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New York Times, Saturday, January 15, 2000

Author:
Matt Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Across : Clap
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
587/24/19949/6/20001
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1401615157
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6152461%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {VW} Scrabble average: 1.87 This is puzzle # 54 for Mr. Gaffney. Saturday freshness: 67%
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J
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Q
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M
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O
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P
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R
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© 2000, The New York Times1/15/0 ( No. 18,330 )
Across
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"The Complete Book of Running" author : JIMFIXX
8
Deposer of Idris I : QADDAFI
15
It's shrinking in Asia : ARALSEA
16
Left over, perhaps : UNEATEN
17
One of seven sitcom castaways : MARYANN
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He lost to Garry in 1985 : ANATOLY
19
Member of a farm system? : ANT
20
Gee follower : AITCH
22
Plume preceder : NOMDE
23
Part of some full names : III
24
Partnership : CAHOOTS
26
Peggy Lee's "___ Woman" : IMA
27
It has a supporting role : CANE
29
Mezzo Borodina : OLGA
30
Grand duke's father : CZAR
31
Similar version : ANALOGUE
34
Prepares for a prom, maybe : PREENS
36
Blows a 4-Down, say : ERRS
37
Clap : PEAL
38
British architect Sir Basil : SPENCE
41
Flipper, for one : FORELIMB
45
Its campanile is famous : PISA
46
Arabic for "commander" : EMIR
48
Go up: Abbr. : INCR
49
What "10" may mean: Abbr. : OCT
50
Enter secretly : SNEAKIN
53
Back : AGO
54
1900 zoological discovery : OKAPI
56
Commercial prefix with foam : STYRO
57
Lighter? : SUN
58
Inane : FATUOUS
60
Student's surprise : POPQUIZ
62
Hang, maybe : EXECUTE
63
Try to get the facts : INQUIRE
64
Bowdlerizes : DESEXES
65
Moves around? : GYRATES
Down
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"The Harder They Come" setting : JAMAICA
2
Like some oil : IRANIAN
3
1995 sports autobiography : MARTINA
4
See 36-Across : FLY
5
Biblical patriarch : ISAAC
6
Seat of Greene County, Ohio : XENIA
7
Yellowish : XANTHOUS
8
Thick-shelled seafood : QUAHOG
9
Common girl's middle name : ANN
10
___ list : DEANS
11
Philippine chief : DATO
12
Nuke : ATOMIZE
13
"Silent Movie" actor : FELDMAN
14
For a long time : INYEARS
21
Plant chopped up in salads : COLE
25
Get to the point? : TAPER
28
Heroine of Turgenev's "On the Eve" : ELENA
30
They're bowed : CELLI
32
Mythical beast : ORC
33
Sinking area? : GREEN
35
Victoria Island explorer : RAE
37
Character who debuted in "I Haven't Got a Hat," 1935 : PORKYPIG
38
Sent up : SPOOFED
39
Ground breaker : PICKAXE
40
They may be split by heirs : ESTATES
41
Order : FIAT
42
Dressed for business : INASUIT
43
N.B.A. great Dick : MCGUIRE
44
Sculptors' works : BRONZES
47
Pickles : MESSES
50
Language from which "Minnesota" comes : SIOUX
51
It may feature a twist : IRONY
52
MS contents? : NOPQR
55
Dark red : PUCE
59
Indian tongue : UTE
61
In the capacity of : QUA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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