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New York Times, Saturday, September 26, 1998

Author:
Jerry Ferguson
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Across : Pretended to be
TotalDebutLatest
225/28/19943/25/2002
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1.4511076%
Gerald R. Ferguson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Ferguson. Saturday freshness: 78%
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© 1998, The New York Times9/26/98 ( No. 17,854 )
Across
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Annual P.G.A. Tour event : SKINSGAME
10
Hosiery material : LISLE
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Long hours : NINETOSIX
16
Beeweed, e.g. : ASTER
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One who goes for the gold? : ALCHEMIST
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City in northeast Texas : PLANO
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Like cornrows : PLAITED
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Some teas : BLENDS
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Raccoon : TREEBEAR
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Irritates : CHAFES
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Cold developments : REDNOSES
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___ in on (moved toward) : HOMED
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Yellow-belly : FRAIDYCAT
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New York and ___ Railroad, started in 1832 : ERIE
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Germ ___ (chromosome locale) : PLASM
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Museo displays : ARTE
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Decorator's canful : WALLPAINT
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Knight sight? : PLUME
40
Wasn't decisive : SEESAWED
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Pretended to be : SEEMED
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Enterprise, e.g. : STARSHIP
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Torturer : SADIST
47
Journeyman's teacher : ARTISAN
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"Don Carlos" princess : EBOLI
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Participate (in) : HAVEAROLE
55
White poplar : ABELE
56
Alley availability : OPENLANES
57
St. ___ Falls, Mich. : MARYS
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Marathoner's woe, maybe : SOREKNEES
Down
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It may be cold : SNAP
2
Extinguish : KILL
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Manco Capac, e.g. : INCA
4
RC Cola brand : NEHI
5
Marked for inclusion : STETTED
6
Tediously stupid persons, in slang : GOMERS
7
"Love Me Do" vis-à-vis "P.S. I Love You" : ASIDE
8
Musical notes : MIS
9
Certain phone no. : EXT
10
Deer herding area : LAPLAND
11
Lake Superior attraction : ISLEROYALE
12
Cartoonist Drake : STAN
13
Have an interest in interest : LEND
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Piccadilly Circus statue : EROS
20
Obscure : BEDIM
22
Legman's list : ERRANDS
23
Antichrist, in Revelation, with "the" : BEAST
24
Has a plug : CHEWS
25
Dike, Eunomia and Irene : HORAE
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Miss by ___ : AMILE
27
Is mildly embarrassed : FEELSSILLY
29
Rugby formation : SCRUM
30
Wonderland phrase : EATME
31
Knight mare? : STEED
33
Ace : FLIER
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Handle roughly : PAWAT
38
Pushovers : PATSIES
39
Certain motivator : PEPTALK
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Nadia Boulanger's "La ___" : SIRENE
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"The Dolly Sisters" co-star : HAVER
44
Petticoat junction? : SEAM
45
Coptic bishop's title : ABBA
46
Hardly a side-liner : DOER
48
1979 revolution site : IRAN
49
Loudness unit : SONE
50
Nautical adverb : ALEE
51
Dull finish? : NESS
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Xmas sounds : HOS
54
V-mail address : APO

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

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