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New York Times, Tuesday, January 25, 2000

Author:
William S. Cotter
Editor:
Will Shortz
66-Across : April 1 victim
TotalDebutLatest
79/19/19965/13/2000
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0020113
ScrabDebutFresh
1.634268%
William S. Cotter

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Cotter. Tuesday freshness: 79%
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© 2000, The New York Times1/25/0 ( No. 18,340 )
Across
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B-school entrance exam : GMAT
5
Tablelands : MESAS
10
Porgy's woman : BESS
14
Junction point : NODE
15
Just ___ of the tongue : ASLIP
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Condo division : UNIT
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Zoning measure : ACRE
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A Judd : NAOMI
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Longish skirt : MIDI
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Dad says "no" : WHENYOUGETOLDER
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Cousin of the bossa nova : SAMBA
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Crossword worker? : ESNE
25
___ salts : EPSOM
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More lofty : HIGHER
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Nick and Nora's pooch : ASTA
36
Backseat driver, e.g. : CRITIC
38
First daughter Carter : AMY
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Dad says "yes" : JUSTTHISONETIME
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Pay stub? : OLA
43
Render immobile, rodeo-style : HOGTIE
44
Bauxite and others : ORES
45
Bodega's place : BARRIO
47
Journalist Joseph or Stewart : ALSOP
49
Silver State sch. : UNLV
51
Part of TNT : NITRO
55
Dad says "maybe" : GOASKYOURMOTHER
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Rolling in dough : RICH
62
Dazed and confused : ATSEA
63
Ocean predator : ORCA
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Price of a hand : ANTE
65
Change the price of : RETAG
66
April 1 victim : FOOL
67
Lose traction : SKID
68
Vial measurements : DRAMS
69
Peaty areas : FENS
Down
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Chews like a chipmunk : GNAWS
2
Starbucks order : MOCHA
3
To the point, to lawyers : ADREM
4
Publication with features on boy bands : TEENBEAT
5
"Look ___ hands!" : MANO
6
Jacob's twin : ESAU
7
Trudge through the mire : SLOG
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Actress Anouk : AIMEE
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Polishes, army-style : SPITSHINES
10
Cause of a limp, maybe : BUMLEG
11
Oklahoma city : ENID
12
Bar or car starter : SIDE
13
To-do : STIR
21
Big mouth : YAP
22
In the cooler : ONICE
26
Jungle gym's place : SCHOOLYARD
27
Not a dup. : ORIG
28
Man in the 'hood : MISTA
30
Salon's concern : HAIR
31
Name in plus-size modeling : EMME
32
Whiskey choices : RYES
33
"...___ for Superman!" : AJOB
34
Toni Morrison novel : SULA
35
Pre-1917 ruler : TSAR
37
Slave away : TOIL
40
Use one's bean : THINK
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Request to a gas pumper : TOPITOFF
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Applied to Sigma Chi, say : RUSHED
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Yoko ___ : ONO
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November lever puller : VOTER
52
Pang : THROE
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Scout's job, for short : RECON
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Face-to-face exams : ORALS
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Mardi ___ : GRAS
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Sty cry : OINK
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Curtain-raising time : ACTI
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Org. for Borg : USTA
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Enlarge, as a hole : REAM
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Cosmo and GQ, e.g. : MAGS

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