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New York Times, Saturday, September 5, 1998

Author:
Thomas W. Schier
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Most mephitic
TotalDebutLatest
2810/23/196710/18/2000
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CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.59791148%
Thomas W. Schier

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {BQZ} This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Schier. Saturday freshness: 6%
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W
2
E
3
S
4
A
5
L
6
L
7
I
8
E
9
L
10
I
11
V
12
E
13
R
14
E
X
C
15
I
S
I
O
N
S
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U
T
I
L
E
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S
T
I
N
K
I
E
S
T
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N
O
S
E
D
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T
R
E
E
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S
T
E
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E
D
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C
A
D
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H
A
N
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E
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D
S
E
L
S
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R
E
N
E
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A
C
C
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E
D
E
29
P
L
O
30
E
R
O
S
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M
T
E
T
N
A
32
S
E
T
33
A
P
A
R
T
34
H
A
D
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J
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S
E
R
A
37
F
38
I
39
N
I
S
H
E
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R
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R
E
V
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O
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T
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E
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E
R
I
C
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E
T
E
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I
C
E
M
A
N
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M
A
N
S
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A
L
P
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A
C
A
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A
R
G
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A
T
E
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A
T
I
L
T
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A
L
T
I
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L
E
P
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E
R
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N
A
H
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U
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A
T
L
A
N
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E
L
I
T
E
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E
C
O
S
P
H
E
R
E
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S
Y
N
C
S
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R
E
S
E
T
64
Y
E
S
© 1998, The New York Times9/5/98 ( No. 17,833 )
Across
1
First name in horror : WES
4
"The Mosquito Coast" hero : ALLIE
9
Iron-rich dish : LIVER
14
Removals : EXCISIONS
16
Worth keeping : UTILE
17
Most mephitic : STINKIEST
18
Sharp-___ : NOSED
19
Golfer's obstacle : TREE
20
Charger : STEED
22
Bad date, perhaps : CAD
23
Ch'in dynasty follower : HAN
24
Corsair, Ranger and Citation : EDSELS
26
Peace Nobelist Cassin : RENE
27
Acquiesce : ACCEDE
29
West Bank grp. : PLO
30
"Theogony" figure : EROS
31
Workshop of Hephaestus : MTETNA
32
Isolate : SETAPART
34
One of the Pillars of Islam : HADJ
36
Hospital supplies : SERA
37
Polish worker? : FINISHER
41
Election extension : REVOTE
45
"The True Believer" author Hoffer : ERIC
46
Chaud period : ETE
47
1984 Timothy Hutton film : ICEMAN
48
Old-___-beard (green lichen) : MANS
49
Silky wool source : ALPACA
51
Country on the Atl. : ARG
52
Took in a poor boy : ATE
53
With lance in hand : ATILT
54
Prefix with plano : ALTI
55
Kalaupapa colonist : LEPER
57
Mexican tongue : NAHUATLAN
60
The 400 : ELITE
61
Life-support system : ECOSPHERE
62
Lip-___ : SYNCS
63
Adjusted : RESET
64
Survey choice : YES
Down
1
Home of soccer's United : WESTHAM
2
Get to the root of? : EXTRACT
3
Kind of fair : SCIENCE
4
Break a rule in the military : ASK
5
Number of weeks per annum : LII
6
Mississippi Valley deposit : LOESS
7
Arch locales : INSTEPS
8
Actress Winwood and others : ESTELLES
9
"My Friend Irma" star : LUND
10
Yamaguchi's 1992 rival : ITO
11
Guts : VISCERA
12
Feminist Smeal : ELEANOR
13
Most embarrassed : REDDEST
15
Like Bach's Sonata No. 3 : INE
21
Secret : ESOTERIC
24
Purviance and O'Brien : EDNAS
25
Tie : DEADHEAT
26
Do some roadwork : REPAVE
28
Deontology : ETHICS
33
Betel nut source : ARECA
35
Boeing product : JETLINER
37
Does, for example : FEMALES
38
How hotheads react : IRATELY
39
Part of some splits : NINEPIN
40
Succeed : REPLACE
42
Longtime Dodgers owner : OMALLEY
43
Rarer than rare : TARTARE
44
35-Down's quartet : ENGINES
50
Fictional blade : ATHOS
53
He favored the Trojans : ARES
54
Part of N.C.A.A.: Abbr. : ATH
56
Abbr. after a comma : ETC
58
Consumption : USE
59
Quick-witted : APT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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