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New York Times, Monday, May 17, 1999

Author:
Ethan Cooper
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Across : Occurrences on icy roads
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Ethan Cooper

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Cooper. Monday freshness: 2%
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© 1999, The New York Times5/17/99 ( No. 18,087 )
Across
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Cereal serving : BOWL
5
Easy basketball shot : LAYUP
10
Ninny : ASS
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Blows it : ERRS
14
Senseless : INANE
15
Voice below soprano : ALTO
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Oriental Avenue neighbor, in Monopoly : READINGRAILROAD
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Elite : TOP
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Person who gets picked on : NERD
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Prefix with red : INFRA
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Minuscule : TINY
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Subjects of wills : ESTATES
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Dishes out : ALLOTS
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Fall over in a faint : PLOTZ
29
Invent, as a phrase : COIN
30
Christmas dinner bird : GOOSE
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Plopped down : SAT
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Journalists who don't have desk jobs : ROVINGREPORTERS
38
United : ONE
39
Furious : IRATE
40
Cause a stench : REEK
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Occurrences on icy roads : SKIDS
42
Steamy places : SAUNAS
44
Jane Eyre, e.g. : HEROINE
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Teen spots : ACNE
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On the ball : ALERT
49
Pesky insect : GNAT
50
French friend : AMI
53
Weapons since the late 19th century : REPEATINGRIFLES
57
December 24 and 31 : EVES
58
"And thereby hangs ___" : ATALE
59
Watch feature, perhaps : DATE
60
Blanc who was the voice of Bugs Bunny : MEL
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Coolidge's Veep : DAWES
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1975 Wimbledon champ : ASHE
Down
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"Sesame Street" regular : BERT
2
Nabisco cookie : OREO
3
Tin foil, e.g. : WRAP
4
It'll make you see things : LSD
5
Tablecloths and such : LINENS
6
Furious : ANGRY
7
Small football gain : YARD
8
Acapulco article : UNA
9
Province east of N.B. : PEI
10
In the sky : ALOFT
11
Goggle : STARE
12
Drinks with straws : SODAS
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Desi of "I Love Lucy" : ARNAZ
17
"What's ___ for me?" : INIT
18
Environmental-ist's annoyance : LITTER
22
Novelist Morrison : TONI
23
Get hitched quick : ELOPE
24
Mediocre : SOSO
25
High: Prefix : ACRO
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Crazy as a ___ : LOON
27
Like most sports telecasts : LIVE
28
Homer and others : POETS
30
A+ or C- : GRADE
31
Laid eyes on : SEEN
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Vicinity : AREA
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Sounds of disapproval : TSKS
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Premier Khrushchev : NIKITA
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Sheepish look : GRIN
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Loyal : TRUE
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Tender spots : SORES
42
Terrorizes : SCARES
43
Voting no : ANTI
44
Ladies' room? : HAREM
45
Student at the Sorbonne : ELEVE
46
Ward off : REPEL
47
Viewpoint : ANGLE
49
Chew, like a beaver : GNAW
50
Dramatic wail : ALAS
51
The "M" in S.M.U.: Abbr. : METH
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"Understood" : ISEE
54
Small amount : TAD
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Give ___ shot : ITA
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Medicine regulators: Abbr. : FDA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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