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New York Times, Wednesday, October 21, 1998

Author:
Matt Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Down : Shines
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
587/24/19949/6/20001
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1401615157
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6152461%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 46 for Mr. Gaffney. Wednesday freshness: 53%
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© 1998, The New York Times10/21/98 ( No. 17,879 )
Across
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U. of Maryland athletes : TERPS
6
Grape place : VINE
10
Traditional pooch name : SPOT
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Love to death : ADORE
15
"___ your pardon!" : IBEG
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Cold capital : OSLO
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Greek metropolis? : NUYORKCITY
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Tool for a prisoner's escape, maybe : FILE
20
Goes head-to-head : VIES
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Local lingo : PATOIS
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O.K.'s from city hall : PERMITS
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Conflict : STRIFE
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Terry McMillan's "Waiting to ___" : EXHALE
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Tipped individual : WAITER
30
XX : SCORE
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Longtime Bears coach George : HALAS
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Green's prefix : ECO
35
Power Rangers and such : TOYS
36
Old English dialect : SAXON
37
Express glee : CLAP
38
Noted Japanese-American : ONO
39
Best Actress of 1961 : LOREN
40
Make eyes, maybe : FLIRT
41
Seizes : USURPS
43
Shoulder extension : SLEEVE
44
Moving needs : CRATES
45
Unable to eat another bite : STUFFED
46
Result of a bad bite? : RABIES
47
Potpie ingredients : PEAS
48
One-a-Day ingredient : IRON
49
Greek's fanciful thinking? : PIINTHESKY
55
Fizzless : FLAT
56
Lofty works : ODES
57
Spooky : EERIE
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Nonmuscular parts : FATS
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Ran : TORE
60
Narrow vents : SLITS
Down
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Trig. ratio : TAN
2
Part of some E-mail addresses : EDU
3
Dale's man : ROY
4
Shark, so to speak : PRO
5
Humbly yielding : SERVILE
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Drinking and others : VICES
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Sacred bird of the Nile : IBIS
8
Make after expenses : NET
9
Like hieroglyphics : EGYPTIAN
10
Pushover : SOFTIE
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Greek's lessening of anxiety? : PSIOFRELIEF
12
North of Virginia : OLLIE
13
There are five per foot : TOES
18
Swallow-tailed bird : KITE
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These may be fine : ARTS
23
Italian sauce : PESTO
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One who no longer has life? : EXCON
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Greek's chant on a trireme? : RHOYOURBOAT
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Olympus Mons site : MARS
27
Where dos get done : SALON
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Shines : WAXES
31
Heavenly host? : HARPS
33
Perform a Thanksgiving task : CARVE
34
Chose : OPTED
36
Sensitive area : SORESPOT
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Pitch indicator : CLEF
39
Guitar relative : LUTE
40
Some good hands : FLUSHES
42
Superdome team : SAINTS
43
"ER" command : STAT
44
"Cheers" waitress : CARLA
45
Hearing, say : SENSE
46
Bit of jazz : RIFF
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Dock : PIER
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Phrase of commitment : IDO
51
One making twists and turns : EEL
52
___ Lanka : SRI
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Mess ___ : KIT
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Nodded answer : YES

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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