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New York Times, Thursday, August 26, 1999

Author:
Nancy S. Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Slips past
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Nancy S. Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JWZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 51 for Ms. Ross. Thursday freshness: 25%
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L
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A
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D
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D
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S
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E
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A
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K
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T
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A
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R
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A
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A
R
O
O
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E
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G
L
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O
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C
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N
C
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E
R
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B
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R
O
C
C
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E
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Q
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V
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N
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H
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N
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R
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B
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L
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B
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C
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O
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D
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A
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O
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L
A
X
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P
E
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E
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D
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M
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T
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D
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R
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P
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C
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H
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O
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A
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H
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H
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S
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S
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A
M
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D
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A
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F
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Y
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P
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© 1999, The New York Times8/26/99 ( No. 18,188 )
Across
1
Actor Alan : LADD
5
Fajita filler : STEAK
10
Mitchell mansion : TARA
14
Slangy suffix : AROO
15
Remarkable hole : EAGLE
16
First ed. : ORIG
17
Ballet to Bach's music, by George : CONCERTOBAROCCO
20
Shingle abbr. : ESQ
21
Winners' signs : VEES
22
Lane who played Detroit : NATHAN
23
Treat with sauerkraut : REUBEN
25
Director Buñuel : LUIS
26
Nazareth native : ISRAELI
29
Shih Tzu's place of origin : TIBET
33
Hip joint : COXA
35
Year in Vigilius's papacy : DLIV
36
Needle : TEASE
37
G.I.'s address : APO
38
Artists' lifeworks : OEUVRES
40
44-Across's opposite : LAX
41
Nursery rhyme boy whose name is repeated : PETER
43
Per ___ : DIEM
44
Having no play : TAUT
45
Three-time Masters winner : SNEAD
46
Entered carefully : EASEDIN
48
Criticizes : RAPS
50
Vaquero's place : RANCHO
53
Astronomy Muse : URANIA
56
Make better : HEAL
58
Part of H.R.H. : HER
59
Ballet to Weill's music (with "The"), by George : SEVENDEADLYSINS
62
Book after Joel : AMOS
63
Cut's partner : DRIED
64
One of two of the VIII's six : ANNE
65
Plentiful source : FONT
66
Münchhausen's inventory : YARNS
67
Nectar source : PEAR
Down
1
Corset tightener : LACER
2
Stood : AROSE
3
Ballet based on a 1605 novel, by George : DONQUIXOTE
4
Vet : DOC
5
Ballet to Tchaikovsky's music, by George : SERENADE
6
Turner Wing gallery : TATE
7
Inflatable things : EGOS
8
Many a Kosovar: Abbr. : ALB
9
Reeves of "Speed" : KEANU
10
Honeybunch : TOOTSIE
11
Mischievous : ARCH
12
Costa ___ : RICA
13
Ballet to Stravinsky's music, by George : AGON
18
"Did you ___?" : EVER
19
Singers Bonnie and John : RAITTS
24
Jamboree org. : BSA
25
Librairie stock : LIVRES
27
Slips past : ELUDES
28
"I, Claudius" schemer : LIVIA
30
George, in this puzzle's theme : BALANCHINE
31
Isaac's firstborn : ESAU
32
TelePrompTer filler : TEXT
33
Stadium souvenirs : CAPS
34
Free of defenders : OPEN
38
Make a father of : ORDAIN
39
First act of the ballet "Jewels," by George : EMERALDS
42
Heartfelt : EARNEST
44
An Oscar is mostly this : TIN
47
Tyne or Timothy : DALY
49
Rice ___ : PADDY
51
Salon shade : HENNA
52
Skater Brian : ORSER
53
Letters on a B-2 : USAF
54
San ___, Italy : REMO
55
Big paperback publisher : AVON
56
It'll grow on you : HAIR
57
Tree of life site : EDEN
60
Stat for Clemens : ERA
61
It runs in the forest : SAP

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

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