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New York Times, Friday, October 29, 1999

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Across : Plumber's item
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 38 for Ms. Salomon. Friday freshness: 21%
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© 1999, The New York Times10/29/99 ( No. 18,252 )
Across
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They help avoid sticking points : THIMBLES
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Plumber's item : WASHER
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Period of crisis : REDALERT
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One way to fall : INLOVE
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Pretty things to look at : EYECANDY
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Busted but good : NAILED
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Org. for bridge builders : ADA
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Didn't merely grow : BOOMED
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Like early records : MONO
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Raconteur's repertoire : TALES
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Carton contents, for short : CIGS
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One involved with drilling: Abbr. : SGT
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Method: Abbr. : SYST
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Went to Wendy's, say : ATEOUT
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Fix : RIG
32
Old rail riders : HOBOS
34
Red Roof rival : RAMADA
36
Warrant : EMPOWER
39
They're thin at the top : AFRAMES
40
Promo : TEASER
41
Corners : TREES
42
Where to spot spots : SUN
43
Cartoonist : DRAWER
45
Salman Rushdie's "The Moor's Last ___" : SIGH
49
Refusal after refusal : NOS
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Price presentation : ARIA
52
Art class : GENRE
53
Beget : SIRE
54
Primestar 500 org. : NASCAR
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Eau naturelle? : MER
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Discovered : LEARNT
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Swallow : TOLERATE
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Firewood amount : ARMFUL
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Schools : EDUCATES
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Likely to rise? : YEASTY
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To just a slight degree : REMOTELY
Down
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Obedience school supply : TREATS
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Golden age : HEYDAY
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High ends : IDEALS
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Buddy : MAC
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Spills the beans : BLABS
6
Follower of the news : LENO
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One who might put you in stitches : ERDOCTOR
8
Blocks : STYMIES
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Person on board? : WINDSURFER
10
Bibliographical suffix : ANA
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Some 25-Across : SLIMS
12
Feature of some credit cards : HOLOGRAM
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Twilight : EVENTIDE
14
Change : REDO
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It may be overblown : EGO
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Community character : ETHOS
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In an unnatural way : ABERRANTLY
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Weight not charged for : TARE
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Blast : GAS
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Missed a payback opportunity? : OWED
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Billiard stroke : MASSE
36
Klingons, e.g. : ETS
37
Floured and sautéed in butter : MEUNIERE
38
Long shot? : PANORAMA
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Information information : AREACODE
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Classic party game : TWISTER
44
Rome's ___ Pacis : ARA
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One with a flight plan, maybe : INMATE
47
Humperdinck heroine : GRETEL
48
Nicene Council concern : HERESY
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Old laborers : SERFS
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El ___ : GRECO
53
More than tickle : SLAY
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Styptic stuff : ALUM
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Screwball : NUT
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No-goodnik : RAT

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

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