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New York Times, Thursday, November 11, 1999

Author:
Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
11-Down : Labor saver
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
11612/29/199311/26/200845
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2015151219278
RebusScrabDebutFresh
71.5252247%
Harvey Estes
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JKQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 43 for Mr. Estes. This is puzzle # 39 for Ms. Salomon. Thursday freshness: 44%
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© 1999, The New York Times11/11/99 ( No. 18,265 )
Across
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Fast food eponym : MCDONALD
9
Garners : REAPS
14
Prophetic : ORACULAR
15
Professor's protection : TENURE
16
Try out a bike, e.g. : TESTRIDE
17
"For Your Eyes Only" singer, 1981 : EASTON
18
Start of a quip from an exercisephobe? : WHOSAYSIAMNOT
20
Zoologist's foot : PES
21
Busch Stadium site: Abbr. : STL
22
Certain league: Abbr. : AMER
24
Better Business Bureau subject : FRAUD
27
"___ Santa Claus" (Angela Lansbury film) : MRS
28
Wreck but good : TRASH
29
Exercise room count : REPS
30
Give a line to : CUE
31
Easy on the eyes : PRETTY
32
Back : AGO
33
Middle of the quip : INSHAPE
35
Dr. Seuss's Sam ___ : IAM
36
Greenish-yellow : CITRON
38
Some TV drama sets : ERS
39
Matter of contention : BONE
40
Visibly scared : ASHEN
41
Bean cover : HAT
42
Military supply : TENTS
43
Rung : STEP
44
Musical gift : EAR
45
Berne's river : AAR
46
End of the quip : ROUNDISASHAPE
51
Threw off the scent : MISLED
52
Your highness? : ALTITUDE
54
Full of spunk : FEISTY
55
Hung around : LOITERED
56
Biblical bearers : ASSES
57
Shrill : STRIDENT
Down
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Word for word? : MOT
2
Vessel's complement : CREW
3
Track event : DASH
4
Army threat? : OCTOPUS
5
Cared for : NURSED
6
What a thief might go by : ALIAS
7
Madam : LADY
8
They precede opening nights : DRESSREHEARSALS
9
Printer's amount : REAM
10
Sucker : ENSNARE
11
Labor saver : AUTOMATION
12
Like Luther : PROTESTANT
13
One in a hundred: Abbr. : SEN
15
Cousin of a canvasback : TEAL
19
They're inhuman : ITS
23
Skirts and shirts, e.g. : RHYMES
24
Row : FRACAS
25
Record holders : REGISTRIES
26
Quintessence : APOTHEOSIS
27
Greek letters : MUS
28
Half of sei : TRE
30
King's domain? : CNN
31
Epistle appendage: Abbr. : PPS
33
+ or - item : ION
34
Knack : ART
37
Drive away : REPULSE
39
Blasted : BERATED
41
Yokohama "yes" : HAI
42
Land in a Gauguin landscape : TAHITI
44
Water whirled : EDDY
45
Full of activity : ASTIR
47
Clears : NETS
48
Scads : ALOT
49
Utter : PURE
50
First family's home : EDEN
51
Juilliard deg. : MFA
53
N.Y.C. summer setting : EDT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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