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New York Times, Thursday, September 9, 1999

Author:
Sam Bellotto Jr.
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Empty
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Sam Bellotto Jr.

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Bellotto. Thursday freshness: 28%
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J
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A
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M
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B
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R
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I
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B
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A
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D
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D
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P
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T
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H
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A
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E
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S
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R
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M
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T
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Y
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T
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A
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I
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T
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E
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L
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A
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S
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D
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O
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P
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K
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W
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© 1999, The New York Times9/9/99 ( No. 18,202 )
Across
1
Frame part : JAMB
5
"Spare" items : RIBS
9
Like an unfiltered cigarette, maybe : HARSH
14
Like Edmund in "King Lear" : EVIL
15
Work in the cutting room : EDIT
16
1935 Kentucky Derby winner : OMAHA
17
Lady Macbeth's last words : TOBEDTOBEDTOBED
20
Tangle up : ENSNARL
21
Put up : RISKED
22
Pair : DUO
23
Put forward : POSE
24
Julius's last words : THENFALLCAESAR
31
___ juice (milk) : MOO
32
Neat : TIDY
33
Soupçon : TRACE
34
The Beatles' "___ Love Her" : ANDI
36
Item on a rod : TOWEL
39
x or y, e.g. : AXIS
40
Strait-laced : STAID
42
Round sandwich : OREO
44
D.C. setting : EDT
45
Othello's last words : TODIEUPONAKISS
49
Slightly : ATAD
50
___ Kan dog food : KAL
51
Eventually : ONEDAY
54
Empty : DEPLETE
58
Cleopatra's last words : WHATSHOULDISTAY
60
Night, in Napoli : NOTTE
61
Course, in education lingo : UNIT
62
Sister of Emily and Charlotte : ANNE
63
It may be found in an elevator : WHEAT
64
Arrangement: Prefix : TAXO
65
Goes on and on and... : YAKS
Down
1
Ballet jump : JETE
2
Revlon rival : AVON
3
Game of marbles : MIBS
4
Zinc sulfide : BLENDE
5
Modernize, as an airplane : RETROFIT
6
Teen magazine profilee : IDOL
7
Lobster eater's need : BIB
8
Unsaturated alcohol : STEROL
9
Uncomfortable situation : HOTSEAT
10
In a frenzy : AMOK
11
"Hurlyburly" playwright : RABE
12
Slough off : SHED
13
Hornswoggled : HAD
18
Dishearten : DAUNT
19
Piece from the game Othello : DISC
23
It comes in 4 x 8 pieces : PLYWOOD
24
Sidekick of early TV : TONTO
25
Surfer wannabe : HODAD
26
Busyness : ADO
27
Diamond stat : ERA
28
Cannonball Adderley's equipment : SAXES
29
Tummy troublers : ACIDS
30
Sit a spell : REST
31
It's rigged : MAST
35
"Rocky ___" : III
37
Sea cliff dweller : ERN
38
Gave, as secret documents : LEAKEDTO
41
Resolved : DEADSET
43
Animal with stripes : OKAPI
46
Four Corners toucher : UTAH
47
Shareholder's bonus : PAYOUT
48
"Amen!" : ILLSAY
51
"Here comes trouble!" : OHOH
52
Hoopster Archibald : NATE
53
Singer James : ETTA
54
Year in Pelagius I's papacy : DLIX
55
Sight from Taormina : ETNA
56
Propane holder : TANK
57
Surveys : EYES
58
Madrid-to-Ávila dir. : WNW
59
Acapulco article : UNA

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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