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New York Times, Thursday, April 29, 1999

Author:
Adam Cohen
Editor:
Will Shortz
60-Across : Artist Mondrian
TotalDebutLatest
1912/22/19982/11/2011
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ScrabDebutFresh
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Adam Cohen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Cohen. Thursday freshness: 69%
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I
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C
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A
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R
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E
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R
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A
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M
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A
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I
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B
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X
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M
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O
F
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Z
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N
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A
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A
L
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K
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G
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D
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L
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M
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G
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G
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O
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C
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O
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P
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B
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T
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T
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S
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B
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T
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S
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A
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L
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P
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L
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G
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Y
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B
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H
M
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K
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P
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Z
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P
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W
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© 1999, The New York Times4/29/99 ( No. 18,069 )
Across
1
"What do ___?" : ICARE
6
Hindu hero : RAMA
10
Surefooted goat : IBEX
14
Runway walker : MODEL
15
End of a Baum title : OFOZ
16
Legal plea, for short : NOLO
17
Belittle : ABASE
18
Very much : ALOT
19
First Secretary of War : KNOX
20
Never having heard "Peer Gynt Suite"? : GRIEGTRAGEDY
23
First : EARLIEST
24
Harvest fly : CICADA
28
___ Palmas : LAS
29
Swung, so to speak : MANAGED
30
Way back when : AGO
33
Occasion to buy a CD of the "Polonaise-Militaire"? : CHOPINSPREE
36
Very dry : BRUT
38
Kinship : TIE
39
Birdbrain : SIMP
40
Opening note to "Carmen"? : BIZETSIGNAL
45
Clock setting at LAX : PST
46
Strong adhesives : EPOXIES
47
Slowdown : LAG
49
Prefix with day or year : YESTER
50
Waterfront : SEACOAST
55
One who encouraged the composer of "Hungarian Dances"? : BRAHMSSTOKER
57
1972 and '74 Oscar-winning screenwriter : PUZO
60
Artist Mondrian : PIET
61
Pointed arch : OGIVE
62
It's dipped in milk : OREO
63
Magazine with a 14-Across on its cover : ELLE
64
Theologian Kierkegaard : SOREN
65
Flirtatious gesture : WINK
66
Sponges : SOTS
67
African herd member : ELAND
Down
1
Spin doctor's concern : IMAGE
2
Certain helicopter : COBRA
3
Firefighter Red : ADAIR
4
Handle, as used goods : RESELL
5
Mournful : ELEGIAC
6
Thunders : ROARS
7
G-sharp equivalent : AFLAT
8
Many a synthesizer : MOOG
9
Like some Mexican pyramids : AZTECAN
10
Choice mushrooms : INKYCAPS
11
___ Marché (world's first department store) : BON
12
"Xanadu" grp. : ELO
13
Noughts-and-crosses line : XOX
21
Musician John : TESH
22
Thunders : DINS
25
"Get ___!" (modern catch phrase) : AGRIP
26
Supposes : DEEMS
27
Skilled : ADEPT
29
Air : MIEN
30
Religious retreat : ABBEY
31
Bone to pick : GRIPE
32
Anise-flavored liqueurs : OUZOS
34
Elevator brand : OTIS
35
Squealer : PIG
37
Manual : TEXTBOOK
41
Stratum : TIER
42
Mexican wraps : SERAPES
43
"Oh dear!" : ALAS
44
Source of intolerance : LACTOSE
48
Giant number : GOOGOL
50
Refine : SMELT
51
Sen. Kefauver : ESTES
52
Kurosawa of the cinema : AKIRA
53
Common roll : SEVEN
54
Urbanization, e.g. : TREND
56
Aloha State port : HILO
57
V.A. concern : POW
58
Psychic Geller : URI
59
Wonderful state : ZEN

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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