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New York Times, Saturday, April 12, 1997

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : 1950 film noir classic
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Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FQ} This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Klahn. Saturday freshness: 45%
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P
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A
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T
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R
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N
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D
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J
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L
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W
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G
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G
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R
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A
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M
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G
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K
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C
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A
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© 1997, The New York Times4/12/97 ( No. 17,322 )
Across
1
Like tattersall : PATTERNED
10
Swagger : SWASH
15
Once : AWHILEAGO
16
Part woman, part bird creature : HARPY
17
Euphemism for hell : TARNATION
18
Waiting in the wings : ONTAP
19
Clytemnestra's slayer : ORESTES
20
Complain bitterly : INVEIGH
22
Mint : NEW
23
Common language suffix : ISH
24
Pulitzer playwright Akins : ZOE
25
Antonio Banderas, in "Evita" : CHE
26
Smidgen : JOT
27
Sub station? : DELI
28
"1-2-3" singer Barry : LEN
29
Orwell's "The Road to ___ Pier" : WIGAN
32
Minor, in law : PETIT
33
Announcement at LAX : ETA
34
Noted singer with Krupa & His Orchestra : ODAY
35
Annoy : GRATE
36
"The Sound and the Fury" director : RITT
37
Fighter at Vicksburg : REB
38
Garlicky mayonnaise : AIOLI
39
Chutzpah : MOXIE
40
1950 film noir classic : DOA
41
Schmoozes : GABS
42
Supermarket tabloid subject : LIZ
43
Certain camera, initially : SLR
44
Rock pioneer Brian : ENO
45
Latin law : LEX
46
Pin ___ : OAK
49
Ford best sellers : MODELTS
51
Egg-laying animals : OVIPARA
53
"Enough!" : IGIVE
54
Sexton, for one : CARETAKER
56
Carthage, today : TUNIS
57
"High Sierra" star : IDALUPINO
58
Scalawags : HEELS
59
Oomph : SEXAPPEAL
Down
1
___ the back : PATON
2
Hip : AWARE
3
Cast : THREW
4
Cannery row? : TINS
5
Jubilance : ELATION
6
Makeup : RETEST
7
TV's Charlie Chan : NAISH
8
Victim of deflation : EGO
9
"Lucia di Lammermoor" composer : DONIZETTI
10
Comment to a boss in a Johnny Paycheck title : SHOVEIT
11
Draw to a close : WANE
12
State dispute section of America's first constitution : ARTICLEIX
13
Insulating tubing : SPAGHETTI
14
Break one's word? : HYPHENATE
21
"Really!" : NOLIE
26
Late-night name : JAY
27
Passes out, in a way : DEALS
29
The person who made this puzzle, e.g. : WORDSMITH
30
Doctrinaire sort : IDEOLOGUE
31
Worsted twill : GABARDINE
32
Beak : PROBOSCIS
35
Elephantine : GIANT
36
"Shoe" waitress, in the comics : ROZ
38
Undying : AGELESS
39
Engage in a quarrel : MIXITUP
42
Bottom of a parking garage, perhaps : LEVELA
45
Seuss creature : LORAX
46
Actor Jack of "The Great Dictator" : OAKIE
47
Play ground? : ARENA
48
Pope John Paul II's real first name : KAROL
50
Rank and vile : EVIL
52
Founder of New York's Public Theater : PAPP
55
Drink suffix : ADE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 9 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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