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New York Times, Wednesday, March 17, 1999

Author:
Myles Callum
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Across : Shiny on top?
TotalDebutLatest
223/17/19997/12/2008
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1144165
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5012568%
Myles Callum

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Callum. Wednesday freshness: 84%
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© 1999, The New York Times3/17/99 ( No. 18,026 )
Across
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Castoff from an ice shelf : BERG
5
Kind of pad : STAMP
10
N.B.A. M.V.P., 1984-86 : BIRD
14
United Steelworkers leader I. W. ___ : ABEL
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McGwire blast : HOMER
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Fad item of 1961 : YOYO
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Basketball's Archibald injured the Dalai Lama, palindromically : NATEBITATIBETAN
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Ingratiated : ENDEARED
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Where many changes take place : CABANA
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Sci. course : CHEM
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Exceedingly : VERY
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Soprano Maria : CALLAS
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Wham! : POW
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Subsides : EBBS
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Disgrace : ODIUM
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Pelvic : ILIAC
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Coach Parseghian : ARA
36
Assail rioters dressed in gray, palindromically : BOMBARDADRABMOB
39
Sphere : ORB
40
Business types : SUITS
41
Small drum : TABOR
42
Discounted by : LESS
44
Darn site : TOE
45
"Well, ___!" ("Ain't you hot stuff!") : LADIDA
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Control spot : HELM
48
Shiny on top? : BALD
49
Flattened at the poles : OBLATE
52
Petty cash in London : TENPENCE
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"What a shame your footwear is missing," palindromically : TOOBADIHIDABOOT
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Vampire's hideout : TOMB
59
Measurer : GAUGE
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Track event : TROT
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Mind : OBEY
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Finished : ENDED
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"For heaven's ___!" : SAKE
Down
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Deadly poison : BANE
2
Israel's Abba : EBAN
3
No longer working: Abbr. : RETD
4
Happy chorus? : GLEECLUB
5
English counties : SHIRES
6
Certain carving : TOTEM
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"Diary of ___ Housewife" : AMAD
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Caught up with : MET
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Bargain hunter's delight : PRICEWAR
10
"So long" : BYEBYE
11
Jot : IOTA
12
Clancy hero Jack : RYAN
13
Spanish woman : DONA
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Popular vacation locale : BAHAMAS
19
Axle, e.g. : BAR
23
Annuls : VOIDS
24
Computer language : COBOL
25
Love to death : ADORE
26
They branch out : LIMBS
27
Word with hot or home : PLATE
29
Dear deer : BAMBI
30
The Brady kids, e.g. : BROOD
31
Tel Aviv native : SABRA
33
Expression : IDIOM
34
Tree with white flowers : CATALPA
37
Lincoln's supposed fiancée Ann : RUTLEDGE
38
Write-offs, perhaps : BADDEBTS
43
Threadbare : SHABBY
45
"The Eagle has ___" : LANDED
47
Sched. letters : ETA
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Ecru : BEIGE
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Palindromic comics dog : OTTO
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Palindromic ninny : BOOB
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Togo's capital : LOME
52
Dropping sound : THUD
53
Asta's mistress : NORA
54
One who's home on the range? : COOK
55
Palindromic suffix : ETTE
57
Bond's Fleming : IAN

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

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