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New York Times, Saturday, January 30, 1999

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Prodding to action
TotalDebutLatest
4211/16/19942/26/2021
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02398128
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.5824264%
Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 28 Missing: {FJQZ} This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Deodene. Saturday freshness: 77%
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© 1999, The New York Times1/30/99 ( No. 17,980 )
Across
1
Crothers of "The Shining" : SCATMAN
8
Feigned : SHAMMED
15
Was personally meaningful : HITHOME
16
Early chopper : POLEAXE
17
Frequent Poirot portrayer : USTINOV
18
Ditch : ABANDON
19
Thin : SCANTY
20
One who makes calls : ARBITER
21
Met debutante of 1970 : HORNE
22
Some N.Y. and N.J. roads : TPKS
23
Provincial : HICK
25
___-temps (meanwhile, to Monique) : ENTRE
27
One might be rubbed out : GENIE
28
Officer, at times : APPREHENDER
33
Cruiser letters : USS
34
E'en if : THO
35
Snack bar? : GRANOLA
36
Catch : SEE
37
The Platters' "___ Mine" : HES
38
Abecedarian : RUDIMENTARY
40
Big name in lawn care products : ORTHO
42
"Outta sight!" : NEATO
43
Bananas : LOCO
44
Doesn't go : DIES
46
It may be vacant : STARE
50
Jerks' offerings : MALTEDS
52
Put on : STAGED
53
The slightest peep : WORDONE
54
Prodding to action : GOOSING
55
Charges : INDICTS
56
Home to some bark beetles : ELMTREE
57
Do-it-yourself diagnostic aid : TESTKIT
58
Put down in writing : LIBELED
Down
1
"Pipe down!" : SHUSH
2
Great Lakes whitefish : CISCO
3
Fragrance : ATTAR
4
It's used for the sake of consistency : THINNER
5
European kingdom, 1878-1918 : MONTENEGRO
6
Island in the Taiwan Strait : AMOY
7
Toiyabe Natl. Forest locale : NEV
8
Activate : SPARK
9
"The Natural" baseballer Roy : HOBBS
10
Kyrgyz range : ALAI
11
Crème flavorer : MENTHE
12
Impression of domesticity? : MADEINUSA
13
Priest, at times : EXORCISER
14
Kind of mother : DEN
20
View from Bologna : APENNINES
22
Its lack results in baldness : TREAD
24
Chief Bromden's creator : KESEY
26
"No ___ traffic" : THRU
27
Manhattan tourist attraction : GRANTSTOMB
28
Massachusetts town : ATHOL
29
Attractive substance : PHEROMONE
30
Popular souvenirs : POSTCARDS
31
Bubbletops, e.g. : DOMES
32
City in ancient Lucania : ELEA
39
Subjective recipe phrase : TOTASTE
41
"Not so fast!" : HOLDIT
44
Tooth in front? : DENTI
45
Relative of exempli gratia : IDEST
47
"___ in Every Port" (1952 Groucho Marx comedy) : AGIRL
48
Soprano Fleming : RENEE
49
Double-___ : EDGED
51
It's heard around the clock : TOCK
52
Recital numbers : SOLI
53
Zinger producer : WIT
54
Hair raiser? : GEL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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