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New York Times, Wednesday, January 24, 2001

Author:
David Ainslie Macleod
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Cracker toppers
TotalDebutLatest
79/7/19998/5/2005
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ScrabDebutFresh
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David Ainslie Macleod

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQXY} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Macleod. Wednesday freshness: 44%
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© 2001, The New York Times1/24/1 ( No. 18,705 )
Across
1
Cracker toppers : PATES
6
"Dirty" activity : POOL
10
Director's call : CUT
13
Javelin, for one : EVENT
14
Having a strong resemblance : ALIKE
15
Botanist Gray : ASA
16
Nurse's office supply : COTTONBALLS
18
Difficulty, to the Bard : RUB
19
Like a gardener's pants : KNEEWORN
20
Stellar : ASTRAL
22
"Rocky II" climax : REMATCH
24
Links unit : HOLE
25
Light reflection ratio : ALBEDO
28
Bomb squad worker : ROBOT
30
Modeling medium : WOOD
31
Believing that the universe has a soul : ANIMISTIC
35
Thunder Bay's prov. : ONT
36
Place to put the feet up : OTTOMAN
38
Lennon's love : ONO
39
Uncages : LETSLOOSE
41
Semicircular recess : APSE
42
Theater name : ODEON
43
Victim of hair loss? : SAMSON
45
Austen heroine : EMMA
47
Water current in the same direction as the wind : LEETIDE
50
Windy one : TALKER
52
Gun manufacturers : ARMORERS
56
Mentalist Geller : URI
57
Millionaire makers : LOTTOPRIZES
59
Cacophony : DIN
60
Capone rival : MORAN
61
Plume source : EGRET
62
Legal conclusion? : ESE
63
Jump over : OMIT
64
Places for forks : ROADS
Down
1
Amount of trouble? : PECK
2
Bristol's county : AVON
3
Head overseas : TETE
4
Penetrated : ENTERED
5
Put on board : STOWED
6
Mole, maybe : PLANT
7
A little squirt? : OIL
8
"I Cain't Say No" musical : OKLAHOMA
9
Minus : LESS
10
Redheads : CARROTTOPS
11
Bar order, with "the" : USUAL
12
Spreadsheet section : TABLE
14
Start of a magician's cry : ABRA
17
Pitcher Hideo ___ : NOMO
21
Jefferson or Edison: Abbr. : THOS
23
Whodunit start : CRIME
25
Roll call misser : AWOL
26
Hermitic : LONE
27
Bean counter's concern : BOTTOMLINE
29
Bargain basement unit : BIN
31
In total agreement (with) : ATONE
32
Dissenting votes : NOS
33
___ many words : INSO
34
Filmdom's Ethan or Joel : COEN
36
Relative of "Hurrah!" : OLE
37
Shop area : TOOLROOM
40
Nebr. neighbor : SDAK
41
Explorer Vespucci : AMERIGO
43
Fool : SIMP
44
Quite the fan : ADORER
45
Schumann work : ETUDE
46
Slugger in 1961 news : MARIS
48
Bother : EATAT
49
Suffix in nuclear physics : TRON
51
Adm. Zumwalt : ELMO
53
University founder Cornell : EZRA
54
Marsh plant : REED
55
Members of a fast fleet : SSTS
58
Prefix with angular : TRI

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

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