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New York Times, Saturday, May 29, 1999

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Across : Formula finders
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 25 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 48 for Mr. Ross. Saturday freshness: 88%
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© 1999, The New York Times5/29/99 ( No. 18,099 )
Across
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It keeps an eye on what's going on : CBSNEWS
8
Wigwam dweller : SHAWNEE
15
As good as ever : LIKENEW
16
Means of alert : AIRHORN
17
Deliverer of opening words? : ALIBABA
18
Storage unit : MEGABIT
19
Scam victims : SAPS
20
Sons of, in Hebrew : BNAI
22
Mal de ___ : TETE
23
Peter, Paul and Mary: Abbr. : STS
24
Hyman Rickover pioneered its development : USSNAUTILUS
27
Ho-hum TV : RERUN
29
Exercise sounds : OOMPHS
30
Symbol of sternness : IRONHAND
32
Cunning, in a way : FELINE
36
Not alert : NAPPING
37
Pennsylvania vacationland : POCONOS
38
Learns (from) : GLEANS
39
Formula finders : DERIVERS
40
"Aha!" : IGETIT
42
Seed coating : TESTA
43
Cole Porter classic : ITSDELOVELY
47
Short of : SHY
48
Brown family member : DRAB
49
With 55-Down, corporation named after the founder's daughter : SARA
50
First name in 50's TV : DESI
51
Shriver and namesakes : EUNICES
54
1920's entertainment : SILENTS
56
Imitate : ACTLIKE
57
Game derived from baseball : ONEACAT
58
Bearings, of a sort : SEALEGS
59
Hardly independent ones : NEEDERS
Down
1
Senior souvenir : CLASSRING
2
Like some agreements : BILATERAL
3
Works out at the boxing gym : SKIPSROPE
4
Beaks : NEBS
5
Bambi's aunt : ENA
6
Pop composer Jim and others : WEBBS
7
Bittersweet performance : SWANSONG
8
Dr. Seuss creation : SAMIAM
9
Gallop : HIE
10
"Oh, no!" : ARG
11
Hit song of 1959 or 1993 : WHATISLOVE
12
October announcement : NOBEL
13
Verdi baritone aria : ERITU
14
Spanish beings : ENTES
21
"___ is as good as a wink" : ANOD
24
Send over the edge : UNHINGE
25
Agreeable to : UPFOR
26
Manhattan, to suburbanites : THECITY
28
It generates interest : UNPAIDBILL
31
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
33
Basically : INESSENCE
34
Guiding light : NORTHSTAR
35
Bacon and others : ESSAYISTS
37
Norm's last name, on "Cheers" : PETERSON
39
Bette Midler's "___ Las Vegas" : DIVA
41
Shea warm-ups : TOSSES
43
Some are bright : IDEAS
44
Peace time : TRUCE
45
Sidewalk ___ : SANTA
46
Singer Cleo : LAINE
50
Like some phones : DEAD
52
Ltd., in Paris : CIE
53
Heart lines: Abbr. : EKG
55
See 49-Across : LEE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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