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New York Times, Thursday, September 2, 1999

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
68-Across : A, as in Assisi
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. DiPietro. Thursday freshness: 89%
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© 1999, The New York Times9/2/99 ( No. 18,195 )
Across
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Shogun's capital : EDO
4
Maid's supply : RAGS
8
Stuck : INAJAM
14
___-eared : LOP
15
M.P.'s quarry : AWOL
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"Blue Monday" singer : DOMINO
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Way to stand : PAT
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Fortune : FATE
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Mickey Mantle, for the Yankees : #SEVEN
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More than once : A#OFTIMES
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"Little ___" (early comic strip) : NEMO
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Music category : SOUL
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Deli request : TAKEA#
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Whirligig : TOP
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Scheduled : ONTAP
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___ list : DEANS
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"Wheel of Fortune" purchase : ANO
33
Public radio's Glass : IRA
35
Boring one : DRIP
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Called the shots : LED
37
Can't be pinned down : VARIES
40
Over-the-counter buys : STOCKS
42
100 yrs. : CEN
43
It may swing : MOOD
45
"You've got mail" co. : AOL
46
Additionally : AND
47
Cause of yawning : ENNUI
49
Fatty compound : LIPID
53
Smear : TAR
54
You'll need six of them to finish this puzzle : #SIGNS
56
"Life is a banquet" lady : MAME
57
Sean Connery, for one : SCOT
59
Early art form? : COLORBY#S
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Means of getting in touch : PAGER#
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First of a traveling threesome : NINA
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Payoff : SOP
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Park, for one : AVENUE
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Punkie : GNAT
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A, as in Assisi : UNO
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Poster heading : WANTED
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Dry as dust : SERE
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Pique : PET
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Rio Grande city : ELPASO
2
Thoroughly humiliate : DOA#ON
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Decline an invitation : OPTOUT
4
Inflatable item, maybe : RAFT
5
Expect : AWAIT
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Lost it : GOTMAD
7
Made lustrous : SLEEKED
8
Insurance card info : ID#
9
Rejection after rejection? : NOS
10
___ corner (church area) : AMEN
11
Jazzman's lingo : JIVETALK
12
See 62-Down : ANEMONES
13
Hand-held camera support : MONOPOD
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Popular pen : FLAIR
22
___ Tower : SEARS
26
One of the Pointer Sisters : ANITA
27
Illegal lottery game : #SPOOL
30
Three, e.g. : PRIME#
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Forever, seemingly : AEONS
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The way to a person's heart? : VENACAVA
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Male sex hormone : ANDROGEN
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N.B.A. player, for short : SONIC
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Scale : CLIMB
42
Dupe : CATSPAW
44
Manatee cousins : DUGONGS
48
Under control : INLINE
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Gives one his due? : PAYSUP
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Gold medalist's claim : IM#ONE
52
Ironfisted one : DESPOT
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Navigational aid : SONAR
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Oxygen ___ : TENT
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Size up : RATE
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With 12-Down, buttercup relatives : RUE
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Like some days : #ED

Answer summary:
13 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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