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New York Times, Saturday, April 14, 2001

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Across : Confined, in dialect
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 142 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 44%
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© 2001, The New York Times4/14/1 ( No. 18,785 )
Across
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Outdoes : SHOWSUP
8
Crowned : TIARAED
15
Opening in wastewater management? : MANHOLE
16
Malign : ASPERSE
17
Like a club, maybe : ONTOAST
18
French pioneer in planetary orbital theory : LAPLACE
19
Dietary ideal, briefly : RDA
20
Toughish : STICKY
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Not-so-subtle no : SLAP
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Zaragoza's river : EBRO
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Bien-___ (well-being): Fr. : ETRE
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Lotion abbr. : SPF
27
Not tacit : SAID
28
19th-century novelist with an appropriate name : READE
30
Certain draft : BEER
31
Heads off : GOES
33
Happen without a struggle : COMEEASY
35
Chips, etc. : SNACKFOOD
38
Confined, in dialect : PRISONED
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Witch's brew ingredient : NEWT
44
Actress Sofer : RENA
45
Fed. bill : TNOTE
48
"Hold it!" : WHOA
50
License giver: Abbr. : FCC
51
Lohengrin, the Knight of the ___ : SWAN
52
Smooth : SAND
53
Burns up : IRES
55
Bracers : TONICS
57
Apply : USE
58
Review : RUNOVER
60
In order : LINEDUP
62
Put out of order : MISFILE
63
Vigilant : ONALERT
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Hot : STEAMED
65
Plunderings : RAPINES
Down
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Marshmallow treats : SMORES
2
Compact carrier : HANDBAG
3
California 500 race site : ONTARIO
4
The Four Seasons' "___ Loves You" : WHO
5
In order (to) : SOAS
6
Woodstock, N.Y., county : ULSTER
7
Bantam : PETITE
8
Discussed : TALKEDOF
9
"Well, well!" : ISAY
10
Computer program, informally : APP
11
Blood grp.? : RELS
12
Noted lake with more than 10% salinity : ARALSEA
13
Some are narrow : ESCAPES
14
Make tempura, e.g. : DEEPFRY
21
Police news : CRACKDOWN
24
Texas city with an annual Shakespeare Festival : ODESSA
29
Comic Philips : EMO
30
Moistens, in a way : BEDEWS
32
___-Cat : SNO
34
Quite a while : EON
36
Hill dweller : ANT
37
Cleaned up : CENSORED
38
Spinners? : PRFIRMS
39
Signee, maybe : RECRUIT
40
Altar offering : INCENSE
42
"City Without Walls" poet : WHAUDEN
43
Ritual shaving of the head : TONSURE
46
Make fit : TAILOR
47
Live oak : ENCINA
49
Pros : ADEPTS
54
Soft spot : SOFA
55
Modern prefix with banking : TELE
56
Instantaneous : SNAP
59
Dash : VIM
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Samuel's teacher : ELI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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