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New York Times, Saturday, April 19, 1997

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Down : Best Actor of 1958
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQXY} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 38%
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© 1997, The New York Times4/19/97 ( No. 17,329 )
Across
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Happy hour patter, perhaps : SHOPTALK
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Check : ARREST
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Telephone option : CALLERID
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Bank, often : LIENOR
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Not facing one's problems : INDENIAL
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Curb : STIFLE
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Sanctioned : OKED
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I-XII locale : DIAL
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Novelist Bagnold et al. : ENIDS
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Former Serbian capital : NIS
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Piques : SNITS
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Troop carrier: Abbr. : LST
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Fixes : SETS
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Tenets : DOGMA
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Clinch : NAIL
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Kind of bed : TWIN
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Cut : ABRIDGE
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Teach : SCHOOL
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"The Three ___" (old ballad) : RAVENS
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Ascribe (to) : CHALKUP
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Stopping point? : DIME
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Fair attraction : RIDE
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Uris novel : TOPAZ
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Toy ball material : NERF
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Tide alternative : ALL
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Malaga mister : SENOR
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Wreath : LEI
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Weaken : BLUNT
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Prettily decorated : GILT
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Gardener's purchase : LIME
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More gaunt : BONIER
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Like some resorts : SEASONAL
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Was charmed, with "out" : LUCKED
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Official : ONRECORD
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Some liquid solvents : ETHERS
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Associations : NETWORKS
Down
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Progeny : SCIONS
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Monogram bearer : HANKIE
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From furthest back : OLDEST
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Responded in court : PLED
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King beater, in pinochle : TEN
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Dry : ARID
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Contact : LIAISON
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"Constant Craving" singer : KDLANG
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The Unsers of racing : ALS
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Baptism and others : RITES
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Check : REIN
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Facing mirrors, in architecture : ENFILADE
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Real estate posting : SOLDSIGN
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Some bridges : TRESTLES
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City north of Dayton : LIMA
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Valued Persian carpet : TABRIZ
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Tiptoed : STOLE
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Cut, in a way : DILUTE
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Best Actor of 1958 : NIVEN
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Specialized kitchenware item : WOK
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Stuff : RAM
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Claw (at) : SCRABBLE
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Cool it : CHILLOUT
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Met with someone, in a way : HADLUNCH
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Pioneer video game : PONG
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Singer Love of 60's pop : DARLENE
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Corrupt : POISON
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Donahue of "Father Knows Best" : ELINOR
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Mention : REMARK
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Answers skillfully : FIELDS
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Direct : STEER
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Greek goddess of victory : NIKE
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Snippy : TART
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Over the edge, so to speak : LOCO
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Map abbreviations : RDS
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Finalize, with "up" : SEW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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