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New York Times, Friday, February 26, 1999

Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : Difference in apparent direction, in astronomy
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Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FJQ} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Friday freshness: 21%
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© 1999, The New York Times2/26/99 ( No. 18,007 )
Across
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Big name in beer : PABST
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"Cooperstown" star, 1993 : ARKIN
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Tooth dr.'s org. : ADA
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Be taken with : ADORE
15
Pico de ___ (12,000-foot volcano on the Canary Islands) : TEIDE
16
Snaps : PIX
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Kidneylike : RENAL
18
Master manipulator : OSTEOPATH
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___ vapeur (steamed) : ALA
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Cap : LIMIT
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Pigeonhole : NICHE
24
Earth movers : LANDSLIDES
27
"___ Team" : THEA
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"___ With a Z" (1972 Emmy-winning show) : LIZA
29
Extended operatic solo : SCENA
30
Drove : HERD
31
"Gunsmoke" Doc : ADAMS
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Like high-strung horses : SNORTY
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Letters in some ratings : XES
36
Literally, "traveling companion" : SPUTNIK
38
Relief provider? : MAP
41
Small-time : TWOBIT
42
Watch name since 1894 : OMEGA
44
1997 Philip Kerr best-selling mystery : ESAU
47
Fighter of the Sioux : OMAHA
49
Teen ___ : IDOL
50
This may be hard to date : NERD
51
16th-century Italian composer, subject of a 1917 German opera : PALESTRINA
53
Former insider : EXCON
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Gardener, at times : RAKER
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Year Martial died : CIV
57
Middle weight? : SPARETIRE
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Floor : AMAZE
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One way to ship : COD
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Mead base : HONEY
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Kitchen utensil : PARER
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Suffix with Capri : OTE
65
Think pieces? : IDEAS
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Starting points : SEEDS
Down
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Difference in apparent direction, in astronomy : PARALLAX
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City NE of Kangaroo Island : ADELAIDE
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Windfalls : BONANZAS
4
Overseas title: Abbr. : SRA
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Goes public : TELLS
6
1950's cold war development : ATOMICSUBMARINE
7
Living room? : RESIDENTIALAREA
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1921 hit piano tune : KITTENONTHEKEYS
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Suffix with sulf- : IDE
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Hardly drab : NEON
11
Kind of helicopter : APACHE
12
State : DITHER
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Helve attachment : AXHEAD
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Concise : PITHY
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Parisian pronoun : ILS
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Water gate : DAM
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Part of it is draped over the shoulder : SARI
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Hurricane hdg. : SSW
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Ring letters : TKO
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Lowdown : POOP
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What a portion of all wages goes for : MEDICARE
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Sweated : AGONIZED
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Conferences : PALAVERS
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House of two Henrys : TUDOR
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Successor to Salyut 7 : MIR
44
Violinist Georges : ENESCO
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Bombshell, so to speak : SEXPOT
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Game keeper? : ARCADE
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Peer Gynt's mother : ASE
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Game keepers? : TRAPS
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Classic soft drink : NEHI
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"___ und Verklärung" (Richard Strauss opus) : TOD
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Pearl Bailey's middle name : MAE

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

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