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New York Times, Friday, August 28, 1998

Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Down : "A German Requiem" composer
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Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FJKQX} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 29 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Friday freshness: 31%
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© 1998, The New York Times8/28/98 ( No. 17,825 )
Across
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Medical soap : GENERALHOSPITAL
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There's no disputing it : UNANIMOUSCHOICE
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Ante matter : BET
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Upset, with "up" : HET
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March time : IDES
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Cow : BULLY
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Encyclopedic : ATOZ
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They're crossed in competition : EPEES
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Where Alexandria is : NILEDELTA
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Pendulum paths : ARCS
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Outer limit : RIM
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People in these know the ropes : RODEOS
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Twaddle : ROT
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One showing empathy : SOLACER
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"___ Titanic" (1979 movie) : SOS
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Destine for, as oblivion : DOOMTO
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Vulcan, for one : GOD
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Portcullis : GATE
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Rock locale : STREAMBED
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More wise : SAGER
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"Your Erroneous Zones" author : DYER
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Parry : AVERT
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Bouquet source : WINE
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Access, with "into" : TAP
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Muscle: Prefix : MYO
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Safe from a storm, as a plane : ABOVETHEWEATHER
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Felt feverish : RANATEMPERATURE
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Melt material : PROCESSEDCHEESE
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Kind of feeling : GUT
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"Another Green World" composer, 1975 : ENO
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Pendleton of "Northwest Passage" : NAT
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Qualifies : ENABLES
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Classic British cars : RILEYS
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Latin lover's word? : AMAT
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High pitch : LOB
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The sound of silence : HUSH
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Bony : OSTEAL
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Here and there : SCATTERED
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Fraternity letter : PHI
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Charged, in a way : IONIZED
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In a bind : TIED
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Development unit : ACRE
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Amount to make do with : LESS
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Opposes boldly : BEARDS
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Displace : UPROOT
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Figure of speech? : LECTOR
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Carbon monoxide's lack : ODOR
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Goose egg : NIL
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Politico's concern : IMAGE
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"Gil Blas" author : LESAGE
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Whistle blower : TOOTER
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Put forward : ASSERT
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Amtrak offerings : ROOMETTES
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Supporting member : STAY
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Soft-rayed food fish : COD
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High-tech form of rescue : MEDEVAC
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Dance in quadruple meter : GAVOTTE
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"A German Requiem" composer : BRAHMS
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Doctor's order : SAYAAH
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Buckle : WARP
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Supporting member : IBAR
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Double negative? : NONO
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Spanish Philip, informally : PEPE
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Ford make, for short : MERC
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Haitian season : ETE
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Have an "altar-cation"? : WED
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Cast : HUE
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Stumbling points : ERS
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"Riddle-me-___" ("Guess!") : REE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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