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New York Times, Monday, August 3, 1998

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
57-Across : Jacob's twin
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
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RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
1521.58132%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 11 for Ms. Salomon. Monday freshness: 67%
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© 1998, The New York Times8/3/98 ( No. 17,800 )
Across
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"Pow!" : SOCK
5
Italian sports cars : FIATS
10
Places for rent: Abbr. : APTS
14
Be sore : ACHE
15
Tennis star Agassi : ANDRE
16
Fox or turkey follower : TROT
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"No way!" : THINKAGAIN
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
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Busybody : YENTA
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Lid decoration? : EYESHADOW
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B.&O. and Reading, e.g.: Abbr. : RRS
24
Mas' partners : PAS
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The March King : SOUSA
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"No way!" : JUSTFORGETIT
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Bus stations : DEPOTS
34
Sneaky scheme : RUSE
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Money for old age, for short : IRA
36
___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
37
Put in rollers : SET
38
Hosiery problem : SNAG
39
Woody's ex-mate : MIA
40
___ de vivre : JOIE
42
Churchill flashed them during W.W. II : VSIGNS
44
"No way!" : INYOURDREAMS
47
Common sprain spot : ANKLE
48
Gene material, in brief : RNA
49
Baby bear : CUB
52
One who can see what you're saying : LIPREADER
55
Classic Alan Ladd western : SHANE
57
Jacob's twin : ESAU
58
"No way!" : NOTACHANCE
60
French seas : MERS
61
"No man is an island" poet John : DONNE
62
Drubbing : ROUT
63
Clockmaker Thomas : SETH
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Speechify : ORATE
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Teachers' favorites : PETS
Down
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Nymph chaser : SATYR
2
Yellowish brown : OCHER
3
Spots for goatees : CHINS
4
Clark of The Daily Planet : KENT
5
Airline watchdog grp. : FAA
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Eat : INGEST
7
"An apple ___..." : ADAY
8
Auditions (for) : TRIESOUT
9
Light detectors : SENSORS
10
"Relax, private!" : ATEASE
11
Before : PREDATING
12
Matador's threat : TORO
13
Put in the overhead rack : STOW
18
Finito : KAPUT
22
More than large : HUGE
25
Complete jerk : ASS
27
Slangy coffee : JOE
28
Less constrained : FREER
29
Teheran's nation : IRAN
30
Places for prices : TAGS
31
Moore of "G.I. Jane" : DEMI
32
Land of the leprechauns : ERIN
33
Share (in) : PLAYAPART
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Delivery entrance, often : SIDEDOOR
38
Bro's counterpart : SIS
40
Diner music player, informally : JUKE
41
Home of Disney World : ORLANDO
42
Florist's vehicle : VAN
43
Break into smithereens : SMASH
45
Surge : ONRUSH
46
Roving, as a knight : ERRANT
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It needs a good paddling : CANOE
50
In its original form, as a movie : UNCUT
51
Red vegetables : BEETS
52
Moon vehicles : LEMS
53
Psychiatrist's reply : ISEE
54
Sicilian spouter : ETNA
56
Angel's instrument : HARP
59
Dee's predecessor : CEE

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

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