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Frank Longo
Frank Longo

NY Times, Sun, Oct 03, 1999 DIAGRAMLESS

31-Down : "ER" extra

Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
Rows: 17, Columns: 17, Words: 85, Blocks: 63
Notepad: This diagramless is 17 squares wide by 17 squares deep and has left/right symmetry. 1-Across begins in the fourth square of the top row.
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© 1999, The New York Times
Across
1
"Bam!" : KAPOW
6
Sen. Goldwater : BARRY
11
Reduced in price : ONSALE
12
Didn't cook at home : ATEOUT
14
Not quit early (like 69-, 74- and 75-Across?) : GOTHEDISTANCE
16
Supplement : ADDTO
18
Football's Merlin : OLSEN
19
Weigher : SCALE
22
Dregs : LEES
23
Feedbag tidbit : OAT
24
Sizzling serves : ACES
25
Massachusetts' Cape ___ : ANN
26
On top of each other (like 69-, 74- and 75-Across?) : STACKEDUP
32
Agitated, with "up" : HET
33
Vintner's barrel : WINECASK
35
Stamp officially, as a document : NOTARIZE
37
Lords' residences : MANORS
38
Gloria Estefan, e.g. : LATINA
39
Make every effort (like 69-, 74- and 75-Across?) : STOPATNOTHING
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Cool, old-style : HEP
44
They have strings attached : YOYOS
45
Taboo suffix for feminists : ESS
46
Massage : RUB
48
Slangy assent : YEP
49
Buffalo-to-Syracuse dir. : ENE
50
Tricycle rider : TOT
53
___ green : PEA
55
Tosspot : SOT
56
Upsilon follower : PHI
59
___ jiffy : INA
60
Fetter : ENCHAIN
64
NASA vehicle : LEM
65
CVI halved : LIII
67
Legendary body snatcher : GHOUL
68
O.K. Corral figure : EARP
69
Drink with tequila, rum, vodka and gin : LONGISLANDICEDTEA
74
Home design specialist : INTERIORDECORATOR
75
Regulation of a computer network, e.g. : SYSTEMSMANAGEMENT
Down
1
Shoelace problems : KNOTS
2
Regarding : ASTO
3
"Hogwash!" : PAH
4
Margarine : OLEO
5
Marriage : WEDLOCK
6
Like the metric system : BASETEN
7
Memo abbr. : ATTN
8
Stephen of "The Crying Game" : REA
9
Silver and Howard : RONS
10
State flower of New Mexico : YUCCA
11
He rhymed "prodigality" with "waspitality" : OGDENNASH
13
Lessons : TEACHINGS
15
Author Dinesen : ISAK
16
"There oughta be ___!" : ALAW
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Jeans cloth : DENIM
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Gibbons of TV talk : LEEZA
21
Villa d'___ : ESTE
26
Grab with a spoon : SCOOPUP
27
Baseball field cover : TARP
28
Analyze, as ore : ASSAY
29
Chowderheads : DOLTS
30
Salt lake site : UTAH
31
"ER" extra : PATIENT
34
Go into : ENTER
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Use a finger bowl : RINSE
40
Gift from Santa : TOY
41
"Science Guy" on PBS : NYE
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"Alley ___" : OOP
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Flower bed frequenter : BEE
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Years and years : EON
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"Coca Cola Cowboy" singer : TILLIS
51
Like bialys : ONIONY
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Besmirches : TAINTS
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Whites, to Hispanics : ANGLOS
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Glass ingredient : SILICA
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Missouri feeder : PLATTE
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Immediately following this : HEREON
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Bestow : IMPART
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Bracelet adornment : CHARM
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Accord producer : HONDA
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"The Age of Anxiety" poet : AUDEN
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"___ the picture" : IGET
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Wax-coated cheese : EDAM
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High dudgeon : IRE
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Actor Alastair : SIM
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Gear tooth : COG
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Afore : ERE
Answer summary: 7 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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