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New York Times, Saturday, September 29, 2001

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Spain is in it: Abbr.
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Robert H. Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 49 for Mr. Wolfe. Saturday freshness: 50%
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© 2001, The New York Times9/29/1 ( No. 18,953 )
Across
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It involves designated drivers : CARPOOL
8
Part of it belongs to the U.S. : SAMOA
13
Apt to break down : ANALYTIC
15
Atkins diet no-no : SUGARS
16
1974 thriller about a murderous baby : ITSALIVE
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Compensation : AMENDS
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Colony : NEST
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Platter part : SIDEB
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Early 6th-century date : DIII
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Noted blind mathematician : EULER
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"I'm With Stupid" shirt feature : ARROW
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Director Lee : ANG
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Change in Chile : PESOS
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All finished : INTHECAN
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Rolling game : BOCCE
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"___ With the Falcon" (George Sanders film) : ADATE
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Some stanzas : SESTETS
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Like some lawsuits : SETTLED
40
They're heard at Heathrow : TATAS
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Bêtes noires : HATES
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Practically : ASGOODAS
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Maine's ___ Bay : CASCO
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Worker in a garden : BEE
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Constellation in the Milky Way : NORMA
52
Calves, e.g. : YOUNG
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Comment after an accident : IMOK
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Astronomical difference : EPACT
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"Superman" villainess : URSA
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"How to Handle a Woman" lyricist : LERNER
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Bawls out : SHOUTSAT
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"Anti-Dühring" author : ENGELS
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Unpleasant spot : HELLHOLE
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With 4-Down, some armor : STEEL
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Bristles : SEESRED
Down
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Minesweeper of literature : CAINE
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Pay : ANTEUP
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Tangle (with), in the country : RASSLE
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See 65-Across : PLATES
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Thin cartoon woman : OYL
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Johnny in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : OTIS
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Tiberius's mother : LIVIA
8
Problem in grade school : SUM
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Like some ports : AGED
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Overly zealous : MANIACAL
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It helps pinpoint a point : ORDINATE
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Gave out : ASSIGNED
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Oscar designer Gibbons : CEDRIC
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Cousin of a clog : SABOT
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English poet Dowson : ERNEST
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"The Emperor Jones" star, 1933 : ROBESON
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"Come again?" : WHATSAY
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One may be drying out : SOT
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Mass. setting : EDT
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The key of E major has one : CSHARP
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Some abstract art : STABILES
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Right of passage : EASEMENT
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His cross is on the Union Jack : STGEORGE
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Eastern way : TAO
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Spain is in it: Abbr. : EEC
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Quite the success : ASMASH
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Industrious group : DOERS
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Moves to a warmer place, perhaps : SOUTHS
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Position locater : CURSOR
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Cheaper : ONSALE
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Feels (for) : ACHES
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Like some communities : GATED
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Bendable part : KNEE
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Some black metalware : TOLE
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Bracket type : ELL
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Relative of -let : ULE

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

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