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New York Times, Tuesday, April 13, 1999

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Across : Third-stringer
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Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JKQXYZ} This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Piscop. Tuesday freshness: 1%
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© 1999, The New York Times4/13/99 ( No. 18,053 )
Across
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False witnesses : LIARS
6
Vocalizes like the Beastie Boys : RAPS
10
Parks in 1955 news : ROSA
14
Venezuela's ___ Falls : ANGEL
15
Clairvoyant's start : ISEE
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Has a tab : OWES
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Suffix with sea or moon : SCAPE
18
Grocery vehicle : CART
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College course division : UNIT
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Production in a given period : THROUGHPUT
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Trait determinant : GENE
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Pirouette point : TOE
24
MacNeil's longtime partner : LEHRER
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Sombrero accompanier : PONCHO
30
Transparent : CLEAR
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"___'Clock Jump" : ONEO
33
Classic soft drink : NEHI
35
Italian tourist center : SIENA
39
Third-stringer : SCRUB
41
Sharpshooter's gift : AIM
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Beat by a whisker : EDGED
43
Use weasel words : HEDGE
44
Meat loaf serving : SLAB
46
"Holy moly!" : EGAD
47
Papa Doc ruled it : HAITI
49
Stats for a porous defense : ERRORS
51
Battle site of 1916 : VERDUN
54
Gulped down : ATE
55
Mideast bigwig : EMIR
56
Pro-slavery Northerners, before the Civil War : DOUGHFACES
63
Mission cancellation : NOGO
64
Folklore fiend : OGRE
65
Speechify : ORATE
66
Lone Star State sch. : UTEP
67
Chemicals giant : OLIN
68
Hertz ___-Car : RENTA
69
Slippery critters : EELS
70
Sit a spell : REST
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Alma ___ : MATER
Down
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In the cellar : LAST
2
Rainfall measurement : INCH
3
Lab gel : AGAR
4
Bank takeback : REPO
5
Mr. Moto, e.g. : SLEUTH
6
Nouveau ___ : RICHE
7
"Hurry, please!" : ASAP
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Pizarro conquest : PERU
9
Avoid a trial : SETTLE
10
Hero of 1898 : ROUGHRIDER
11
Dog tag datum : OWNER
12
Left Bank river : SEINE
13
Autumn bloomer : ASTER
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Hoodlum : GOON
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Move carefully (into) : EASE
26
Swanky : POSH
27
Years ago : ONCE
28
Uncool sort : NERD
29
Cold comfort? : COUGHDROPS
30
Burger or dog topper : CHILI
31
Vegetable soup bean : LIMA
34
All-star game side, often : EAST
36
Waffle brand : EGGO
37
Warm, so to speak : NEAR
38
States further : ADDS
40
Belle's man : BEAU
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One of Alcott's "Little Women" : BETH
48
Like some pools or paint : INDOOR
50
___ Judaism : REFORM
51
Stage or stadium, say : VENUE
52
Ham it up : EMOTE
53
Star in Orion : RIGEL
54
Insurance seller : AGENT
57
Look lustfully : OGLE
58
"QB VII" author : URIS
59
Field of study : AREA
60
Defeatist's word : CANT
61
Politically incorrect suffix : ETTE
62
Mark with a branding iron : SEAR

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