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New York Times, Friday, March 19, 1999

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : An essential amino acid
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7711/11/19841/22/20233
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3214720373
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 33 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Diehl. Friday freshness: 51%
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© 1999, The New York Times3/19/99 ( No. 18,028 )
Across
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Middle name of 7-Across : BUTLER
7
"The Second Coming" poet : YEATS
12
Like plain paper : UNRULED
14
Monopoly game marker : TERRIER
16
An essential amino acid : LEUCINE
17
Sophocles tragedy : ELECTRA
18
Place to find keys : BASKETBALLCOURT
20
Scraps : ORTS
21
One of three pieces : VEST
22
Back muscle, familiarly : LAT
23
Sport ___ : UTE
24
Son of Indira : RAJIV
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Kind of pen : STATE
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Place to find keys : SHEETMUSIC
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Hot : IRED
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Buffet : MEAL
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Charge too much : SOAK
36
Riffraff : SCUM
39
Place to find keys : TYPEWRITER
44
Skater Harding : TONYA
46
"All That Jazz" director : FOSSE
47
"___ Had It" (1959 hit) : IVE
48
Priestly garb : ALB
49
Slammer : STIR
51
Pianist Gilels : EMIL
52
Place to find keys : SOUTHERNFLORIDA
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Destroyed : INRUINS
58
Take again : REANNEX
59
Keystone Kops producer Mack : SENNETT
60
Distinguishing mark : INSIGNE
61
Overhead lighting? : STARS
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Bikini tryouts : ATESTS
Down
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Round : BULBOUS
2
Discover : UNEARTH
3
Board member : TRUSTEE
4
___ into (gets by chance) : LUCKS
5
Artist Nadelman : ELIE
6
Monthly budget item : RENT
7
"Go, team, go!" and others : YELLS
8
Lifts upright : ERECTS
9
Chevron competitor : ARCO
10
Like some heads : TITULAR
11
Notched : SERRATE
13
Center of a ball? : DEB
14
Sends by air : TELEVISES
15
Sang : RATTED
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Pioneer company, since 1972, in computer reservations : AVIS
24
A.A.A. suggestion : RTE
25
Latin conjugation word : AMAT
26
Canada Day : JULYFIRST
28
Polynesian carving : TIKI
30
Prize since 1949 : EMMY
31
Milk dispensers : COWS
35
"Where ___ we?" : ARE
36
Flow stoppage : STASIS
37
Cash, in Costa Rica : COLONES
38
Like rare or medium steak : UNBURNT
40
V-chips block it : PORN
41
Auto mechanics set them : TIMINGS
42
Clear : EVIDENT
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Takes a load off : RELAXES
45
More pale : ASHIER
50
Safari needs : TENTS
51
Sgt. Bilko : ERNIE
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Charlie, for one : TUNA
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Something many people look forward to: Abbr. : FRI
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River through Yakutsk : LENA
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Kiln : OAST

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

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