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New York Times, Friday, October 8, 1999

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Down : One may exert pressure
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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1521.58132%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQWZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 35 for Ms. Salomon. Friday freshness: 20%
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© 1999, The New York Times10/8/99 ( No. 18,231 )
Across
1
Afraid of being shot : CAMERASHY
10
Bruce Springsteen affiliation : ASCAP
15
Skin tone : ALABASTER
16
Tantara : BLARE
17
Home economics : DOMESTICSCIENCE
19
Raison d'être of many annual conventions : STARTREK
20
People person? : EDITOR
21
Where to spend a kip : LAOS
22
Thomas Gibson's sitcom title role : GREG
23
Recipient of a stop order? : THIEF
26
Lead-in for house or wife : ALE
27
"___ to Hold" (1943 musical romance) : HERS
31
Clock watcher's wait, seemingly : EON
32
Blessing : APPROBATION
36
ZIP codes: Abbr. : NOS
37
Dustup : RHUBARB
38
Prefix with tone : DUO
39
Billy Joel, self-referentially : THEPIANOMAN
41
Feelings : EGO
42
Shakespearean verb : HATH
43
A.T.M. mfr. : NCR
44
Source of ornamental plumes : EGRET
46
Stucco backing : LATH
48
Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
50
Shell alternative : SUNOCO
53
"The Mothers-in-Law" star : EVEARDEN
57
It's 4.28 light years away : PROXIMACENTAURI
59
Like cornstalks : EARED
60
Self publisher : CONDENAST
61
One may have a ring : CLASS
62
Takes a load off the back : UNSADDLES
Down
1
Untrustworthy types : CADS
2
Scores : ALOT
3
Peggy Wood's title role on 50's TV : MAMA
4
Glenn Miller protégé Ray : EBERLE
5
Believer in Africa as the Promised Land : RASTAFARI
6
Nolan Ryan, notably : ASTRO
7
Bachelor pads, stereotypically : STIES
8
"Gosh darn!" : HECK
9
31-Across divs. : YRS
10
Stand : ABIDE
11
Dexterity : SLEIGHT
12
Pessimist's word : CANT
13
"Giovanna d'___" (Verdi opera) : ARCO
14
One may exert pressure : PEER
18
Thought originators : CEREBRA
22
Twilight, old-style : GLOAM
23
States' rights Amendment : TENTH
24
Stir : HOOHA
25
Cartographic closeup : INSET
26
Shady place : ARBOR
28
Relative of a goldeneye : EIDER
29
Compact stuff : ROUGE
30
High-hatter : SNOOT
33
Illusory : PHANTOM
34
Right or left : PUNCH
35
Gave up : ABNEGATED
40
Wild sweet william and moss pink : PHLOXES
45
W.W. II rifle : GARAND
47
Niacin and vitamin C : ACIDS
48
Roasters : OVENS
49
___ hand : LENDA
50
Small detail? : SPEC
51
It flows for 1,575 miles : URAL
52
Myrna played her : NORA
53
H.S. class : ECON
54
Kind of income : DUAL
55
Highland tongue : ERSE
56
Coll. hoops competitions : NITS
58
Prefix with puncture : ACU

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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