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New York Times, Friday, August 6, 1999

Author:
Raymond Hamel
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : It's a part of life
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Raymond Hamel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Hamel. Friday freshness: 43%
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© 1999, The New York Times8/6/99 ( No. 18,168 )
Across
1
Like some fish : FRESHWATER
11
Karmann ___ (old Volkswagen) : GHIA
15
Russell role : AUNTIEMAME
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Leven, for one : LOCH
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Assumed : UNDERTAKEN
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Skunk River city : AMES
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Who might be to blame : NOONE
20
One of 50 : ZERO
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Makeover : REDO
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___ mundi : ANNO
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Thimblerig prop : PEA
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Start of a cheer : SIS
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Isn't serious : JESTS
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Prefix with coastal : INTRA
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Park patron : CAMPER
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Last things? : FOOTGEAR
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Medical achievement of 1967 : HEARTTRANSPLANT
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Avian : ORNITHIC
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When a queen is crowned : MAYDAY
40
Rating subject at a beauty pageant : POISE
41
Intimate : GETAT
43
Israeli airport : LOD
44
Forefront : VAN
45
Fine alternative : JAIL
49
C follower : SPAN
51
On a par, in Orléans : EGAL
53
1997 Best Actor nominee : FONDA
54
___ top : TUBE
55
Peter, Paul or Mary : FOLKSINGER
57
"The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one" poet : OMAR
58
Picnic staple : FRUITSALAD
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Is worthwhile : PAYS
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It allows for fast mating : SPEEDCHESS
Down
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It's a part of life : FAUNA
2
Go long : RUNON
3
Not broadside : ENDON
4
Trial figure : STENO
5
Contract with : HIRE
6
Spirited? : WET
7
Staggers : AMAZES
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Not stop to analyze : TAKEATFACEVALUE
9
Part of FEMA: Abbr. : EMER
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Better place? : RENO
11
Without much chance of being missed : GLARINGLY
12
Pioneer's desire : HOMESTEAD
13
Wasted : ICED
14
"I see," facetiously : AHSO
23
City on the Swan : PERTH
24
Refrain from taking further action : SITPAT
25
Traveled quickly : JETTED
26
One who passes on a name, often : SON
28
___ fever : RANA
29
Pseudo-esthetic : ARTY
30
A little lamb : CHOP
31
Commercial prefix with Mexico : AERO
32
Spanish-American War battle site : MANILABAY
33
45-Across residents : PRISONERS
35
Ottoman Empire founder : OSMAN
37
Fix : RIG
42
Innovation of the late 20's : TALKIE
45
One with a fish story? : JONAH
46
Point of view : ANGLE
47
Mind set? : IDEAS
48
Enriches, in a way : LARDS
49
What red means : STOP
50
Member of the genus Felis : PUMA
51
Two of fifty? : EFFS
52
High-energy snack : GORP
53
Money-related: Abbr. : FISC
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Benchmark: Abbr. : STD

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

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