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New York Times, Friday, November 6, 1998

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
19-Across : Result of a buyout, perhaps
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Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 62, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJKQWZ} Spans: 8, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Klahn. Friday freshness: 56%
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© 1998, The New York Times11/6/98 ( No. 17,895 )
Across
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It'll give you an even split : BISECTOR
9
Hello and goodbye : SHALOM
15
"Heat" star, 1995 : ALPACINO
16
European capital : TIRANA
17
Was taught how to do something : LEARNEDTHEROPES
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Result of a buyout, perhaps : EARLYRETIREMENT
20
Some hummingbirds : EMERALDS
21
Humble beginning : LOGCABIN
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Vice President under Grover Cleveland : ADLAIESTEVENSON
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Extended patience, perhaps : DOUBLESOLITAIRE
37
Get all gussied up : DRESSTOTHENINES
38
Lesser Spanish noblemen : HIDALGOS
39
Revolver feature, perhaps : SNUBNOSE
46
Academic settings : COLLEGECAMPUSES
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They're likely to come to blows : ACTIVEVOLCANOES
55
1964 Hitchcock thriller : MARNIE
56
Channel surfer's locale, maybe : RECLINER
57
___ Indian : PLAINS
58
Superfluities : EXCESSES
Down
1
Make a bundle : BALE
2
Intestinal parts : ILEA
3
Wrangle : SPAR
4
Lady's man : EARL
5
Only same-year N.C.A.A. and N.I.T. tourney winner (1950) : CCNY
6
Piece of cake? : TIER
7
French wave : ONDE
8
Despicable : ROTTENTOTHECORE
9
About 1.3 cubic yards : STERE
10
Engaging individual : HIRER
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Pervasive quality : AROMA
12
Place for a pin : LAPEL
13
Incessantly : ONEND
14
Standard bearers : MASTS
18
"It Must Be ___" : HIM
21
"The Carpetbaggers" co-star, 1964 : LADD
22
Sure target : ODOR
23
Bond, but not James Bond : GLUE
24
They're called on account of rain : CABS
25
Troubles : AILS
26
Shade of red : BEET
27
"And what ___ rare as..." : ISSO
29
Precollege : ELHI
30
Fought : VIED
31
Peak near Paterno : ETNA
32
Clip-and-file item : NAIL
33
Community event : SING
34
Treat with milk : OREO
35
Stack part : NESS
39
No-goodnik : SCAMP
40
Suitable for extreme dieters : NOCAL
41
Sound beginning? : ULTRA
42
Buckwheat pancakes : BLINI
43
"Mighty Lak' a Rose" composer : NEVIN
44
Architectural moldings : OGEES
45
Unspecified no. : SEV
47
One of the sisters in "Sisters" : ALEX
48
Year in the reign of Edward I : MCCC
49
Blanch : PALE
50
French part of the U.S.A. : UNIS
51
Offspring : SONS
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A really big shoe : EEEE
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C.I.S. members, once : SSRS

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

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