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New York Times, Friday, November 7, 1997

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : Lost cause
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
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385152119522716
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJXZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Quigley. Friday freshness: 85%
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© 1997, The New York Times11/7/97 ( No. 17,531 )
Across
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Partner of burn : SLASH
6
"Enough already!" : QUITIT
12
Garden tool : WHACKER
14
Family need : SURNAME
15
1959 hit TV theme song : RAWHIDE
16
Connections : LINKUPS
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Semicircular recesses : APSES
18
Some trumpeters : SWANS
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No-goodnik : RAT
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Last Pope to be sainted : PIUS
22
Task : STINT
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Objectionable : VILE
24
Switzerland's Bay of ___ : URI
25
Vocal effect : TWANG
26
Lost cause : GONER
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Dig discovery: Var. : POTSHARD
29
As much : NOLESS
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NBC slogan : MUSTSEETV
32
"On the Sunny Side of the Street" songwriter : MCHUGH
35
Charger : WARHORSE
39
Heritage : ROOTS
40
Range rovers : HERDS
41
Age : EON
42
Accepts defeat : BOWS
43
By accident, old-style : HAPLY
44
Formal accessory : STUD
45
___ Miss : OLE
46
Kind of pool : DIRTY
47
"Michel Strogoff" author : VERNE
48
Basque's kingdom : NAVARRE
50
Blue Jay's song? : OCANADA
52
Opposing forces : ENEMIES
53
Harder on the ears : NOISIER
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"Archie" and "Cathy" : STRIPS
55
Go well together : BLEND
Down
1
1945 Pulitzer poet : SHAPIRO
2
Case : LAWSUIT
3
Molar maladies : ACHES
4
Is on the run : SKIS
5
Common contraction : HED
6
Essential beginning? : QUINT
7
Coffeehouse equipment : URNS
8
It looks good on paper : INK
9
Bullish : TAURINE
10
Gets rid of Dracula : IMPALES
11
Product checkers : TESTERS
12
Put the finishing touches on : WRAPUP
13
Turn over a new leaf : RESTART
14
Loose talk? : SLANG
19
Blown about : WINDSWEPT
22
Swagger : SWASH
23
850 Turbo, e.g. : VOLVO
25
Gorillas : THUGS
26
Third-century invaders : GOTHS
28
1940's South African P.M. : SMUTS
29
Like Dilbert : NERDY
31
Near the beginning : EARLYON
32
Minstrel troupe member : MRBONES
33
Core fluid : COOLANT
34
Still : HOWEVER
36
Prepare to change careers : RETRAIN
37
Came across as : SOUNDED
38
Win over : ENDEAR
40
Pikas' kin : HARES
43
Signs up : HIRES
44
Smarts : SENSE
46
Boring one : DRIP
47
Aspen alternative : VAIL
49
Horner's last words : AMI
51
Part of the ear : COB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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