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New York Times, Saturday, June 12, 1999

Author:
Matt Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : Back problem
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
587/24/19949/6/20001
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1.6152461%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 51 for Mr. Gaffney. Saturday freshness: 20%
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© 1999, The New York Times6/12/99 ( No. 18,113 )
Across
1
Kills : STRIKESDOWN
12
Dupes : HAS
15
"Voilà!" : THEREYOUARE
16
Monopoly abbr. : AVE
17
Becomes a new person : REGENERATES
18
Short-haired cat breed : REX
19
Grandiosity : AWESOMENESS
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Hang out, perhaps : DRY
21
Him, in Heidelberg : IHN
22
They keep you going : INERTIAS
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Knickknack : NOTION
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1975 Pulitzer winner for criticism : EBERT
30
Certain pitch : SIDEARM
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Marian Anderson, for one : ALTO
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Iowa Senator : CHARLESGRASSLEY
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Home to some elephants : ASIA
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Desperate : DOORDIE
42
Certain infection : STREP
44
Far from uninterested : ENRAPT
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Slightly off-key : FLATTISH
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Seek damages, say : SUE
54
Pacific paste : POI
56
Custodians, e.g. : MAINTAINERS
59
Hacker : AXE
60
Fates : PREDESTINES
61
Set : GEL
62
View from Ancona : ADRIATICSEA
63
Cut out : END
64
Roll top? : SESAMESEEDS
Down
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Back problem : STRAIN
2
Woodstock act : THEWHO
3
Governor : REGENT
4
Burns up : IRES
5
Vegas offering : KENO
6
Tending to gather information visually : EYEMINDED
7
Existentialist Kierkegaard : SOREN
8
One of the Allman Brothers : DUANE
9
One might be shot on the range : OATER
10
Usurp : WREST
11
Supermarket tabloid subject : NESSIE
12
Certain pitch : HARDSELL
13
Say so : AVER
14
Hot : SEXY
23
Bully, often : ABASER
25
Name given to Jacob after he wrestled with the angel : ISRAEL
26
Semi liquid : OIL
28
Delivery path: Abbr. : RTE
29
Bathtub submarine, e.g. : TOY
31
This, in Toledo : ESO
32
It may appear after a long time : AGO
33
Education, initially : RRR
34
Flew : MADEHASTE
36
French matter : CAS
37
Potsdam Conference attendee: Abbr. : HST
38
Tower's locale : AIRFIELD
39
Epitome of ugliness? : SIN
43
Argentine area : PAMPAS
45
"Ayn Rand: ___ of Life" (Oscar-nominated documentary) : ASENSE
46
Turned to mush : PUREED
47
Characters in "Romola" and "The Gondoliers" : TESSAS
49
Afternoon: Sp. : TARDE
50
Arena parts : TIERS
51
Forster novel setting : INDIA
52
Letter opener, at times : STEAM
54
Leaf unit : PAGE
55
Span pair : OXEN
57
"Really?" : ITIS
58
"Good one!" : NICE

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

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