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New York Times, Tuesday, January 2, 2001

Author:
Sarah Keller
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : Marcos, the shoe collector
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Sarah Keller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Keller. Tuesday freshness: 12%
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© 2001, The New York Times1/2/1 ( No. 18,683 )
Across
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Port on Osaka Bay : KOBE
5
Fess up : ADMIT
10
"Hey, you!" : PSST
14
"Since ___ You Baby" (1956 hit) : IMET
15
Satchel on the field : PAIGE
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Exit location, often : REAR
17
Mall locale : WASHINGTON
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Germany's ___ von Bismarck : OTTO
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Umpire's decision : INSIDE
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Slept like a hen : ROOSTED
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Manila envelope feature : CLASP
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Amtrak transportation : RAIL
27
Tooth problem : DECAY
30
Means of escape : OUT
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Stoop parts : STEPS
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Month after Av : ELUL
36
One with an all-over tan : NUDIST
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___ culpa : MEA
39
Beyond tipsy : LIT
40
Sites for skirmishes : BORDERS
41
Night school subj. : ESL
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Broadbrim, e.g. : HAT
43
Marcos, the shoe collector : IMELDA
44
Golden rule preposition : UNTO
45
Mooring place : INLET
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Susan of "L.A. Law" : DEY
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John with an outrageous wardrobe : ELTON
49
"Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
51
Sordid : SEAMY
53
Like the best towels : SOFTEST
56
Apple variety : RUSSET
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Diva's delivery : ARIA
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Not doing much disciplining : PERMISSIVE
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Take five : REST
65
Type size smaller than pica : ELITE
66
Summers in Rouen : ETES
67
Stadium near Shea : ASHE
68
Katmandu's land : NEPAL
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Enraptured : SENT
Down
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Fuzzy fruit : KIWI
2
Neighbor of Yemen : OMAN
3
Porgy's mate : BESS
4
Unlikely to cheat : ETHICAL
5
Breathing problem : APNEA
6
The U.N.'s ___ Hammarskjöld : DAG
7
Cambridge sch. : MIT
8
Prince in a Borodin opera : IGOR
9
Pavarotti, e.g. : TENOR
10
"To your health!" : PROSIT
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Suit ender : SETTLEMENT
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Satisfy fully : SATE
13
Walked over : TROD
18
Sans purpose : IDLY
22
Brewery kilns : OASTS
24
Now poor, as relations : SOURED
25
Places to splash : PUDDLES
27
Indian metropolis : DELHI
28
Political pawn González : ELIAN
29
Squid's cousin : CUTTLEFISH
31
Color, hippie-style : TIEDYE
33
Pasta topper : PESTO
34
Locale for this puzzle's theme : SALON
36
Pierre or Henri, e.g. : NOM
37
Mme., in Madrid : SRA
40
Please, in Potsdam : BITTE
44
Joyce masterpiece : ULYSSES
46
What you will : ESTATE
48
Big birds : EMUS
50
Rockies resort : ASPEN
52
Israeli hard-liner Sharon : ARIEL
53
Mrs. Roosevelt : SARA
54
Assayers' stuff : ORES
55
The "T" of TCI : TELE
57
Webmaster's creation : SITE
58
Roulette bet : EVEN
59
Reason to cram : TEST
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Fictional sleeper : RIP
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Boston subway inits. : MTA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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