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New York Times, Saturday, August 1, 1998

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
7-Down : "Local" groups
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1418/26/19955/9/20241
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311092443303
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
331.591,23673%
Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 36 Missing: {GJVZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. DiPietro. Saturday freshness: 75%
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© 1998, The New York Times8/1/98 ( No. 17,798 )
Across
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Bungles : SCREWSUP
9
Ogre : BEAST
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Insulation ingredient : URETHANE
15
Lion : ROARER
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Like a door after a raid : BUSTEDIN
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Not beyond the line : ONSIDE
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Link : RELATION
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Very soon now : ANYDAY
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Commercial suffix with Movi- : OLA
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Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir. : ENE
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Virtues : MERITS
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Financially stable : SET
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Env. contents, sometimes : MSS
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Not large : PETITE
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"You ___ Lucky Star" (1935 #1 hit) : AREMY
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Exclamation said with a shake : BRR
29
Prefix that's the opposite of eu- : DYS
30
Bow : ACQUIESCE
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Call (for) : ASK
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Leading figure in Italy : UNO
37
Father of Paris : PRIAM
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Gushed : SPEWED
43
Big inits. in camping : BSA
45
"Up up and away" co. : TWA
46
Judicial no-nos : BIASES
47
1967 Monkees song : SHE
48
Variety of whale : SEI
49
Concentrating : INTENT
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TV adjustment : CONTRAST
53
Hockey Hall-of-Famer Marcel : DIONNE
54
Numbers person : OPERATOR
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Fresh : UNUSED
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Have the possibility of going to jail : FACETIME
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Martyr to Nero : PETER
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Oil source : FLAXSEED
Down
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Secretly : SUBROSA
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Not so nice : CRUELER
3
Fix the roof : RESLATE
4
James who sang "Mystery Lady" : ETTA
5
Sharpen : WHET
6
Actress Frost and others : SADIES
7
"Local" groups : UNIONS
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Trattoria offering : PENNE
9
Article of apparel with a tie : BONNET
10
Classic film with the role of Captain America : EASYRIDER
11
Desert state : ARIDITY
12
Settles : SEDATES
13
Half sixes : TREYS
15
Nomads : ROAMERS
24
Mushroom: Prefix : MYC
25
___-Columbian : PRE
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Tally, so to speak : MAKESENSE
28
Prospective employer's request : BIO
31
Hunted : QUESTED
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German link : UND
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Many a business school grad : CPA
34
Dumb : ASININE
35
Said quickly : SPATOUT
38
Declaration before going into overtime : ITSATIE
39
Dazzling : AWESOME
40
Busing overseer : MAITRED
42
Rolling Stone founder Jann : WENNER
43
Infamous 1984 gas leak site : BHOPAL
44
"Phaedra" playwright : SENECA
46
Raise the cost of : BIDUP
47
Knock, with "at" : SCOFF
51
Big museum attraction : TREX
52
Word of disappointment : RATS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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