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New York Times, Tuesday, July 14, 1998

Author:
Raymond Hamel
Editor:
Will Shortz
11-Down : Completed
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271/22/19946/19/20061
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1.6015145%
Raymond Hamel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Hamel. Tuesday freshness: 21%
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© 1998, The New York Times7/14/98 ( No. 17,780 )
Across
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Legally impedes : ESTOPS
7
May school event, often : PROM
11
Like 1, 3 or 7 : ODD
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Filled with the old school spirit : RAHRAH
15
The last Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
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By way of : VIA
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Spreading tree : ELM
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Legal offense : CRIME
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Main bloodline : AORTA
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Hair division : PART
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Pharmaceutical-approving org. : FDA
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Cut dramatically : SLASH
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Not quite closed : AJAR
35
Life force, in Eastern philosophy : CHI
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Luke's mentor, in "Star Wars" : YODA
37
Bombastic : GASSY
39
Bunny's tail : SCUT
40
When repeated, a dance : CHA
41
Bulging earthenware vessel : OLLA
42
Legal setting : COURT
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Toward the tiller : AFT
48
Meadow murmurs : BAAS
49
Jellied dish : ASPIC
52
Young seal : WHELP
54
Sign of success : SRO
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Little ___, 60's singer : EVA
61
Disney's "___ of the South" : SONG
62
Runoff point : RAVINE
63
Actress Susan : DEY
64
Tarzan's home : TREE
65
Canine covering : ENAMEL
Down
1
Highlands tongue : ERSE
2
Political comic Mort : SAHL
3
Relative of Geo. and Robt. : THOM
4
Hart Trophy winner, 1970-72 : ORR
5
1987 Wimbledon winner : PATCASH
6
Steinhauer of the L.P.G.A. : SHERRI
7
Sonnet, e.g. : POEM
8
Teased mercilessly : RODE
9
Switch settings : ONS
10
El toro's opponent : MATADOR
11
Completed : OVER
12
Weight loss plan : DIET
13
Spreadsheet numbers : DATA
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Silents star Naldi : NITA
19
Speckled horse : ROAN
23
Leaning Tower's city : PISA
24
Come apart at the seams : FRAY
25
Course in which to study Freud : PSYCH
26
Wahine's welcome : ALOHA
27
Kind of beacon : RADAR
28
Like Fran Drescher's voice : NASAL
29
What to wear when one goes beddy-bye : PJS
30
Come to pass : OCCUR
31
"Star Trek" lieutenant : UHURA
32
___-gritty : NITTY
37
Overabundance : GLUT
38
The whole enchilada : ALL
39
Drunkards : SOTS
41
Thrown away : OFFCAST
42
Johnny Appleseed's real surname : CHAPMAN
44
Seriously wound : MAIM
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"Yeah, sure!" : IBET
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Aplenty : GALORE
49
Like some cheddar cheese : AGED
50
P.G.A. Masters champion Ballesteros : SEVE
51
Talk in church : PRAY
52
Go downhill : WANE
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Bigger than the both of us : HUGE
54
Fat-free, as milk : SKIM
55
Russo of "In the Line of Fire" : RENE
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Hurler Hershiser : OREL
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Neither's partner : NOR
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Gardner of "The Barefoot Contessa" : AVA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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