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New York Times, Friday, April 4, 1997

Author:
Gerald R. Ferguson
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Across : Martinique erupter of 1902
TotalDebutLatest
225/28/19943/25/2002
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1.4511076%
Gerald R. Ferguson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Ferguson. Friday freshness: 91%
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© 1997, The New York Times4/4/97 ( No. 17,314 )
Across
1
Academic division : TRIMESTER
10
Chubby : PLUMP
15
Unruly : OUTOFHAND
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Harder to find : RARER
17
Temporary winter havens : SNOWFORTS
18
Silver Springs neighbor : OCALA
19
Having feelings : SENSATE
20
Rotten : SMELLY
21
Business owner's concern : CASHFLOW
24
Room freshener : SACHET
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Mendelssohn's "Elijah," e.g. : ORATORIO
32
Guthrie and others : ARLOS
33
Backfire : BOOMERANG
34
"South Pacific" lass : LIAT
35
Discloses : BARES
36
Rub out : KILL
37
Part of Pedro's diet : TORTILLAS
39
Martinique erupter of 1902 : PELEE
40
How some "Melrose Place" stories proceed : STEAMILY
41
German sausages : WURSTS
42
Where to buy a suit : MENSSHOP
44
Writer Barthelme : DONALD
47
Giant star in Scorpius : ANTARES
52
"There was ___ woman..." : ANOLD
53
Audience : LISTENERS
55
"Argonautica" character : MEDEA
56
Cupbearer, for one : ATTENDANT
57
Squeeze : PRESS
58
Booms : GOODTIMES
Down
1
Dispose of, informally : TOSS
2
Letter for Cynewulf : RUNE
3
Lay ___ (exaggerate) : ITON
4
Puts blades to blades? : MOWS
5
Wipes out : EFFACES
6
Shelled : SHOTAT
7
Butchers' measures : TARES
8
"The Lord of the Rings" creature : ENT
9
Postal rtes. : RDS
10
Ballyhoo : PROMOTE
11
Twisthand : LACEWORKER
12
River at Orsk : URAL
13
Cartoonist Lazarus : MELL
14
Implore : PRAY
20
They can be grand : SLAMS
22
Cheers : HOORAYS
23
Cleaving tools : FROES
24
Shellbacks : SALTS
25
Running wild : ARIOT
26
Ada of "Bleak House" : CLARE
27
Bombshells : HOTTAMALES
29
Certain stocks : RAILS
30
Estuary feature : INLET
31
Gives the double O : OGLES
33
One two of two-and-two : BALLS
35
Duck ___ : BLIND
38
Mrs. Marcos et al. : IMELDAS
39
Jamboree structure : PUPTENT
41
Accustomed : WONTED
43
Must : HASTO
44
Extinguish : DAMP
45
Pip : ONER
46
Central point : NODE
48
"...___ can't get up!" : ANDI
49
Stationery order : REAM
50
River to Donegal Bay : ERNE
51
J.F.K. sights : SSTS
53
Trail : LAG
54
1994-95 name in the news : ITO

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

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