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New York Times, Saturday, October 16, 1999

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Across : Quaternary period event
TotalDebutLatest
1894/27/19948/3/2024
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1814141616120
RebusScrabDebutFresh
31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JKQX} This is puzzle # 111 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 29%
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© 1999, The New York Times10/16/99 ( No. 18,239 )
Across
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Got a piece of : SHAREDIN
9
Yankee No. 8 and family : BERRAS
15
Like some jams and jellies : HOMEMADE
16
Like O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff" : ONEACT
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Out of friendship, say : ASAFAVOR
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Fake : RINGER
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See 8-Down : NELLIE
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"The Godfather" story line : VENDETTA
22
Shakespearean spirit : ARIEL
23
Belt : ZONE
24
Daisy floret : RAY
25
Instant : SEC
26
Unit of speed : BAUD
27
Ease : ABATE
29
Bugs and others : TOONS
31
Didn't see? : FOLDED
32
Veterans Stadium site : PHILLY
34
Olympic racers since 1924 : CANOES
35
Met with confidence : BRAVED
36
Alter : RESEW
37
Where to get a fast buck? : RODEO
38
Runners? : FEET
39
"Do the Right Thing" pizzeria owner : SAL
42
Boise's county : ADA
43
Yaps : ARFS
44
Yielded : CAVED
46
Fishy business : SUSHIBAR
49
Fix : DEFINE
50
Quaternary period event : ICEAGE
51
Weigh : EVALUATE
53
Extremist : ZEALOT
54
Duck : SIDESTEP
55
Vegetable oils, e.g. : ESTERS
56
Falling stars? : HASBEENS
Down
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Author Alexander : SHANA
2
Deceitful people, in slang : HOSERS
3
Charlotte ___, V.I. : AMALIE
4
Thoughtful : REFLECTIVE
5
It opens with a click : EMAIL
6
1993 Kevin Kline title role : DAVE
7
Prenuptial agreement? : IDO
8
With 19-Across, a worrywart : NERVOUS
9
Carried : BORNE
10
Vance Air Force Base locale : ENID
11
1968 Peace Nobelist Cassin : RENE
12
Fashion industry, slangily : RAGTRADE
13
Some protective covers : ACETATES
14
Got away (from) : STRAYED
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Border : END
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Buffoon : ZANY
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Stressed, in a way : BOLD
27
Unmatched : AONE
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Snaps : BLOWSAFUSE
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It's spread in the dining room : OLEO
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Sexually unrestrained : FAST
32
Bears : PRODUCES
33
Got settled : HADASEAT
34
Unexciting marks : CEES
35
It's found in measuring cups : BRASIZE
36
Update : REFRESH
38
Filippo Lippi, for one : FRA
40
Play an ace? : AVIATE
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Austere : LENTEN
43
Shills for, e.g. : ABETS
44
Star : CELEB
45
Vast extents : DEEPS
47
Vigorous : HALE
48
Historic Russian prince : IGOR
49
Hires competition : DADS
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Using : VIA

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