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New York Times, Saturday, September 4, 1999

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
35-Down : Ancient Romans, e.g.
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
385152119522716
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 39 Missing: {J} This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Quigley. Saturday freshness: 75%
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© 1999, The New York Times9/4/99 ( No. 18,197 )
Across
1
Frisky ones : LAMBS
6
When some cycles occur : WASHDAY
13
Clarification starter : IMEAN
14
Sable coat? : CARPAINT
15
With 43-Across, small wagers : PENNY
16
Anxiety : WORRIMENT
17
It ends with Hector's funeral : ILIAD
18
Capital on the Jabbok : AMMAN
19
Self starter? : HER
20
"An Aperture Monograph" photographer : DIANEARBUS
22
Airport waiter? : TAXI
23
Sports contract issue : SALARYCAP
24
Jazz pianist with eight Grammys : COREA
25
N.Y.C. subway line : IRT
26
Bodybuilder's pride : QUADS
27
Sea : BRINY
30
Vitiates : HURTS
31
Caramel-topped desserts : FLANS
32
___-Bo (exercise system) : TAE
33
Increase, with "up" : CRANK
34
Military strength : FIREPOWER
40
It may be picked : LOCK
41
Showbiz monthly : USMAGAZINE
42
Parrot's cry : AWK
43
See 15-Across : ANTES
44
They're on the move : GOERS
45
1978 Woody Allen drama : INTERIORS
47
Part of a Woody Allen title : ANNIE
48
Some mast platforms : MAINTOPS
49
Great-___ : NIECE
50
Pulitzer poet Wallace : STEVENS
51
Seafood selection : SCROD
Down
1
Structural components of cells : LIPIDS
2
"Un Ballo in maschera" heroine : AMELIA
3
Hireling : MENIAL
4
It has thick skin : BANANA
5
Emmy-winning TV host : SNYDER
6
Stretch, perhaps : WARMUP
7
Capital of Pas-de-Calais : ARRAS
8
Specialty of some doctors : SPIN
9
Mugger? : HAM
10
Irreconcilables : DIEHARDS
11
Some wings : ANNEXES
12
Powder used in television tubes : YTTRIA
14
See 16-Down : COMBAT
16
Sound heard during 14-Down : WARCRY
21
16th letters in Hebrew : AYINS
22
Exactly : TOAT
24
Man behaving badly : CUR
26
His crew nicknamed him "Old Yellowstain" : QUEEG
27
Phrase on some invitations : BLACKTIE
28
Noisome : RANK
29
Cartridge filler : INK
30
Press hard : HARASS
31
View disapprovingly : FROWNAT
32
Meet people : TIMERS
33
Insurance work : CLAIMS
34
Shutterbugs' concerns : FSTOPS
35
Ancient Romans, e.g. : PAGANS
36
Like fresh air : OZONIC
37
Frank : WIENER
38
Donizetti's Lord ___ Ashton : ENRICO
39
Tend to, as a bad lawn : RESEED
41
Kind of jack : UNION
43
Galería de ___ : ARTE
46
Letter carrier?: Abbr. : ENV

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

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