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New York Times, Thursday, June 24, 1999

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Down : Housefly larva
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Jim Page

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 116 for Mr. Page. Thursday freshness: 36%
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© 1999, The New York Times6/24/99 ( No. 18,125 )
Across
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Fed a line : CUED
5
Warning sound : HISS
9
Space Invaders game company : ATARI
14
Snake farm supply : ANTIVENOM
16
Image maker : PRMAN
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Series of cream cheese commercials? : SCHMEARCAMPAIGN
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Source of some allergic reactions : HAY
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Hurricane dir. : NNE
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He KO'd Foreman : ALI
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Offering to voters : SLATE
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Fruit-filled meringue dessert : ANGELPIE
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Believe, informally : BUY
30
Makes it? : TAGS
31
Cytoplasm substance : RNA
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Blender brand : OSTER
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___ importance : OFNO
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Health store offering : TOFU
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Filthy comedy act? : SCHTICKINTHEMUD
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Speaker of the Tribe : TRIS
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Football Hall-of-Famer Yale ___ : LARY
42
Together : ASONE
43
"Jurassic Park" mathematician ___ Malcolm : IAN
44
Mushroom parts : CAPS
45
Canary Isl. locale : ATL
46
Bars have one : AGELIMIT
48
Tired : STALE
51
Oxygen site: Abbr. : ICU
52
Draft call? : ALE
53
Remain : ARE
55
Lugged? : SCHLEPPEDAROUND
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Garden-variety : USUAL
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Mayor-turned-Senator, 1992 : FEINSTEIN
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Chipmunk-cheeked comics girl : NANCY
64
Tiny payment : CENT
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La ___ Tar Pits : BREA
Down
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Like some payouts : CASH
2
Tragic Cooper character : UNCAS
3
Refinery product : ETHYL
4
Obtuse : DIM
5
1995 Literature Nobelist from Ireland : HEANEY
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Subject preceder : INRE
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S.P.C.A. part: Abbr. : SOC
8
Wee, to Burns : SMA
9
Washington is known for them : APPLES
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Lag : TRAIL
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"___ Blue" : AMI
12
Toe-tapping tune : RAG
13
Comfort ___ : INN
15
1964 U.S. Open winner Ken : VENTURI
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Housefly larva : MAGGOT
23
Aids : ABETS
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Initially : ATFIRST
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Tot watcher : NANNY
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Trailer : PROMO
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Playfully : INFUN
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___ Cologne : EAUDE
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Old Roman port : OSTIA
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Rawboned animal : SCRAG
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It was once yours : THINE
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Animal of the Congo Valley : OKAPI
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Electrical pioneer : TESLA
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Stop talking : CLAMUP
39
Milliners : HATTERS
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Actress Tyson : CICELY
45
Obliquely : ASLANT
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Sachet scent : LILAC
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Popular A.M. host : LAUER
50
Bushmiller who drew 63-Across : ERNIE
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Point before "game" : ADIN
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___ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
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Tan : SUN
56
Civil War inits. : CSA
57
Pillager : HUN
58
Rating at Ft. Bragg : PFC
59
Wide spec. : EEE
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Where to play favorites?: Abbr. : OTB

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5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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