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New York Times, Saturday, June 26, 1999

Author:
John Wolting
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Down : One in a trap?
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John Wolting

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQWXYZ} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Wolting. Saturday freshness: 67%
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© 1999, The New York Times6/26/99 ( No. 18,127 )
Across
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Dogged : HARASSED
9
Emulate a sailor : CUSS
13
Beat : OVERCAME
14
Food in Exodus 16 : MANNA
15
Put new parts on, in a way : RETROFIT
16
Fine nets : TULLES
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Indian poet ___ Aurobindo : SRI
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Seven-time Best Actor nominee : PETEROTOOLE
20
Jean Racine tragedy : ESTHER
22
On the fence : NEUTRAL
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League divisions : MILES
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Test subject, often : STEROID
25
Like 60 : EVEN
26
Go directly and quickly : BEELINE
27
"Waking ___ Devine" (1998 comedy) : NED
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One who litters : CAT
29
Slalom segment : ESS
30
Levantine land: Abbr. : ISR
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It's touching : CONTACT
35
Grooving on : INTO
36
Light reading? : BOOKLET
37
Photography lens : MACRO
38
Like Popeye vis-à-vis Wimpy : MANLIER
39
Express team? : PONIES
40
Arrivals after the fall : CAINANDABEL
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It has an adjustable nose : SST
43
Twinings product : OOLONG
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Winner in a well-known upset : TORTOISE
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Three-time A.L. batting champ : BRETT
47
Do one's darnedest : ENDEAVOR
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Remain : BIDE
49
Promenades : SAUNTERS
Down
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Biblical quartet : HORSEMEN
2
Antipathetical : AVERSIVE
3
Like some shows in syndication : RETITLED
4
Music sheet abbr. : ARR
5
Darrow defended him : SCOPES
6
Comparatively careful : SAFER
7
Issue : EMIT
8
Negotiation result : DETENTE
9
A soft drink may have one : CALORIE
10
Confess in a big way : UNLOAD
11
1500-meter winner at the 1964 Olympics : SNELL
12
Freelancer's enc. : SASE
14
Butchers' offerings : MUTTONS
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One in a trap? : TOURIST
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Campaign poster word : REELECT
21
Mothering type : HEN
24
Like some scores : SETTLED
26
Passing notes : BANKING
28
Nuclear reactor need : COOLANT
30
Sharp : INCISIVE
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Job change or marriage, psychologically speaking : STRESSOR
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Certain alarms : ROOSTERS
33
Imply : CONNOTE
34
Makes bubbly : AERATES
35
Ziering of "Beverly Hills 90210" : IAN
36
Dealt with a leak, maybe : BAILED
37
Like the golden calf : MOLTEN
38
Polynesian language : MAORI
39
Concealed : PERDU
40
He had 892 steals : COBB
41
___ Dea (Roman fertility goddess) : BONA
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Kind of grass : OAT

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