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New York Times, Monday, December 20, 1999

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Cerium and erbium, e.g.
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Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 43 for Ms. Salomon. Monday freshness: 38%
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© 1999, The New York Times12/20/99 ( No. 18,304 )
Across
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Spat : TIFF
5
Dish with beans : CHILI
10
Trace of smoke : WISP
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Like Darth Vader : EVIL
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Former intl. airline : PANAM
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"I had no ___!" : IDEA
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Cerium and erbium, e.g. : RAREEARTHMETALS
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Map within a map : INSET
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Bowl over : STUN
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Old what's-___-name : HIS
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Golf pitfalls : TRAPS
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Mentally spaced out : INAFOG
28
Hawaii, e.g.: Abbr. : ISL
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Statutes : LAWS
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Brit. recording giant : EMI
33
Nighttime twinkler : STAR
35
Aloha gifts : LEIS
37
Lucy's landlady : ETHEL
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Neither large- nor small-caliber guns : MEDIUMARTILLERY
44
Watch secretly : SPYON
45
Adult-to-be : TEEN
46
Harvard rival : YALE
47
Rubber ducky's spot : TUB
49
Nutty : DAFT
51
___ Moines, Iowa : DES
52
"Pow! Right in the ___!" : KISSER
55
Green stuff : MOOLA
57
Newsman Koppel : TED
58
Gave the once-over : EYED
60
Scottish inlets : LOCHS
63
Compliment from a Brit : WELLDONEOLDCHAP
67
___-Day vitamins : ONEA
68
"Cool!" : NEATO
69
Vegas numbers game : KENO
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Belgrade native : SERB
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Churchill Downs event : DERBY
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Aide: Abbr. : ASST
Down
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Ms. Garr of "Mr. Mom" : TERI
2
"Terrible" czar : IVAN
3
Mrs. in the White House : FIRSTLADY
4
One on the lam : FLEER
5
Tax preparer, briefly : CPA
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One of two hardy followers : HAR
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Football stats: Abbr. : INTS
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Christine of "Chicago Hope" : LAHTI
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Protected, as from disease : IMMUNE
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Sense of humor : WIT
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Boise's state : IDAHO
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Baseball commissioner Bud : SELIG
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Skip a turn : PASS
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Catchall abbr. : ETAL
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Tooth protector : ENAMEL
24
Date maker : PALM
25
"No ___!" ("Easy!") : SWEAT
27
In an apt way : FITLY
28
Doctrines : ISMS
29
Big first for a baby : STEP
31
Fathered : SIRED
34
They're a laugh a minute : RIOTS
36
Cook, as clams : STEAM
38
Major nuisances : HEADACHES
39
Writer ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
40
Cleaning cabinet supplies : LYES
42
Brand-new : UNUSED
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The low-down : INFO
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Out of reach of : BEYOND
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Tattled : TOLD
52
Nancy Drew's creator Carolyn : KEENE
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Time waster : IDLER
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Actress Taylor of "The Nanny" : RENEE
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Opa-___, Fla. : LOCKA
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Terrible time? : TWOS
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Turtledove : DEAR
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___ Christian Andersen : HANS
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Predicament : SPOT
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Chemist's workplace : LAB
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Wagering locale, for short : OTB
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Myrna of "The Thin Man" : LOY

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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