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New York Times, Wednesday, August 5, 1998

Author:
Patrick Jordan
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Start of a quip
TotalDebutLatest
163/19/19966/4/2001
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0363400
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11.635523%
Patrick Jordan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Jordan. Wednesday freshness: 12%
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© 1998, The New York Times8/5/98 ( No. 17,802 )
Across
1
Big sugar exporter : FIJI
5
Find repugnant : ABHOR
10
Hiking locale : PATH
14
___ about (approximately) : ONOR
15
Playground feature : SLIDE
16
Quick reply, say : ECHO
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Start of a quip : ACHEAPUSEDCARIS
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Chesspiece : MAN
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Luau souvenirs : LEIS
22
Cut off : ALONE
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Cropped photos? : PICS
24
Kind of throat : STREP
26
Part 2 of the quip : PROOFTHATIT
30
Naval inits. : HMS
33
Run out : LAPSE
34
Cuts off : LOPS
35
Alley ___ : OOP
36
Provide with a hideout, perhaps : ABET
37
Breaks up, in a way : PLOWS
39
Skilled : ABLE
40
007's creator Fleming : IAN
41
___ Clinic : MAYO
42
Afghan or Thai : ASIAN
43
Like one in a series : NTH
44
Part 3 of the quip : ISOFTENHARD
47
Locale in western London : ACTON
49
Fringe : EDGE
50
Sitcom pioneer Desi : ARNAZ
52
Nicolas of "Con Air" : CAGE
53
Humorous fellow : WAG
56
End of the quip : TODRIVEABARGAIN
60
Doomsayer's sign : OMEN
61
Knot-tying site : ALTAR
62
Gumbo vegetable : OKRA
63
Assembled : MADE
64
Thick-soled shoes : CLOGS
65
Top-quality : BEST
Down
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Shaver's purchase : FOAM
2
One in an old empire : INCA
3
Facilities : JOHN
4
Dander : IRE
5
Facet : ASPECT
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Like robins' eggs : BLUISH
7
Greeting for the villain : HISS
8
Wordsworth work : ODE
9
Sunburned : RED
10
"Positive Thinking" proponent : PEALE
11
Woe for a high-wire walker : ACROPHOBIA
12
Dilute : THIN
13
Firefighter's handful : HOSE
18
"Get ___!" (90's catch phrase) : ALIFE
19
Grocery sights : CARTS
23
Assignment : POST
24
Put into the hold : STOW
25
Loses verticality : TIPS
26
No-frills : PLAIN
27
Capital on the African coast : RABAT
28
Generous : OPENHANDED
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Distant : ALOOF
31
Grinder : MOLAR
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Devote, as time : SPEND
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El ___, Tex. : PASO
38
City northeast of St.-Étienne : LYON
39
Tennis legend Arthur : ASHE
41
Actress Gaynor : MITZI
42
Inflame : ANGER
45
Item attached to a string : TEABAG
46
Mystery writers' awards : EDGARS
48
Judy of "Laugh-In" : CARNE
50
Elemental particle : ATOM
51
Ancient capital : ROMA
52
Censor of 51-Down : CATO
53
Stir : WAKE
54
Superciliousness : AIRS
55
Small buzzer : GNAT
57
Hoover, e.g., informally : VAC
58
Add-on : ELL
59
Tar : GOB

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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