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New York Times, Saturday, August 14, 1999

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : The first one went off in 1952
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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
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Exile of A.D. 8 : OVID
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Irredeemable : BEYONDHOPE
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One may run in it : MEET
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Set in stone : INEXORABLE
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"Straight Line" star, 1988 : MRT
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Driver's license stat. : DOB
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Dauntless : STOUT
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Italian soup ingredient : ORZO
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Cover up : ENROBE
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Chwang-___ (Chinese mystic) : TSE
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It may be out on a limb : NEST
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Better : ONEUP
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A person : EACH
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1977 Time Man of the Year : ANWARSADAT
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Playful movement : SCHERZO
39
Prompt : INSPIRE
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Words that might accompany a 45-Across : THERETHERE
42
Swear : AVER
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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
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Buries the hatchet : MAKESPEACE
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Isn't in the black : OWES
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She was wild about Harry : BESS
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Curbside sight : METER
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Education location: Abbr. : INST
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Least likely to be missed : COMMONEST
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Exceed : OVERREACH
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Superman creator : NIETZSCHE
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Summer setting: Abbr. : EDT
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Stomach : ABIDE
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It doesn't react well : XENON
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It may be penciled in : EYEBROW
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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
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"There's a Wocket in My Pocket" author : DRSEUSS
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Some are significant : OTHERS
25
Studio alert : ONAIR
26
"Games People Play" author : BERNE
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Juice source : PAPAYA
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Like some ruins : AZTEC
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Like very few games : NOHIT
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Warning at sea : DIVERDOWN
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They're often found in parentheses : AREACODES
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Delta team target : TERRORIST
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Directors' prerogatives : RETAKES
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Press : ENTREAT
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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
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People preceders : APES
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Spin cycle?: Abbr. : RPM
58
Clamp shape : CEE
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"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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