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New York Times, Thursday, April 8, 1999

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Across : Opposite of sur
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 50 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 46%
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© 1999, The New York Times4/8/99 ( No. 18,048 )
Across
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Orchestra alternative : LOGE
5
Comment around the deck? : IPASS
10
Terrible ___ : TWOS
14
Last words? : OBIT
15
Opposite of sur : NORTE
16
Four-letter word : OATH
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
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Company whose logo has a red "o" : MOBIL
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Cogitate : MUSE
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Noted director who acted in 30-Across with 35-Across : SYDNEYPOLLACK
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Bud of baseball : SELIG
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Before, once : ERE
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Isle of Man residents : GAELS
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Brought up : REARED
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See 20-Across : TOOTSIE
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Calif. neighbor : NEV
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Midpoint: Abbr. : CTR
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On a roll : HOT
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See 20-Across and 54-Across : DUSTINHOFFMAN
40
Big ___ : BEN
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Link : TIE
42
Classified inits. : EEO
43
See 54-Across : RAINMAN
46
Singer Mel and namesakes : TORMES
49
Napoléon led one : ARMEE
50
"Forget it!" : NAH
52
___ Park, N.J. : MENLO
54
Noted director who acted in 43-Across with 35-Across : BARRYLEVINSON
57
Drunk's tipoff : SLUR
59
Plant and animal life : BIOTA
60
Andrews of "The Mod Squad" : TIGE
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Money writer Marshall ___ : LOEB
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"A house ___ a home" : ISNOT
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___ Bator : ULAN
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The rich man in "Rich Man, Poor Man" : RUDY
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Some guard dogs, for short : SHEPS
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Get better : MEND
Down
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Loamy deposit : LOESS
2
Good dog : OBEYER
3
Slimming device : GIRDLE
4
Some English students : ETONIANS
5
"___ Room" (Beach Boys hit) : INMY
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Spent : POOPED
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Shady alcove : ARBOR
8
Kind of heel : STILETTO
9
Push, maybe : SELL
10
Tabby's mate : TOMCAT
11
Wisconsin city : WAUKESHA
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Exciting times in the N.I.T. : OTS
13
___-wolf : SHE
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Plume source : EGRET
22
Earlier : AGO
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Brave one : LION
27
Harden : SET
29
1980 Tony winner : EVITA
31
Gluck's "___ ed Euridice" : ORFEO
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29-Down role : CHE
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Precious : DEAR
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Not permeated (with) : UNIMBUED
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Silly : NINNYISH
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1938 Physics Nobelist : FERMI
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Campaign asset : MOMENTUM
40
Support provider : BRA
44
Nigh : NEARBY
45
Terre's opposite : MER
46
A lonely place, so they say : THETOP
47
Store, as fodder : ENSILE
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Ad dressing? : SLOGAN
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Let ___ : ALONE
53
Successively : ONEND
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Power stats : RBIS
56
Tanks : VATS
57
Certain camera, for short : SLR
58
Baseball's Brock : LOU

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5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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