York Times, Monday, August 24, 1998

Author:
Alan Jay Weiss
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Pretends
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Alan Jay Weiss

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Weiss. Monday freshness: 52%
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© 1998, The New York Times8/24/98 ( No. 17,821 )
Across
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Put one's foot down : STOMP
6
They sometimes accompany photos : BIOS
10
Onetime Iranian chief : SHAH
14
Harness racer : PACER
15
Answer an invitation : RSVP
16
Mini's opposite : MAXI
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All-out response : EXTREMEMEASURES
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Criticize, in 90's slang : DIS
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Glimpsed : SAW
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Messenger ___ : RNA
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Slalom curve : ESS
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Country north of Chile : PERU
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Tipsy : HIGH
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Rich desserts and soap operas, say : GUILTYPLEASURES
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"Heaven forbid!" : OHNO
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Hockey legend Bobby : ORR
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"The World According to ___" : GARP
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Director Jean-___ Godard : LUC
38
Having hair like horses : MANED
40
Menagerie : ZOO
41
Monastery titles : FRAS
43
Aviation hero : ACE
44
Alex Trebek, e.g. : HOST
45
Jewelry and gold doubloons, maybe : SUNKENTREASURES
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Sciences' partner : ARTS
51
Strived (for) : VIED
52
Scottie's bark : ARF
55
"Mamma ___!" : MIA
56
Time in history : ERA
57
Hang on the clothesline : AIR
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Absolutely confident : SUREASSURECANBE
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Do as directed : OBEY
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River deposit : SILT
66
Had title to : OWNED
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Treat lavishly : FETE
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P.M. periods : AFTS
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Dame Rebecca and others : WESTS
Down
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Went like the dickens : SPED
2
Curbside call : TAXI
3
Fall mos. : OCTS
4
Mal de ___ : MER
5
Like some stations on a car radio : PRESET
6
Concoct : BREWUP
7
Any doctrine : ISM
8
Rescuee's cry : OVERHERE
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Coronado was one : SPANIARD
10
Dallas sch. : SMU
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Tortoise's opponent : HARE
12
Chopping tools : AXES
13
Snake's warning : HISS
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One of two English queens : MARY
19
Gives under pressure : SAGS
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Arafat's grp. : PLO
26
Warm welcome : HUG
27
Does a round of nine : GOLFS
28
Swahili for "freedom" : UHURU
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Like an old empire of 24-Across : INCAN
30
Hermit : LONER
31
Gillette product : RAZOR
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Uneven, as leaves : EROSE
33
Card markings : SPOTS
38
Decimal part of a logarithm : MANTISSA
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Pretends : ACTSASIF
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Music with a blend of folk and calypso : SKA
44
1963 Paul Newman film : HUD
46
Writer Bombeck : ERMA
47
Turns inside out : EVERTS
48
Suffix with million : AIRE
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Endangered animal in Florida : SEACOW
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Beginning : ASOF
53
Hick : RUBE
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Guitar part : FRET
57
Actress Sothern et al. : ANNS
58
Skeptic's comment : IBET
59
Marge Schott's team : REDS
61
It takes in the sights : EYE
62
Final: Abbr. : ULT
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Amazement : AWE

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

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