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New York Times, Friday, August 21, 1998

Author:
Noah Dephoure
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Down : Year in Trajan's reign
TotalDebutLatest
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Noah Dephoure

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVWXZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Dephoure. Friday freshness: 12%
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© 1998, The New York Times8/21/98 ( No. 17,818 )
Across
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Bygone title : TSAR
5
1982 World Cup site : SPAIN
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"___ date!" : ITSA
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Year in Trajan's reign : ANNO
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Bloodline : AORTA
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Turner and others : NATS
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Bargain establishment : CONSIGNMENTSHOP
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Like new tires : TREADED
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It may be dry : MARTINI
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Auto pioneer Benz : KARL
23
Fast stopper : EATER
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Creed, essentially : BELIEFS
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Shore leave? : EBBTIDE
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It may be on a roll : OLEO
30
"Night Watch" writer Fletcher : LUCILLE
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Kind of trip : LSD
33
Break : HOLIDAY
34
Resort in the Ardennes : SPA
37
Less lean : PORKIER
38
Bona fide : REAL
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Tropical headgear : PANAMAS
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It may be timed : RELEASE
44
To love, in Livorno : AMARE
45
White House's ___ Room : EAST
46
Sallies forth : SORTIES
49
McDonald's supply : KETCHUP
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Bargain establishment : SECONDHANDSTORE
54
Like some piano keys : EBON
55
Versatile athlete Sanders : DEION
56
Mesabi Range yield : ORES
57
Beam intensely : LASE
58
Crimean resort : YALTA
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Break : REST
Down
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Mediator's skill : TACT
2
Face mask attachments : SNORKELS
3
Tempered : ANNEALED
4
Port on the Paraná : ROSARIO
5
Solomonlike : SAGE
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Limnologist's study : POND
7
Heater or repeater : ARM
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Twosome : ITEM
9
"Peter Pan" dog : NANA
10
Tuition classification : INSTATE
11
Destination of the Bounty : TAHITI
12
Lit : STONED
13
Dream : ASPIRE
18
Wait at the light : IDLE
19
Like a poorly mixed recording, maybe : TREBLY
24
7' 7" center Manute ___ : BOL
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Botanist's specialty : FLORA
26
Displays displeasure : SULKS
27
Sea duck : EIDER
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Proclaim noisily : BLARE
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Year in Trajan's reign : CII
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Pinpoint, with "on" : HOMEIN
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Clam digs? : SEASHORE
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Grazes : PASTURES
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Pale ___ : ALE
37
Series opener : PARTONE
38
Pile : REACTOR
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Slew : PASSEL
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Slide presentation? : AMOEBA
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Undercover cops : NARCOS
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Cry of concurrence : LETS
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Vortex : EDDY
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It seats 55,601 : SHEA
49
Complicated problem : KNOT
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"The Simpsons" schoolteacher Krabappel : EDNA
51
Plague : PEST
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Plague : AIL

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

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