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New York Times, Friday, January 15, 1999

Author:
John Wolting
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Down : Duty
TotalDebutLatest
1412/19/19971/21/2000
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10000121
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1.525868%
John Wolting

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Wolting. Friday freshness: 24%
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© 1999, The New York Times1/15/99 ( No. 17,965 )
Across
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Chopin's style : ROMANTICISM
12
Sites for bites : LUNCHEONETTES
14
Stop dreaming : COMEDOWNTOEARTH
16
Parts of royal regalia : ORBS
17
A mail carrier has one: Abbr. : RTE
18
Copy : MIMEO
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Harris of "thirtysomething" : MEL
20
One carrying a back pack : ASS
21
Fox sci-fi series : SLIDERS
23
Brother-to-be : PLEDGE
25
1956 crisis site : SUEZ
26
Course abbr. : NNE
27
Hitchcockian : EERIE
28
Parts of hearts : VALVES
30
Job for a speech coach : LISP
31
Christmas decoration : HOLLY
32
Salt mines : PITS
36
Bowman of hockey : SCOTTY
38
Russian retreat : DACHA
39
Pendleton of Dr. Kildare films : NAT
42
Follow : OBEY
43
Tribulation : MISERY
44
Much-admired First Lady : ELEANOR
46
Burn source, sometimes : RUG
47
Wax producer : BEE
48
Ranges : ROAMS
49
Woody Herman's "___ Autumn" : TIS
50
Prove durable : WEAR
51
Precalamity pronouncement : FAMOUSLASTWORDS
55
Stars produce it : NUCLEARENERGY
56
Stiff examinations? : POSTMORTEMS
Down
1
Gang fighters : RUMBLERS
2
People : ONES
3
Fast-food chain, in the ad biz : MCD
4
Ponied up? : AHORSE
5
Red-spotted creatures : NEWTS
6
Kind of poem : TONE
7
Investment consideration: Abbr. : INT
8
Business big : CEO
9
Catalogue : ITEMIZE
10
Far from flighty : STAID
11
Half-humans of folklore : MERMEN
12
Siren : LORELEI
13
Finger-wagging : STERN
14
Drive : COMPEL
15
It can go to blazes : HOSE
20
Get on : AGE
21
Disgrace : SULLY
22
Duty : LEVY
24
Falls off : DIPS
25
Full of four-letter words : SALTY
28
Ticket examiner : VOTER
29
They have springs : SPAS
31
Bindle bearer : HOBO
33
Seafaring dangers : ICEBERGS
34
Lacking fullness, as the voice : THREADY
35
"Strong Poison" author : SAYERS
37
Attachés : CONSULS
38
Groove on : DIG
39
Toy ball brand : NERF
40
Float ___ : ALOAN
41
Join hands (with) : TEAMUP
43
"You ___!" ("No!") : MUSTNT
45
Shell alternative : AMOCO
46
Speaker's platform : RISER
49
Elephant's-ear : TARO
50
It may be on a hook : WORM
52
Fixed : SET
53
Take a powder : LAM
54
Like a Burnsian mouse : WEE

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

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