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New York Times, Tuesday, March 16, 1999

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJKXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 56 for Mr. Piscop. Tuesday freshness: 36%
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© 1999, The New York Times3/16/99 ( No. 18,025 )
Across
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Golf peril : TRAP
5
South African author Alan : PATON
10
Impoverished : POOR
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Latvia's capital : RIGA
15
TV's Morgenstern : RHODA
16
Witty Bombeck : ERMA
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Bartender's supply, squashed flat? : ICESQUARES
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Jack-o'-lantern feature : GRIN
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Plunder : MARAUD
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Working with a dragnet : TRAWLING
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Carpe ___ : DIEM
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Actress Taylor of "The Nanny" : RENEE
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Apportioned, with "out" : METED
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Car safety device : AIRBAG
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Take in : EARN
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Total, as an effort : ALLOUT
35
G.I. address : APO
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Some scams, squashed flat? : TRIANGLESCHEMES
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Nile slitherer : ASP
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Gladiatorial sites : ARENAS
43
Bona fide : REAL
44
Trattoria gadget : GRATER
45
___ Domingo : SANTO
46
Zeno, notably : STOIC
49
Actor Montand : YVES
51
Game with sticks : LACROSSE
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Brings a smile to : AMUSES
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No longer mint : USED
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Meteorologist's study, squashed flat? : ATMOCIRCLE
62
Catchall abbr. : ETAL
63
Pacific nation since 1968 : NAURU
64
The life of Riley : EASE
65
January song ender : SYNE
66
Muddleheaded : ATSEA
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Common flag feature : STAR
Down
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Remove the fat from : TRIM
2
Costa ___ : RICA
3
Ripening factor : AGER
4
Rose Bowl site : PASADENA
5
Victorian type : PRUDE
6
"So, it's YOU!" : AHA
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Suit material, perhaps : TORT
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River to the Baltic : ODER
9
Discovery grp. : NASA
10
Stereotypical pirate feature : PEGLEG
11
Utah's Hatch : ORRIN
12
"Mother ___" (old standard) : OMINE
13
Outfielder's asset : RANGE
18
Pound sterling, informally : QUID
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Vindictive anger : WRATH
24
Gong hitter : MALLET
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Intro to physics? : META
27
Shuckers' units : EARS
28
Junket : TRIP
30
Actress Graff : ILENE
31
"Hail Mary" counter : ROSARY
32
Tampa Bay players, in headlines : BUCS
34
Taj Mahal home : AGRA
35
"Right on!" : AMEN
36
Bog stuff : PEAT
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Capital on a fjord : OSLO
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Pusher's pursuer : NARCO
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Crossword solvers' smudges : ERASURES
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Elasticized garment : GIRDLE
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Top Four matchup : SEMI
46
Turns on an axis : SLUES
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Delicious : TASTY
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Neptune's realm : OCEAN
50
Empty spaces : VACUA
52
Yemen's capital : SANA
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P.D.Q., on "ER" : STAT
54
Six-foot avians : EMUS
56
"Vamoose!" : SCAT
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Socialite Maxwell : ELSA
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Nostradamus, for one : SEER
61
Assayer's specimen : ORE

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

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