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New York Times, Monday, June 15, 1998

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Have memorized
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QUXZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Ms. Salomon. Monday freshness: 77%
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© 1998, The New York Times6/15/98 ( No. 17,751 )
Across
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Sound astonished : GASP
5
"Hound Dog" man : ELVIS
10
Chicken bite : PECK
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"Tell ___ My Heart" (1987 hit) : ITTO
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Nickels and dimes : COINS
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Author Hunter : EVAN
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One who runs a jail? : JOINTOWNER
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Fiddler while Rome burned : NERO
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Alpha's opposite : OMEGA
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___ school (doctor's training) : MED
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Chronic nag : SHREW
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Twisty curve : ESS
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Broach, as a subject : LEADINTO
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Toe woe : CORN
28
Direct path : BEELINE
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Gas pump rating : OCTANE
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Adds to the mixture : BLENDSIN
36
Undecided : TORN
37
Something to believe : CREED
39
"___ kleine Nachtmusik" : EINE
40
Overfrequently : TOOOFTEN
42
TV's Greene and Michaels : LORNES
44
Seasoned vets : OLDPROS
45
Pianist Myra : HESS
46
First in time : EARLIEST
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Long time : AGE
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Hardly any : SCANT
54
Chicken ___ king : ALA
55
Waned : EBBED
57
Walk the waiting room : PACE
58
Sautéing, jail-style? : STIRFRYING
60
Partner of "done with" : OVER
61
Poke fun at : TEASE
62
Singer Adams : EDIE
63
Kennedy and Turner : TEDS
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Viper : ADDER
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Views : SEES
Down
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Army figure : GIJOE
2
Parts of molecules : ATOMS
3
Hogs' homes : STIES
4
Ping-___ : PONG
5
Environmentalist's prefix : ECO
6
One at the bottom of the totem pole : LOWMAN
7
Grew like ivy : VINED
8
Worse than awful, foodwise : INEDIBLE
9
Kazakhstan, once: Abbr. : SSR
10
Jail cells? : PENHOLDERS
11
Always : EVER
12
Give a hoot : CARE
13
Have memorized : KNOW
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Hawk's grabber : TALON
22
British submachine gun : STEN
25
___ Set (kid's builder) : ERECTOR
26
Pokes fun at : NEEDLES
27
Jail keys? : CANOPENERS
29
"The doctor ___" : ISIN
30
Prime time hour : NINE
31
Chemical endings : ENES
32
Director Preminger : OTTO
33
Groovy : COOL
34
Tramped (on) : TROD
35
London's Big ___ : BEN
38
Put back on the agenda : RESLATED
41
"Animal House" grp. : FRAT
43
Blender maker : OSTER
45
Final transport : HEARSE
47
Story of Achilles : ILIAD
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Put up with : ABIDE
49
Magical wish granter : GENIE
50
Noses (out) : EDGES
51
TV commercial : SPOT
52
Bat's home : CAVE
53
Scored 100 on : ACED
56
Tournament passes : BYES
58
Train terminal: Abbr. : STA
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Not agin : FER

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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