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New York Times, Friday, January 7, 2000

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Six French kings
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 21 Missing: {JQV} Spans: 6, (2 double stacks) This is puzzle # 98 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 91%
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© 2000, The New York Times1/7/0 ( No. 18,322 )
Across
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Six French kings : PHILIPS
8
Cheese dish : RAREBIT
15
Had 100 or more : RANATEMPERATURE
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One stirring up trouble for management : OUTSIDEAGITATOR
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Darts : FLITS
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City on the Aire : LEEDS
20
"Grand Ole Opry" airer : TNN
21
Philosophy subjects : ISMS
22
Level : PLANE
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Glen Gray & the Casa ___ Orchestra : LOMA
24
___ Fail (Irish coronation stone) : LIA
25
House coat : PAINT
26
"Le Fifre" artist : MANET
27
Becomes twisted : ENTWINES
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One of the Andrews Sisters : MAXENE
30
Breathless : EAGER
31
Howled : BAYED
32
Whence the line "The meek shall inherit the earth" : PSALMS
34
Elbows on the table : MACARONI
37
Way to get a job : APPLY
38
Regular and long : SIZES
39
Seasonal serving : NOG
40
Like some muscles : ROPY
41
Aquino's successor in the Philippines : RAMOS
42
"Count ___" : MEIN
43
Wanted letters : AKA
44
Prefix with tropic : HELIO
45
Prop in a Wild West show : LASSO
46
Noted storyteller : GARRISONKEILLOR
49
"Don't rush me!" : ONETHINGATATIME
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They may be half or full : NELSONS
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Like elbows, sometimes : SCRAPED
Down
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There's one on most coins : PROFILE
2
Arrests : HAULSIN
3
Slips and such : INTIMATEAPPAREL
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Holds up : LASTS
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Reply to "That a fact?" : ITIS
6
___ Xing : PED
7
Ranker : SMELLIER
8
College leader : REGENT
9
Take for ___ : ARIDE
10
So-and-sos : RATS
11
In-flight announcement, for short : ETA
12
Stopped talking : BUTTONEDONESLIP
13
Tireless ones : IRONMEN
14
Like poison ivy leaves : TERNATE
16
Winners get them : PAEANS
22
Philately collection : PANES
23
Not so tough : LAXER
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Shorty: Var. : PIGMY
26
Noted pyramid builders : MAYAS
28
Beaver's nearest relative : WALLY
29
Big clubs : MACES
31
Antitank weapons : BAZOOKAS
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Perfect role model : PARAGON
33
Washington address : SPOKANE
34
Charades, basically : MIMING
35
Rotten : NOISOME
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Glossed over : IGNORED
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Places of art : SALONS
41
Copal or mastic : RESIN
42
Mediterranean tourist destination : MALTA
44
Sunshine Biscuits brand : HIHO
45
Pseudologist : LIAR
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They may be civil: Abbr. : RTS
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And that's not all : ETC

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

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