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New York Times, Monday, December 28, 1998

Author:
Adam G. Perl
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Pitcher's boo-boo
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Adam G. Perl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {HJQXZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Perl. Monday freshness: 4%
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© 1998, The New York Times12/28/98 ( No. 17,947 )
Across
1
Pinkish, as a steak : RARE
5
Pitcher's boo-boo : BALK
9
Applications : USES
13
Face-to-face exam : ORAL
14
Annual theater award : OBIE
15
Leg/foot connector : ANKLE
16
19
Airline to Stockholm : SAS
20
Regarding, in legal memos : INRE
21
Ruins a picnic or a Little League game, say : RAINS
22
Subsidy : AID
23
Challenge : DARE
24
Sheriff's star : BADGE
27
It follows sunset, in poetry : EEN
28
"Phooey!" : DRAT
32
Art photo shade : SEPIA
33
Alpha's opposite : OMEGA
35
A shepherd shepherds it : EWE
36
39
Honest ___ : ABE
40
___ Ababa : ADDIS
41
Make pretty : ADORN
42
Lipton and Twinings, e.g. : TEAS
44
Actor Kilmer : VAL
45
Hearty steak : TBONE
46
France's ___ des Saintes : ILES
48
___ chi ch'uan : TAI
49
Give a damn? : SWEAR
51
Nuts (over) : GAGA
52
By way of : VIA
55
58
Runs smoothly, as an engine : PURRS
59
Brownish songbird : WREN
60
Start for a kitty : ANTE
61
"Black Beauty" author Sewell : ANNA
62
Give for a while : LEND
63
Happy or sad feeling : MOOD
Down
1
Steals from : ROBS
2
Vicinity : AREA
3
Lively piano tunes : RAGS
4
Gin maker Whitney : ELI
5
Clyde's partner in crime : BONNIE
6
Eat like ___ : ABIRD
7
Queue : LINE
8
Fraternity party staple : KEG
9
Loose, as shoestrings : UNTIED
10
Body wrapper : SKIN
11
"Desire Under the ___" : ELMS
12
Notice : SEE
15
At a distance : AFAR
17
Big honeymoon destination : NIAGARA
18
Syracuse's team color : ORANGE
23
Considers : DEEMS
24
Deep-sea explorer William : BEEBE
25
Sleeper's woe : APNEA
26
Dah's partner : DIT
27
90's-style letters : EMAIL
29
Scouting mission, informally : RECON
30
In the know : AWARE
31
Where Memphis is: Abbr. : TENN
32
Improvise, musically : SCAT
33
___ Methuselah : OLDAS
34
The Black Stallion, e.g. : ARABIAN
37
Adjective modifier : ADVERB
38
Bride's declaration : IDO
43
___ Madres : SIERRA
45
Remnant : TAGEND
47
Puts (down) : LAYS
48
Spoken for : TAKEN
49
Flabbergast : STUN
50
Frayed : WORN
51
Pierce with a tusk : GORE
52
Chianti, e.g. : VINO
53
Division word : INTO
54
Elderly : AGED
55
Health resort : SPA
56
Mouse catcher : OWL
57
Hydroelectric project : DAM

Answer summary:
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