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New York Times, Wednesday, July 21, 1999

Author:
Noah Dephoure
Editor:
Will Shortz
2-Down : Actress Anderson
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Noah Dephoure

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Dephoure. Wednesday freshness: 13%
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© 1999, The New York Times7/21/99 ( No. 18,152 )
Across
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"The Colossus" poet : PLATH
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Brayer : ASS
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Gridiron stat : SACKS
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Nantes's river : LOIRE
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Ticketing place: Abbr. : STA
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Bring up the rear : TRAIL
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Sign up : ENROL
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How glasses may be seen : HALFEMPTY
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Flash cash? : DISPLAYBILLS
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Post-O.R. destination : ICU
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Kilmer of "The Island of Dr. Moreau" : VAL
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Secret employer, maybe : CIA
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Do a post-holiday chore? : DISCARDCATALOGS
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Sixth after alpha : ETA
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Dinosaur's weapon : TAIL
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Fancy car, for short : ROLLS
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Rascals : CADS
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Let slip : SPILL
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Blackthorn fruit : SLOE
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Hiplike : ILIAC
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Barroom fixture : NEON
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Physics subject : ION
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Come down from a great height? : DISMOUNTEVEREST
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Wolf down : EAT
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Pressure unit: Abbr. : PSI
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When the French fry : ETE
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What etymologists do? : DISCUSSWORDS
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"Bonanza" homestead : PONDEROSA
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Part of Mozart's art : OPERA
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Gloomy, in poetry : DREAR
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Race unit : LEG
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Ask for another year : RENEW
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Low cards : TREYS
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Victorian ___ : ERA
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Famous : KNOWN
Down
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Made, as a case : PLED
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Actress Anderson : LONI
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Superciliousness : AIRS
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Line around the globe : TROPIC
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Witch : HELLCAT
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Whitish : ASHY
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Knife : STAB
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Juices : SALIVA
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Stupendous : STELLAR
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Hand holders : ARMS
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Put a lid on : CAP
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Hobby-shop purchase : KIT
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Vulpine : SLY
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Like the world, to the ancients : FLAT
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Glows : AURAS
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Lassie, e.g. : COLLIE
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Block houses : IGLOOS
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Give the nod : ASSENT
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Make the call : DECIDE
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Firenze's home : ITALIA
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Cruel sort : SADIST
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Quick swim : DIP
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Singer Black : CLINT
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___ Gatos, Calif. : LOS
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Mil. defense weapon : SAM
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Kind of side : LEE
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Holds dear : LOVES
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They turn out the same : COPIERS
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Make social connections : NETWORK
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Former world power, for short : USSR
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Kidman of "To Die For" : NICOLE
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Crack again : REOPEN
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6/6/44 : DDAY
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Opportunist, maybe : USER
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Endless adventure : SAGA
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Clinton Cabinet member : RENO
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Pulled : DREW
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Like logs : SAWN
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Summer setting in Ore. : PDT
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Eight-time Norris Trophy winner : ORR
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Once named : NEE

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

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