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New York Times, Saturday, January 13, 2001

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Across : "___ Need" (1985 hit)
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 136 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 39%
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© 2001, The New York Times1/13/1 ( No. 18,694 )
Across
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Cons : SNOWJOBS
9
Italian paper once edited by Mussolini : AVANTI
15
Redeemed : CASHEDIN
16
Mark : PIGEON
17
Facing : OPPOSITE
18
Suspended : ONHOLD
19
Much : FAR
20
Features of some camps : TEPEES
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"___ Need" (1985 hit) : ALLI
23
Boxer's problem : FLEA
25
Smell ___ : ARAT
26
Lenient : SOFT
27
Affectionate address : MYDEAR
30
$200 purchases: Abbr. : RRS
32
Educ. test : GRE
33
Sword handle : HAFT
34
More mawkish : SOPPIER
36
Associate : COHORT
39
They may be cut or slashed : PRICES
40
"The Sibylline ___" (ancient religious collection) : ORACLES
42
1997 Jackie Robinson commemoration site : SHEA
43
Network based in D.C. : NPR
44
Letters that please an angel : SRO
45
Lamented : KEENED
48
Get friendlier : THAW
50
Uto-Aztecan language : HOPI
52
NASA pressure unit : ONEG
54
Epidemic : RASH
55
La Scala debut of 1887 : OTELLO
58
Incandescent, in product names : GLO
59
Undisturbed : INSITU
61
Prelude to an explosion, perhaps : SLOWBURN
63
Be poised (on) : TEETER
64
Be false : TELLALIE
65
Rangers and Citations : EDSELS
66
Is sure not to miss : STAYSFOR
Down
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"That's nothing!," for example : SCOFF
2
An incendiary : NAPALM
3
Ocean diver : OSPREY
4
"___ says?!" : WHO
5
Taunt : JEST
6
Comics dog : ODIE
7
Cameo : BITPART
8
Mean mien : SNEER
9
Entr'acte part : APOSTROPHE
10
___ rouge : VIN
11
Ottoman potentates : AGHAS
12
Linguistically groundbreaking : NEOLOGIC
13
One way to call : TOLLFREE
14
Poets : INDITERS
21
Receiver accessory, slangily : EARS
24
Literally, "for this" : ADHOC
28
Court figures : EARLS
29
Late : AFTERHOURS
31
Bacchanal : SPREE
35
Kind of roll or bar : PIANO
36
Repentant : CONTRITE
37
No longer sponsored : ORPHANED
38
Bugs : HARASSES
41
Pipe sullier : SOOT
42
Omelet site : SKILLET
46
Deluge : ENGULF
47
Texas border city : DELRIO
49
Justice replaced by Ginsburg : WHITE
51
Buttinskies : PESTS
53
Lost cause : GONER
56
"Come Back, Little Sheba" wife : LOLA
57
Big-eyed : OWLY
60
___ Hay, Israeli memorial : TEL
62
Coll. conferrals : BAS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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