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New York Times, Saturday, March 6, 1999

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Held a lame-duck session
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 54 for Mr. Piscop. Saturday freshness: 11%
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© 1999, The New York Times3/6/99 ( No. 18,015 )
Across
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Activity in which you might bust someone's chops : MARTIALART
11
Cooperstown nickname : TRIS
15
Bag material : BROWNPAPER
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Improve, in a way : HONE
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Misogynous : ANTIFEMALE
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Theaters : ODEA
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Slangy smoke : SEEGAR
20
Miler Sebastian : COE
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Yankee foes : REBS
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Item of folklore : MYTH
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Ted Kennedy's middle name : MOORE
25
It may be pulled : TAFFY
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Held a lame-duck session : REMET
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Foundation exec. : DIR
33
Org. co-founded by Felix Frankfurter : ACLU
34
Repudiate : DISOWN
35
Item on a sheet : RAP
36
Getting slippery : ICINGUP
38
In the face of : DESPITE
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Gridder Dawson : LEN
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Block houses : ADOBES
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Flush : EVEN
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K.C. zone : CST
45
Ushered : LEDIN
46
Biblical spot? : SEEST
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A Davis : OSSIE
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Take : GATE
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Gospels follower : ACTS
52
Linen robe : ALB
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"Ganja" smokers : RASTAS
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Cat's-paw : TOOL
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Popular vacation destination : MIAMIBEACH
62
Best of the theater : EDNA
63
Love poem of 1849 : ANNABELLEE
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Regard : DEEM
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Like a dropout : DEGREELESS
Down
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Budding entrepreneurs, for short : MBAS
2
"Alfred" composer : ARNE
3
Some schoolwork : ROTE
4
Bit of basketwork : TWIG
5
Worse than a bad reputation : INFAMY
6
Silly trick : APERY
7
Take a powder : LAM
8
Parisian thugs : APACHES
9
Move, in realtor-speak : RELO
10
Kind of squirrel : TREE
11
Complete, informally : THORO
12
Fancy drag : RODEODRIVE
13
They're stewed : INEBRIATES
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Hydra, astronomically : SEASERPENT
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Stool, perhaps : TRIPOD
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Range: Abbr. : MTNS
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In formal wear : TAILCOATED
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Pebbles, for one : FLINTSTONE
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A lark : FUN
30
Italian city where the Ferrari is made : MODENA
31
Lady bighorns : EWES
34
Chap : DUDE
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Beaufort scale category : GALE
39
___ Dee River : PEE
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Start of everything : BIGBANG
46
Certain Navy person : SEABEE
48
Holy faith : ISLAM
50
A.L. club, in headlines : TRIBE
52
Make ___ dash for : AMAD
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Help from a lifeguard : LINE
55
Hawk : SELL
56
Don't believe it : TALE
57
Whizzes : ACES
58
The Beatles' "___ Leaving Home" : SHES
61
Stain : MAR

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

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