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New York Times, Saturday, August 14, 1999

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Golf's Vardon Trophy winner, 1984
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 35 Missing: {FJQ} This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. DiPietro. Saturday freshness: 10%
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© 1999, The New York Times8/14/99 ( No. 18,176 )
Across
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See 9-Down : CONE
5
Spins out on the ice : AXELS
10
Bubble ___ : WRAP
14
Exile of A.D. 8 : OVID
15
Irredeemable : BEYONDHOPE
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One may run in it : MEET
18
Set in stone : INEXORABLE
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"Straight Line" star, 1988 : MRT
20
Driver's license stat. : DOB
21
Dauntless : STOUT
22
Italian soup ingredient : ORZO
24
Cover up : ENROBE
27
Chwang-___ (Chinese mystic) : TSE
28
It may be out on a limb : NEST
29
Better : ONEUP
31
A person : EACH
32
1977 Time Man of the Year : ANWARSADAT
37
Playful movement : SCHERZO
39
Prompt : INSPIRE
40
Words that might accompany a 45-Across : THERETHERE
42
Swear : AVER
43
Rathskeller item : STEIN
44
Sentence unit : YEAR
45
Consoler's offering : HUG
48
Play center, sometimes : ACTTWO
51
"Giovanna d'___" (Verdi opera) : ARCO
52
Like some prospects : BLEAK
54
Slowing, in mus. : RIT
55
Camera ___ (Cannes Film Festival award) : DOR
56
Whole alternative : ONEPERCENT
59
"Hook" producer Fayed : DODI
60
Buries the hatchet : MAKESPEACE
61
Isn't in the black : OWES
62
She was wild about Harry : BESS
63
Curbside sight : METER
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Education location: Abbr. : INST
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Least likely to be missed : COMMONEST
2
Exceed : OVERREACH
3
Superman creator : NIETZSCHE
4
Summer setting: Abbr. : EDT
5
Stomach : ABIDE
6
It doesn't react well : XENON
7
It may be penciled in : EYEBROW
8
Nova, e.g. : LOX
9
With 1-Across, carnival cooler : SNO
10
Request for repetition : WHAT
11
Metalhead? : ROBOT
12
Super mark, it : APLUS
13
Golf's Vardon Trophy winner, 1984 : PEETE
16
"There's a Wocket in My Pocket" author : DRSEUSS
23
Some are significant : OTHERS
25
Studio alert : ONAIR
26
"Games People Play" author : BERNE
30
Juice source : PAPAYA
32
Like some ruins : AZTEC
33
Like very few games : NOHIT
34
Warning at sea : DIVERDOWN
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They're often found in parentheses : AREACODES
36
Delta team target : TERRORIST
38
Directors' prerogatives : RETAKES
41
Press : ENTREAT
45
The first one went off in 1952 : HBOMB
46
Olecranons are part of them : ULNAE
47
Oddballs : GEEKS
49
Start : WINCE
50
SeaWorld performer : OTTER
53
People preceders : APES
57
Spin cycle?: Abbr. : RPM
58
Clamp shape : CEE
59
"And how!" : DOI

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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