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New York Times, Saturday, November 21, 1998

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Holds up
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
331.591,23673%
Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {KQV} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. DiPietro. Saturday freshness: 38%
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© 1998, The New York Times11/21/98 ( No. 17,910 )
Across
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Releases pent-up emotions, in psychoanalysis : ABREACTS
9
In : ATHOME
15
JungleWorld locale : BRONXZOO
16
They're found on rods : DRAPES
17
Letter, of sorts : LANDLADY
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Plato translator Benjamin : JOWETT
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Prefix with spore : ENDO
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Holds up : ROBS
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Private : INNER
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Look sore : SCOWL
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___ Tower : SEARS
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Driller's org. : ADA
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Tarboosh feature : TASSEL
30
Loss leader? : ATA
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Inflexible : IRON
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Reddish brown : WALNUT
34
Like a stuffed shirt : SMUG
35
Its range is 88-108 MHz : FMRADIO
39
Parry follower : RIPOSTE
41
Cabbage : LOOT
42
Spanish escort : DUENNA
44
White chip, often : ANTE
45
57-Across letters : USS
46
Voracious one : GULPER
51
Fan noise : RAH
52
Alternative to contacts : SPECS
54
Soprano Mitchell : LEONA
55
Say somethin', say : ELIDE
57
Vessel : SHIP
59
Rush letters? : ASAP
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Chase scene noises : SIRENS
62
Cloverleaf feature : EXITRAMP
64
Olympics chant : USAUSA
65
Skipper's opposite : ATTENDEE
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Ticked away : PASSED
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"Sorry, no more" : THATSALL
Down
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Superlatively skilled : ABLEST
2
"Shot Heard 'Round the World" pitcher Ralph : BRANCA
3
Some musical movements : RONDOS
4
Helps a hospital, say : ENDOWS
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Rock's ___ Rose : AXL
6
Mogul : CZAR
7
Foofaraws : TODOS
8
Vegetarian staple : SOYBEAN
9
Tall, dark or handsome: Abbr. : ADJ
10
Parisian crowd? : TROIS
11
"Overboard" actress, 1987 : HAWN
12
Sign of good reception? : OPENARMS
13
Allotted : METEDOUT
14
Disaffect : ESTRANGE
21
Ring bearer? : SATURN
24
Dirty : LEWD
26
TV guide? : RATING
29
Out of commission : LAIDUP
31
Prefix with thermal : ISO
33
Heels : LOUSES
35
Suddenly intensifies : FLARESUP
36
"La Gioconda," familiarly : MONALISA
37
Some tax shelters : ROTHIRAS
38
Had : ATE
40
Etcher Cadmus : PAUL
43
Confiscate, as property : ESCHEAT
47
Picks up : LEARNS
48
Spanish inn : POSADA
49
It covers some crowns : ENAMEL
50
Come down a mountain, maybe : RAPPEL
52
See 53-Down : SENSE
53
With 52-Down, intuition : SIXTH
56
Jupiter, e.g. : DEUS
58
___ bread : PITA
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Regrettable : SAD
63
Holiday abroad : TET

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

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