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New York Times, Friday, September 18, 1998

Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Down : ___ de combat
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Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 7, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 42 for Mr. Longo. Friday freshness: 47%
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© 1998, The New York Times9/18/98 ( No. 17,846 )
Across
1
Made : CRAFTED
8
Grippers : TALONS
14
Submission accompaniments : RETURNENVELOPES
17
Started to save, maybe : OPENEDANACCOUNT
18
Take post-battle inventory : COUNTONESLOSSES
19
Make out : ESPY
20
Forum greeting : AVE
21
Knock for ___ : ALOOP
26
Jazz trumpeter Ziggy : ELMAN
30
Gruff-sounding comics character : SGTSNORKEL
35
Mansard extension : EAVE
36
Lengthy warnings : CAUTIONARYTALES
38
Utah ski resort : ALTA
39
Long-winded speeches, e.g. : SOPORIFICS
40
Dust jacket message : BLURB
42
Saturn satellite : TITAN
43
Datebook abbr. : FRI
45
Blue Triangle grp. : YWCA
49
Holiday airing : ACHRISTMASCAROL
57
Repairman's knack : TROUBLESHOOTING
58
Sister of Joseph II : MARIEANTOINETTE
59
Communism or capitalism, e.g. : SYSTEM
60
Iron man? : PRESSER
Down
1
Departed 70's singer : CROCE
2
Bank takebacks : REPOS
3
Believed unquestioningly : ATEUP
4
Odd : FUNNY
5
Waste allowance : TRET
6
"The Samurai" novelist Shusaku : ENDO
7
Church V.I.P. : DEAN
8
Santa ___, El Salvador : TECLA
9
Library feature : ALCOVE
10
Not bound in : LOOSELEAF
11
Sonata, e.g. : OPUS
12
It's protected in Hawaii : NENE
13
Tu-144 and others : SSTS
15
Mobile-to-Birmingham dir. : NNE
16
Anatomical duct : VAS
21
What makes a plan plain? : ANI
22
British conveniences : LOOS
23
"Ready ___..." : ORNOT
24
Animal with striped legs : OKAPI
25
Reform Party founder : PEROT
27
Niger neighbor : MALI
28
"___ ça!" ("Nonsense!"): Fr. : AVEC
29
Lead role in a 60's TV drama : NESS
30
Object of union protest : SCAB
31
More than irk : GALL
32
South African Nobelist : TUTU
33
Juicy treat from Southeast Asia : STARFRUIT
34
Neighbor of Hercules in the night sky : LYRA
37
Like some ears : TIN
41
Graft recipient : BRIBEE
44
Powerful Mideast force : ISLAM
45
"Bullitt" director : YATES
46
Mittimus and mandamus : WRITS
47
"Thieves' Highway" star : CONTE
48
Ragged Dick's creator : ALGER
49
20's suppliers : ATMS
50
Big name in computers : CRAY
51
___ de combat : HORS
52
Half a score : TEN
53
Colo. hours : MST
54
___, skip and jump away : AHOP
55
Matin's opposite : SOIR
56
Traffic ___ : CONE

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

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