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New York Times, Saturday, September 16, 2000

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Across : Prepare to chat, perhaps
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Robert H. Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJKXZ} This is puzzle # 43 for Mr. Wolfe. Saturday freshness: 20%
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© 2000, The New York Times9/16/0 ( No. 18,575 )
Across
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Created a disturbance : MADEWAVES
10
Bawd : MADAM
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As often as not : ONAVERAGE
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Ex-Mrs. Rod Stewart : ALANA
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Dispatch identifiers : DATELINES
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Bow breakers? : BERGS
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Announcement to passengers : ETA
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View badly? : LEERAT
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___ gestae : RES
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Friction reducer: Abbr. : LUB
24
Chicago sights : ELS
25
Early dropout in the 2000 presidential race, politely : MRSDOLE
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Colliery carriers : TRAMS
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Hightail it : SPEEDAWAY
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It has your name on it: Abbr. : SASE
33
Way of the East : TAO
34
Tang : NIP
35
Ring attachment? : LET
36
1970 military coup leader : ASSAD
38
Ryan was one: Abbr. : PVT
41
Go bad? : ERR
43
Subjects of tests : IQS
44
Not back up : LEAD
46
Unprepared : IMPROMPTU
50
Perfect, e.g. : TENSE
51
Early TV signal relayer : TELSTAR
52
This may give you gas: Abbr. : AAA
54
One with a burden : ASS
55
___ provençale : ALA
56
Raise, as the eyes : CASTUP
58
Parisian pronoun : CES
59
Prepare to chat, perhaps : LOGON
62
Event for a short-sheeted person? : WHITESALE
64
Sinuses, e.g. : ITERS
65
Emphatic refusal : NONOTEVER
66
Nonplussed : ATSEA
67
Earmarks : SETSAPART
Down
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Cranky cars? : MODELTS
2
Someone who's innately talented : ANATURAL
3
Modern storehouse : DATABASE
4
St. Agnes's ___ : EVE
5
"Othello" director, 1952 : WELLES
6
Sylvia Plath collection : ARIEL
7
Williams and others : VANESSAS
8
Hungarian city or river : EGER
9
Opening word? : SESAME
10
Dream controller of folklore : MAB
11
Many a pint : ALE
12
"Crime: Its Cause and Treatment" author : DARROW
13
The boss in "Who's the Boss?" : ANGELA
14
Dr. Gillespie player in "Dr. Kildare" : MASSEY
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Stock watchers' concerns : TRENDS
26
ABM treaty violator : SDI
27
Spot in the stable : DAPPLE
29
They're fed at the side of the road : METERS
31
Place : POSIT
33
Landing locale : TARMAC
37
Etching of a sort : AQUATINT
39
It gets to your heart : VENACAVA
40
Rug decorator : TASSELER
42
Go bad : ROT
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You may not have room for it : DESSERT
46
Lago d'Orta locale : ITALIA
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He wore "4" : MELOTT
48
Bathing beaches : PLAGES
49
Some scampi : PRAWNS
50
Retina layers : TAPETA
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Monte Carlo et al. : AUTOS
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It may contain a tree : SHOE
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Contents of 28-Across : ORE
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Code crackers: Abbr. : NSA
63
Library Card Sign-Up Mo. : SEP

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

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