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New York Times, Thursday, August 20, 1998

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Down : Harbor deepener
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 35 for Mr. Estes. Thursday freshness: 0%
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© 1998, The New York Times8/20/98 ( No. 17,817 )
Across
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Tombstone name : EARP
5
Carpenter's tool : RASP
9
Waits : BIDES
14
Perplexed : ASEA
15
Bibliographic abbr. : ETAL
16
Like some bookstores : ADULT
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Pursued pure partners? : CHASEDTHECHASTE
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Kind of couplet : HEROIC
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Bolger co-star of 1939 : LAHR
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Shoe part : TOE
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Royale, of 30's autodom : REO
25
Appeal (for) : SUE
26
NBC prog. since 1975 : SNL
27
Longed for fog to roll in? : MISSEDTHEMIST
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Without purpose : IDLY
34
Pecked at : ATE
35
Place for a dinette set : NOOK
37
No mere spectator : DOER
38
They have shoulders : ROADS
41
Mandolin feature : FRET
43
"Star Wars" princess : LEIA
45
Maintained : RAN
46
Pucks : IMPS
47
Set trends in cheap jewelry? : PACEDTHEPASTE
51
70's White House kid : AMY
53
Mercury or Saturn, but not Mars : CAR
54
Chou En-___ : LAI
55
Japanese drama : NOH
56
Applications : USES
58
Fife player : KNOTTS
63
Was successful on "What's My Line"? : GUESSEDTHEGUEST
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Really steamed : IRATE
67
Grandpa Walton portrayer : GEER
68
Carhop's load : TRAY
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Closed : ENDED
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Rams' ma'ams : EWES
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Your highness : SIRE
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A pop : EACH
2
Queens's ___ Stadium : ASHE
3
Nurture : REAR
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___ doble (Spanish dance) : PASO
5
Aromatic wood : REDCEDAR
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Telecom stock listing : ATT
7
Satirist Mort : SAHL
8
Gratify : PLEASE
9
Persian Gulf nation: Var. : BAHREIN
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Wyo. neighbor : IDA
11
Drought accompaniers, often : DUSTSTORMS
12
Rocker John : ELTON
13
Girder material : STEEL
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Cork's country : EIRE
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Intimate : CHUM
24
German king : OTTO
27
Central : MID
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Second Commandment taboo : IDOL
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One nodding off : SLEEPYHEAD
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Aleppo's land : SYRIA
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Compassion : HEART
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Balkan capital : SOFIA
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Didn't hand off : KEPT
39
Willy Wonka's creator : DAHL
40
Air Jordans, e.g. : SNEAKERS
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Lao-___ : TSE
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Defendant : ACCUSED
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Slip (into) : EASE
49
Harbor deepener : DREDGE
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Ricocheting bullet sound : PING
51
1973 Rolling Stones hit : ANGIE
52
Lament : MOURN
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Ragout or burgoo : STEW
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Scoreboard info : OUTS
60
Actress Hatcher : TERI
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Tolstoy's "___ Fyodor Ivanovich" : TSAR
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Eye problem : STYE
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Canonized mlle. : STE
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Tee follower : HEE

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

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