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New York Times, Friday, July 16, 1999

Author:
Gerald R. Ferguson
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : Having less top growth
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Gerald R. Ferguson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 29 Missing: {FJQWXYZ} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Ferguson. Friday freshness: 58%
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© 1999, The New York Times7/16/99 ( No. 18,147 )
Across
1
Under control : INHAND
7
Substituted for : ACTEDAS
14
Commune dweller, maybe : MOONIE
15
Risk-taker's self-question : DOIDARE
16
Harlequinade : ANTICS
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Studio workers : ARTISANS
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Cold symptom? : GOOSEPIMPLE
21
251.9 cals. : BTU
22
Non-P.C. suffix : ENNE
23
Off : ERASE
24
Losing hope? : DIET
25
Seafood selection : ROE
26
Old hag : CRONE
27
Kind of goose : BRANT
28
4-Down, for one : PLANT
29
Communication between planes? : SEANCE
30
Attaches another clip : RELOADS
33
Creator of the Red Cross Knight : SPENSER
34
Designer Pucci : EMILIO
35
Like many a contrast : STARK
36
More stable : SANER
37
Medium-range ballistic missiles : THORS
38
It has you seeing things : REM
41
Moors : TIES
42
Get the class back together : REUNE
43
Abolitionist Coffin : LEVI
44
Ivy Leaguer : ELI
45
Queen's subjects : MURDERCASES
47
Like some instructions : DETAILED
49
Thyroid treatment : IODINE
50
Brimming : REPLETE
51
Having less top growth : BALDER
52
Dirty campaigner : SMEARER
53
Mighty mounts : STEEDS
Down
1
Copier component : IMAGER
2
Emphatic denial : NONONO
3
Knee-slapper : HOTONE
4
Sambuca flavoring : ANISE
5
"Good shot!" : NICE
6
Western figure : DESPERADO
7
Far from easygoing : ADAMANT
8
Body : CORPSE
9
It's often italicized : TITLE
10
Peter Gunn's girlfriend : EDIE
11
They may be assigned to 45-Across: Abbr. : DAS
12
Some 53-Across : ARABIANS
13
Life, for one : SENTENCE
18
California gold rush name : SUTTER
20
Pleat producers : IRONS
24
Had a shot : DRANK
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One of the Huxtables : CLAIR
27
Round components? : BEERS
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Planetary pair : POLES
29
Messy dish : SPARERIBS
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Back from vacation, say : RESTED
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Modern correspondents : EMAILERS
32
Bookkeeping entry : LINEITEM
33
Grave marker : STONE
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React to the cold, in a way : SHUDDER
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Cylindrical with tapered ends : TERETE
38
Lodge : RESIDE
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Squared : EVENED
40
Ungiving group : MISERS
42
What "Henry" means, literally : RULER
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It may be in a stew : LADLE
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Uris's "___ 18" : MILA
46
It can be checked : COAT
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One who swings a good deal : APE

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1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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