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New York Times, Monday, September 6, 1999

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Down : Bout enders, in brief
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 79, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JVX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 91 for Mr. Nosowsky. Monday freshness: 92%
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© 1999, The New York Times9/6/99 ( No. 18,199 )
Across
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Support, with "up" : PROP
5
Naturally curly hairdo : AFRO
9
Swindle : SCAM
13
"___ Man" (Estevez film) : REPO
14
Foreigner : ALIEN
15
Sharpen : HONE
16
Arena shouts : OLES
17
Boxing start : FIRSTROUND
19
Destination of one who walks? : FIRSTBASE
21
Spine-tingling : EERIE
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Walk stiffly : STALK
23
Workers on duty : STAFF
25
Drink in a cup : TEA
26
City southwest of Teheran : QOM
28
Name in many a hospital name : STLUKE
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"Mamma ___!" : MIA
33
Word for a king : SIRE
35
Licorice sources : ANISES
38
Concludes : ENDS
40
Inferior : SECONDRATE
42
Opportunity for a football squad : SECONDDOWN
44
___ instant (quickly) : INAN
45
Showy flower : AZALEA
46
___-do-well : NEER
48
Criterion: Abbr. : STD
49
Lightly sprayed : MISTED
51
The "L" of L.A. : LOS
53
Republicans, for short : GOP
55
Circus sites : TENTS
57
Copycats : APERS
61
English topic : USAGE
63
Subway danger : THIRDRAIL
65
Bronze medal : THIRDPRIZE
67
"___ small world..." : ITSA
68
Western lily : SEGO
69
Correo ___ (Spanish airmail) : AEREO
70
Fed. agents : TMEN
71
Yin's opposite : YANG
72
Marries : WEDS
73
Piquancy : ZEST
Down
1
Univ. teachers : PROFS
2
Ignited again : RELIT
3
"Lohengrin," e.g. : OPERA
4
Unmarried partner, in modern lingo : POSSLQ
5
Rose by any other name? : ALIAS
6
Finishing order : FIRSTSECONDTHIRD
7
Return to office : RESEAT
8
Toronto's prov. : ONT
9
High heel, e.g. : SHOE
10
Paramours : COURTESANS
11
Comics orphan : ANNIE
12
Jiltee of myth : MEDEA
14
Mil. jet locale : AFB
18
Money back : REFUND
20
Bout enders, in brief : TKOS
24
Pajama material : FLANNEL
27
Assign a wrong year to : MISDATE
29
Singer ___ Te Kanawa : KIRI
30
Western plateau : MESA
31
Don Juan's mother : INEZ
32
Big planning on Madison Avenue : ADCAMPAIGN
34
Checkers color : RED
36
"L'___, c'est moi" : ETAT
37
Transmit : SEND
39
Songs for one : SOLI
41
Be indebted to : OWE
43
Made a home in a tree : NESTED
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Freeway, e.g. : ROAD
50
Main order in a restaurant : ENTREE
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Little squirt : SPRITZ
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Full of nerve : GUTSY
54
Actor Milo : OSHEA
56
Large and petite : SIZES
58
Wonderland cake words : EATME
59
Small hills : RISES
60
Bias : SLANT
62
Old-fashioned sailors' drink : GROG
64
Bygone car : REO
66
Manhandle : PAW

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

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