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New York Times, Monday, January 31, 2000

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Across : Old name for the phone company
TotalDebutLatest
1309/5/198911/16/2024
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941.595291125%
Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJKQVXZ} This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. Gordon. Monday freshness: 27%
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© 2000, The New York Times1/31/0 ( No. 18,346 )
Across
1
Four-poster, e.g. : BED
4
Carpeting calculation : AREA
8
Old name for the phone company : MABELL
14
Regret : RUE
15
Laze about : LOLL
16
Charlotte ___, Virgin Islands : AMALIE
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Perform in plays : ACT
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Border on : ABUT
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Like some salads : TOSSED
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Breakfast treat : CHEESEDANISH
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Goofs : ERRS
24
Summer TV offering : RERUN
25
Comic Costello : LOU
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Usher to a different part of the theater : RESEAT
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Floor's opposite : CEILING
33
Jump rope variation : DOUBLEDUTCH
36
Homeric epic : ILIAD
40
Lobster eggs : ROE
41
Writer James and ballplayer Tommie : AGEES
42
Twists and turns in a bowling alley : BODYENGLISH
45
Three-time Wimbledon winner : MCENROE
46
Newlyweds get them : TOASTS
51
Distress call : SOS
52
Look of scorn : SNEER
55
Tackle box item : LURE
56
Vodka, cream and Kahlúa cocktail : WHITERUSSIAN
59
Night flight : REDEYE
62
Went by train : RODE
63
King in a Steve Martin song : TUT
64
In disagreement : ATODDS
65
Notion : IDEA
66
Australian bird : EMU
67
Command before "Go!" : GETSET
68
Snaky fishes : EELS
69
Tree juice : SAP
Down
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Stimulating drink : BRACER
2
Trick-taking card game : EUCHRE
3
Dissuades : DETERS
4
[Sigh] : ALAS
5
Oscar winner Benigni : ROBERTO
6
Escape from : ELUDE
7
Place to exchange rings : ALTAR
8
Afternoon show : MATINEE
9
Singer Tori : AMOS
10
Big party : BASH
11
Chicago trains : ELS
12
"The dog ate my homework" is a classic one : LIE
13
Was in front : LED
21
From Neb. to Ky. : ESE
22
Cell parts : NUCLEI
25
Lo-cal : LITE
26
Fairy tale start : ONCE
27
Exclamations of disgust : UGHS
29
Viper : ADDER
31
The Gem State : IDAHO
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___ nut (wheel fastener) : LUG
34
High-priority : URGENT
35
Manute ___ of basketball : BOL
36
Some PC's : IBMS
37
Nutso : LOCO
38
Midmonth date : IDES
39
Writer Rand : AYN
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Most prying : NOSIEST
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German pastry : STRUDEL
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Capp and Capone : ALS
48
Multiroom hotel offerings : SUITES
49
Psychological injury : TRAUMA
50
Parodied : SENTUP
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Spooky : EERIE
54
Wear away : ERODE
56
Marries : WEDS
57
Jekyll's alter ego : HYDE
58
Caribbean and others : SEAS
59
Aid for a maid : RAG
60
French summer : ETE
61
Web site address part : DOT

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

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