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New York Times, Friday, June 18, 1999

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Across : Unusual partner?
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQX} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 30 for Mr. Quigley. Friday freshness: 7%
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© 1999, The New York Times6/18/99 ( No. 18,119 )
Across
1
Cager Gilmore : ARTIS
6
Computer programming code : ASCII
11
Gave the go-ahead : OKD
14
Chevy truck model : TAHOE
15
This is left to the captain : APORT
16
Suffix for amino acids : INE
17
Boston leader in '76 : OZAWA
18
Movable castles : ROOKS
19
1970 Super Bowl M.V.P. Dawson : LEN
20
Smith's medium : METALWORK
22
"Breaking Away" director : YATES
24
Showed interest in playing : ANTED
26
Ming artifact : VASE
27
Medieval verb ending : ETH
30
A, B or C, on a mult.-choice test : ANS
31
Ralph's "Schindler's List" role : AMON
33
It's needed for a return : ROUNDTRIPTICKET
39
Ready for battle : ARMEDTOTHETEETH
40
Like a dream : TOOGOODTOBETRUE
41
Tried to get hold of : RANG
42
Easter's beginning : NOR
43
Theology discussion : SIN
44
Flue buildup : SOOT
46
Prefix with plastic : OSTEO
49
Unusual partner? : CRUEL
51
Black cow's relative : MILKSHAKE
57
Banners on the Internet : ADS
58
Nolan Bushnell's company : ATARI
60
Roadside eateries, familiarly : HOJOS
61
Country singer McDaniel : MEL
62
Carton complement : DOZEN
63
"The Horse Whisperer" writer : EVANS
64
Jimmy : PRY
65
Nobel, for one : SWEDE
66
Word on a yellow sign : MERGE
Down
1
Quark's place : ATOM
2
Flatten : RAZE
3
"Imagine ___!" : THAT
4
Where Buffalo Bill was born : IOWA
5
Christmas ___ : SEAL
6
1922 D. H. Lawrence novel : AARONSROD
7
Wear : SPORT
8
"Omnibus" host : COOKE
9
Tee off : IRK
10
Diminutive, for short : ITSY
11
Shell ships by the seashore : OILTANKERS
12
Strike zone boundary : KNEES
13
Packed tight : DENSE
21
"Interested in coming?" : WANTTOGO
23
Long-legged shorebird : AVOCET
25
You can plan on it : DATEBOOK
27
Form of 56-Down : ERAT
28
Mower brand : TORO
29
With wit : HUMOROUSLY
30
Rider, e.g. : ADDON
32
High hat : MITER
34
Rebut : NEGATE
35
Big inits. in defense contracting : ITT
36
Jack's connection : PHONELINE
37
A case of pins and needles : ETUI
38
Transitional word : THEN
44
Rascal : SCAMP
45
Steak medium-rare, e.g. : ORDER
47
City pollution : SMAZE
48
Beat : TIRED
50
Shavers : LADS
52
Father of Elam and Aram : SHEM
53
Hoisted, nautically : HOVE
54
"When it's ___" (old riddle's end) : AJAR
55
King of Skull Island : KONG
56
Latin I infinitive : ESSE
59
What you need after a breakdown : TOW

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

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