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New York Times, Monday, September 21, 1998

Author:
Matthew Lees
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Come crashing down
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Matthew Lees

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {XZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Lees. Monday freshness: 81%
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© 1998, The New York Times9/21/98 ( No. 17,849 )
Across
1
Actor Baldwin : ALEC
5
Will-o'-the-wisp locale : SWAMP
10
Peninsula south of California : BAJA
14
Watch face : DIAL
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Bone below the femur : TIBIA
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Satanic : EVIL
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Prefix with -nautics : AERO
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Top talent : ALIST
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___ Strauss & Co. : LEVI
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Test type : MULTIPLECHOICE
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Sacred : HOLY
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WSW's opposite : ENE
25
Cowlike : BOVINE
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Disaster often not covered by insurance : ACTOFGOD
33
Sports event site : ARENA
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"...bombs bursting ___" : INAIR
35
Doctors' org. : AMA
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Anthem : SONG
37
Possible answers for 20-Across : ABORC
38
Proverbial inheritors : MEEK
39
___ nutshell : INA
40
Fine china : SPODE
41
Andrew Wyeth's "___ Pictures" : HELGA
42
Come crashing down : COLLAPSE
44
Astronomical object with a large red shift : QUASAR
45
It's south of Eur. : AFR
46
Heaven's Gate, e.g. : CULT
47
D, often : NONEOFTHEABOVE
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Prod : GOAD
55
Flu cause : VIRUS
56
Too : ALSO
57
Good luck symbol for King Tut : ANKH
58
"You ___ kidding!" : ARENT
59
Animal with a mane : LION
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Mediocre : SOSO
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Soup onions : LEEKS
62
Cuts with garden shears : LOPS
Down
1
Actor Baldwin : ADAM
2
Stead : LIEU
3
Viscount's superior : EARL
4
Duds : CLOTHING
5
Paper clip alternative : STAPLE
6
"Free" whale of film : WILLY
7
Irish Rose's guy : ABIE
8
Odds and ends: Abbr. : MISC
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Terribly weak, as an excuse : PATHETIC
10
Dogma : BELIEF
11
With: Fr. : AVEC
12
Jazz talk : JIVE
13
___ Baba : ALI
21
Island of the Inner Hebrides : IONA
22
___ about (approximately) : ONOR
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Acronymic computer language name : BASIC
26
Maine college town : ORONO
27
Open to bribery : VENAL
28
One place to hook up the jumper cables : ANODE
29
Give a hoot : CARE
30
Scottish Highlanders : GAELS
31
Symbol of resistance : OMEGA
32
Capital of Senegal : DAKAR
34
Nigerian natives : IBOS
37
"Thumbs up" signification : APPROVAL
38
Spaghetti topper : MEATBALL
40
Sound's partner : SAFE
41
Dance done in grass skirts : HULA
43
Crow's-nest cry : LANDHO
44
Grand searches : QUESTS
46
Solid portion : CHUNK
47
Naughty deed : NONO
48
Acorn sources : OAKS
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Order after "aim" : FIRE
50
Logic diagram : TREE
51
Hodgepodge : OLIO
52
Initials on a brandy bottle : VSOP
53
Incalculable amount of time : EONS
54
Tank filler : GAS

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

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