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New York Times, Friday, August 22, 1997

Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : Pooh-pooher
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Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 56, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVWXYZ} Spans: 2 Average word length: 6.68 This is puzzle # 26 for Mr. Longo. Friday freshness: 99%
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© 1997, The New York Times8/22/97 ( No. 17,454 )
Across
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Telepathy and clairvoyance, e.g. : PSIS
5
Diamond M.V.P., 1960-61 : MARIS
10
"Star Trek" regular Walter : KOENIG
12
Issuing, as from a source : EMANANT
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Courtroom alibi, perhaps : AMNESIA
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"A Christmas Story" co-star Dillon : MELINDA
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Sternly disciplined : SPARTAN
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Flustered : INASTIR
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It's done in cages : BATTINGPRACTICE
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Priest, at times : ANOINTER
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Some French wines, informally : RHONES
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Mythological trio : HORAE
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Spaces between lines, in printing : LEADINGS
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C.I.O.'s partner : AFL
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Spanish missionary Bartolome de ___ : LASCASAS
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"___ luego!" : HASTA
37
Hershey bar : KITKAT
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Bank figures : BALANCES
40
They help move calves : ACHILLESTENDONS
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Massachusetts city, birthplace of N. C. Wyeth : NEEDHAM
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Back up: Var. : INDORSE
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Superlatively sarcastic : SNIDEST
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Beautifier : ADORNER
46
Classifies : ASSORTS
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Least vacillating : SUREST
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Not vacillating about : SETON
49
Barbed : TART
Down
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___ Beach, Fla. : POMPANO
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Potential White House hopeful : SENATOR
3
It'll keep you going : INERTIA
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Rome's ___ Choir : SISTINE
5
Old Testament ender : MALACHI
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"Friends" co-star : ANISTON
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Being bombastic : RANTING
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Book lists : INDICES
9
More than peeks : STARES
10
Algiers's old quarter : KASBAH
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Megacorporation : GIANT
12
Osman, for one : EMIR
13
Texas county or its seat : MENARD
15
1996-97 best seller "___ Ashes" : ANGELAS
20
Economical homes : PREFABS
25
Ancient land in eastern France : ALSATIA
27
It may be poetic : LICENSE
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Deity discreditor : ATHEIST
29
Split : SKIDDOO
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Actor Louis who starred in "Julius Caesar," 1953 : CALHERN
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After a lengthy delay : ATLAST
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A sponge may get this : HANDOUT
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About 180 square miles of Europe : ANDORRA
34
Pooh-pooher : SCORNER
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Most wound up : TENSEST
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Predicate : ASSERT
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Part of the Louisiana Purchase : KANSAS
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Imparts : LENDS
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"Chicago Hope" extras, familiarly : EMTS

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2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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