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New York Times, Saturday, January 29, 2000

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
35-Across : Dry
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {HQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 116 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 24%
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J
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A
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Z
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Z
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C
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O
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M
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B
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O
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T
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R
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E
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A
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D
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U
N
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J
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C
K
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R
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L
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S
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R
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K
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K
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S
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B
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N
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A
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C
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C
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Y
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F
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C
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C
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B
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A
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P
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B
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C
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M
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W
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S
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S
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B
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T
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Y
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M
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X
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A
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G
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M
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D
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M
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© 2000, The New York Times1/29/0 ( No. 18,344 )
Across
1
It could be in a jam : JAZZCOMBO
10
Step : TREAD
15
British flier : UNIONJACK
16
"Good Times" star, in 70's TV : ROLLE
17
Sprite's relative : LEMONSODA
18
"Awake and Sing" playwright : ODETS
19
Washington in Paris, e.g. : ETAT
20
1972 Fischer-Spassky match site : REYKJAVIK
22
"The X-Files" grp. : SETI
25
Word with ball or bag : BEAN
26
Impeaches : ACCUSES
29
Appetite : YEN
30
TV monitor? : FCC
33
Cook a tough cut, maybe : BRAISE
34
Band piece : AMP
35
Dry : SERE
36
Layered desserts : BOSTONCREAMPIES
39
Parts of a herd : EWES
40
Convulsive sound : SOB
41
Intended : TARGET
42
Victor's cry : YES
43
Richard Strauss's "___ Heldenleben" : EIN
44
Prospero's daughter : MIRANDA
45
Suit : EXEC
46
Bar worker: Abbr. : ATTY
47
Impressive attendance : GOODCROWD
51
People who do chest-thumping, for short : EMTS
55
Chip feature : RIDGE
56
Came down on hard : REAMEDOUT
59
It's assumed : ALIAS
60
Toulouse-Lautrec subject : DEMIMONDE
61
"Broom Hilda" cartoonist : MYERS
62
Caveman? : SPELUNKER
Down
1
Stephen's "Gypsy" collaborator : JULE
2
Work without ___ : ANET
3
Coors brand : ZIMA
4
40's fad : ZOOTSUITS
5
1980 TV debut : CNN
6
Some IHOP orders : OJS
7
Relatives of Tahitians : MAORIS
8
A following? : BCDE
9
"Sure" : OKAYBYME
10
Euripides tragedy "The ___ Women" : TROJAN
11
Movie monster awakened by H-bomb tests : RODAN
12
Height: Abbr. : ELEV
13
Height: Prefix : ALTI
14
Foreign ___ : DESK
21
Words of encouragement : KEEPATIT
23
Gulf competitor : ESSO
24
Comparatively minute : TEENSIER
26
Gothic novel setting, maybe : ABBEY
27
Director Cameron ___ : CROWE
28
Social worker's load : CASES
30
Put on : FEIGN
31
Faith : CREED
32
Curved basket : CESTA
34
Short trader? : ARB
35
Like most graffiti : SPRAYEDON
37
Treaties : CONCORDS
38
Place to trade : MART
43
Immoderation : EXCESS
44
Butterfly, e.g. : MADAME
45
English king known as "The Peaceful" : EDGAR
47
A little fat : GRAM
48
Not to be trusted : OILY
49
Jim Davis pooch : ODIE
50
Blubber : WEEP
52
Saint Boniface, e.g. : MONK
53
Suffix with 13-Down : TUDE
54
Huck follower : STER
57
"Cool" amount : MIL
58
Easily domesticated bird : EMU

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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