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New York Times, Friday, April 23, 1999

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : They're good at drilling
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQWY} This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Estes. Friday freshness: 32%
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© 1999, The New York Times4/23/99 ( No. 18,063 )
Across
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"Diana" singer : PAULANKA
9
Singer Diana : ROSS
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Market manipulation : ARBITRAGE
15
Untouchables, e.g. : CASTE
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Person with a whip : LIONTAMER
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Valuable fur : OTTER
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Aquarist's annoyance : LEAK
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"May ___ to You" (Eddie Fisher's theme) : ISING
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Upbeat tune : RAG
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Aviation introduction of 1968 : SST
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Water ___ : PIK
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Disclose : CONFIDE
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Tears into : HASAT
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One of the Brady bunch : MARCIA
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Charged : VITALIZED
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"Suzanne" songwriter : COHEN
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By and by : ANON
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Health class segment, for short : SEXED
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It may come before we forget : LEST
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Sources of prized roe : SHADS
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Their creations may sting : SATIRISTS
43
Is crabby? : SIDLES
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Part of 22-Across : SONIC
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Removes (oneself) : ABSENTS
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Wassail alternative : NOG
49
Hanging spot : PEG
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Tanked : LIT
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"You ___ mouthful!" : SAIDA
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Stick, in Seville : PALO
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Make up : ATONE
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Square in a restaurant : BUTTERPAT
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Bullyboys : GOONS
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Troop recital : SCOUTOATH
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"House of Frankenstein" director ___ C. Kenton : ERLE
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They're worked by potters : TREADLES
Down
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Has a wearying effect : PALLS
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Golden Fleece's source : ARIES
3
"Das Boot" setting : UBOAT
4
It may be hot on the Web : LINK
5
Legal advocate: Abbr. : ATT
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Supporter of arms, for short : NRA
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W.W. II menaces : KAMIKAZES
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Mellows : AGES
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Pack animal? : RAT
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Head hiders : OSTRICHES
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Best on the balance beam, perhaps : STEADIEST
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They're good at drilling : SERGEANTS
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Language writer Partridge : ERIC
15
Café royale ingredient : COGNAC
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Annuaire téléphonique listing : NOM
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"Be a ___!" : PAL
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Her symbol was a cow : ISIS
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Emulate a 17-Across : FROLIC
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Moniker : HANDLE
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It has a heart, in song : TEXAS
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The lord's servants : VASSALAGE
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Anticatalyst : INHIBITOR
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Death cup, e.g. : TOADSTOOL
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Percussion cap, e.g. : DETONATOR
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"Serpico" producer De Laurentiis : DINO
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Sanity : SENSES
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Good buddy's transport : RIG
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Letting-off point: Abbr. : STA
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They're all in the family : SIBS
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Kind of cross : PAPAL
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Cause to beam : ELATE
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Barbarians : GOTHS
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It brings tears to one's eyes : DUCT
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Elbow : PROD
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Pilothouse abbr. : NNE
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Datebook abbr. : TUE
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Certain fraternity chapter : ETA

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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