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New York Times, Wednesday, July 29, 1998

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : Hardly encouraging
TotalDebutLatest
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 33 for Ms. Gorski. Wednesday freshness: 62%
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© 1998, The New York Times7/29/98 ( No. 17,795 )
Across
1
Pronouncements : DICTA
6
Removes dependency (from) : WEANS
11
Hydroelectric project : DAM
14
Like some legal proceedings : INREM
15
Serf : HELOT
16
Part of a cell nucleus : RNA
17
Critic's feature : SHARPTONGUE
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Summer clock setting: Abbr. : EDT
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Pacific capital : MANILA
21
Recipe phrase : ONEPART
23
Actress MacGraw : ALI
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Reply to a knock : ENTER
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Thick soup : PUREE
28
Spring : LEAP
30
Skin problem : TINEA
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Yemeni's currency : RIAL
33
Not so risky : SURER
35
Husband-and-wife political duo : DOLES
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Trial town : SALEM
40
Where to get down : GEESE
41
Match : BOUT
42
Navigate : STEER
44
Stalin's domain : USSR
48
Dissolves cells : LYSES
50
Collectible 50's car : EDSEL
52
Govt. watchdog : EPA
53
Like the majority of Basques : IBERIAN
55
Murmurings : NOISES
57
Iced ___ : TEA
58
Exerciser's goal : FLATSTOMACH
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Item thrown in a ring : HAT
62
Competitor of 13-Down : TONKA
63
Jackie's predecessor : MAMIE
64
Mali-to-Libya dir. : ENE
65
Mother ___ (religious leader) : SETON
66
Unwelcome look : SNEER
Down
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Hardly encouraging : DISMAL
2
"...but I didn't ___" : INHALE
3
Phrenology concerns : CRANIA
4
Garr of "Mr. Mom" : TERI
5
Enough : AMPLE
6
Intl. disease-tracking grp. : WHO
7
Still, to poets : EEN
8
Veep from Tennessee : ALGORE
9
Proper ___ : NOUN
10
Pricey : STEEP
11
More boring : DREARIER
12
See 60-Down : ANDREAS
13
Big name in toys : MATTEL
18
Scenes : TANTRUMS
22
Confines : PURLIEU
25
Tower part : TIER
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Fuming : ENRAGED
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Prayer book : PSALTER
31
Follower : ADHERENT
34
Amerindian : UTE
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Western treaty grp. : OAS
37
Revolt : NAUSEATE
38
Ultra Cord jeans : LEES
39
Tofu base : SOYBEAN
41
Carefree : BLITHE
43
Walk-up resident : TENANT
45
Halvah ingredient : SESAME
46
Mintage : SPECIE
47
Thin slice of bacon : RASHER
49
Examines, as evidence : SIFTS
51
Sweater makers : LOOMS
54
Burn soother : ALOE
56
"___ old cowhand..." : IMAN
59
Fight stopper : TKO
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With 12-Down, where the fault lies? : SAN

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

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