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New York Times, Friday, July 30, 1999

Author:
John Wolting
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : Dweller along the Mekong
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1412/19/19971/21/2000
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John Wolting

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Wolting. Friday freshness: 10%
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© 1999, The New York Times7/30/99 ( No. 18,161 )
Across
1
Ned Beatty's film debut, 1972 : DELIVERANCE
12
Exercise equipment : MEDICINEBALLS
14
Kennel club sentiment : LOVEMELOVEMYDOG
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Snakeless isle : ERIN
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McGuire et al. : ALS
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Jane Eyre's pupil : ADELE
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They can help you get started: Abbr. : AAA
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Org. for swingers? : PGA
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Soprano Peters : ROBERTA
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Site of a small nail : PINKIE
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Snivel : MEWL
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Lady's man : SIR
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Like the Marx Brothers : ANTIC
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Nursery rhyme loser : BOPEEP
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With 24-Down, self-diagnosis aids : TEST
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"One for My Baby" composer : ARLEN
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One of 28-Across's charges : LAMB
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Codex precursor : SCROLL
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Breaker of a sort : TAMER
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Life saver, for short : CPR
42
Cuts : HEWS
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War of 1812 issue : CANADA
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Dweller along the Mekong : LAOTIAN
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Minor player : COG
47
Some plating : TIN
48
Prefix with phobia : AGORA
49
One of TV's Ewings : PAM
50
Did Time? : READ
51
Reacts to an upset, perhaps : DEMANDSARECOUNT
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James Beard Award nominees : RESTAURATEURS
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Paste on costumes : RHINESTONES
Down
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They're not normal : DEVIANTS
2
Plot in Genesis : EDEN
3
Max. or min. : LIM
4
Quaternary division : ICEAGE
5
Luxury hideaway : VILLA
6
Little ___, of "Smokey and the Bandit" movies : ENOS
7
Gun : REV
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Justice Fortas : ABE
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Worthy to be mentioned : NAMABLE
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Glasgow's river : CLYDE
11
Respectable group : ELDERS
12
Glacial debris : MORAINE
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Longtime Chicago Symphony conductor : SOLTI
14
Accept eagerly : LEAPAT
15
Tackle : GEAR
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Snap : PIC
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Gross out : REPEL
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"Dulce et Decorum Est" poet : OWEN
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See 30-Across : KITS
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Tough companions? : MOLLS
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Coffee or cocoa : BROWN
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It may be American or European : PLAN
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Specialty : AREA
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Green group : AMATEURS
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Strips on the interstate : MEDIANS
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1971 Peace Nobelist : BRANDT
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Trattoria potable : CHIANTI
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Child's play? : TAG
39
Decent : CLAD
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Motorola product : PAGER
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One inning? : ROOMER
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Total : COMETO
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Jump all over : TRASH
46
About three grains : CARAT
49
Shoots satisfactorily : PARS
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No celibate, he : ROUE
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Rather enlightening? : DAN
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Petition : SUE
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The 1000's, e.g.: Abbr. : CEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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