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New York Times, Tuesday, December 29, 1998

Author:
Susan Harrington Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Down : Hare's tail
TotalDebutLatest
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Susan Harrington Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJKWXZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Smith. Tuesday freshness: 53%
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© 1998, The New York Times12/29/98 ( No. 17,948 )
Across
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Shells, for short : AMMO
5
"Not on ___!" : ABET
9
Mark left by Zorro? : SCAR
13
Instrument for an étude : PIANO
15
Pre-stereo : MONO
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Dramatic entrance announcement : TADA
17
Blooper : ERROR
18
Verve : BRIO
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Hertz rival : AVIS
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Little guy getting the third degree? : GRILLEDSHRIMP
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Wee, to Burns : SMA
25
"Gosh!" : GEE
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Kind of crew : MOTLEY
27
Neatly combed curmudgeon? : CURRIEDCRAB
31
Hunter in the night sky : ORION
32
Lamp type : HALOGEN
36
Filmmaker Jacques : TATI
37
Lesley of "60 Minutes" : STAHL
39
___ Penh, Cambodia : PNOM
41
Ropes, as a dogie : LASSOES
43
Cartoon "Mr." : MAGOO
44
Gambling locale for the taciturn? : CLAMSCASINO
47
French dramatist Antonin ___ : ARTAUD
51
Sounds from Santa : HOS
52
Fishing aid : NET
53
Bright-red unglazed china? : LOBSTERBISQUE
57
They may clash in business : EGOS
58
Shower : RAIN
59
Addicts : USERS
62
Letter for Gandalf : RUNE
63
Tied : EVEN
64
Sign up : ENROL
65
Caddie's bagful : TEES
66
Withhold, as funds : DENY
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Concerning : ASTO
Down
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Mimic : APE
2
Russian space station : MIR
3
Tequila drink : MARGARITA
4
___ about (circa) : ONOR
5
Sauntered : AMBLED
6
Word with crashing or tidal : BORE
7
Sir Geraint's wife : ENID
8
Like Cinderella's slipper, to her stepsisters : TOOSMALL
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Jump involuntarily : START
10
Quibble : CAVIL
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"...can you spare ___?" : ADIME
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Grating : RASPY
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Beginning : ORIGIN
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Jeans brand : LEE
22
Tramp : HOBO
23
Robert Burns, for one : SCOT
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Subway artwork : MURAL
28
Louis-Philippe and others : ROIS
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Gulf : CHASM
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"Yay, team!" : RAH
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3.7 and 4.0, e.g. : GPAS
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Train V.I.P.'s : ENGINEERS
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Nary a soul : NOONE
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Fused : SOLDERED
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4:00 gathering : TEA
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No longer worth discussing : MOOT
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Hare's tail : SCUT
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Poe's "The ___ of the Red Death" : MASQUE
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Climb, in a way : SHINNY
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Fortune 500 listings: Abbr. : COS
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On the qui vive : ALERT
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Scamp : ROGUE
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Dinner leftover for Bowser : TBONE
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Donkeys : ASSES
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Carry on : RAVE
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"Très ___!" : BIEN
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Annapolis sch. : USNA
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Twaddle : ROT
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___-pitch softball : SLO

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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