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New York Times, Thursday, January 4, 2001

Author:
Nancy S. Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Rossini opera
TotalDebutLatest
561/23/19722/25/2004
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.48863424%
Nancy S. Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 53 for Ms. Ross. Thursday freshness: 34%
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© 2001, The New York Times1/4/1 ( No. 18,685 )
Across
1
One of the Three Bears : PAPA
5
Shouts with both hands raised, maybe : AMENS
10
Cowboy, informally : POKE
14
First-rate, slangily : ACES
15
Like an old apartment : RELET
16
Ties with bows : OBIS
17
With 38-Across, poem by 24-Down : STOPPINGBYWOODS
20
Rossini opera : TANCREDI
21
U.S.-Mexico border city : LAREDO
22
Very, musically : ASSAI
23
"The Woman ___" (1984 film) : INRED
25
Tanner : SUN
27
Small bone : OSSICLE
32
Bump : JAR
35
Gift ___ : OFGAB
37
Unpleasant guest : BOOR
38
See 17-Across : ONASNOWYEVENING
42
British royal : ANNE
43
Akron AA baseball team : AEROS
44
Durocher, astrologically(!) : LEO
45
Ailing : NOTWELL
48
Local political div. : TWP
49
Home to 33 mil. : CALIF
51
Shampoo instruction : RINSE
56
A Virgin Island : STJOHN
60
Not so good, as a photo : GRAINIER
62
Poem by 24-Down : THEROADNOTTAKEN
64
Squander : LOSE
65
Fighting ___ : IRISH
66
Certificate : NOTE
67
What tags may produce : OUTS
68
Methods: Abbr. : SYSTS
69
Baseball's Slaughter : ENOS
Down
1
Noodles, maybe : PASTA
2
Serve in the capacity of : ACTAS
3
Hardly bigwigs : PEONS
4
It may have a pet project : ASPCA
5
Racer Luyendyk : ARIE
6
Poem by 24-Down : MENDINGWALL
7
___ Marbles, British Museum magnet : ELGIN
8
Colo. neighbor : NEB
9
Does salon work : STYLES
10
D : POOR
11
Kin to a clarinet : OBOE
12
Noted captain : KIDD
13
Petrol seller : ESSO
18
"Fidelio" setting : PRISON
19
Bankrolls : WADS
24
Much-quoted poet : ROBERTFROST
26
Amateur video subject, maybe : UFO
28
Arab name part : IBN
29
Kind of spring : COIL
30
Isolated : LONE
31
Therefore : ERGO
32
Rivers of New York : JOAN
33
___ Domini : ANNO
34
Bombast : RANT
36
"Yes, Scottie" : AYE
39
Wrap (up) : SEW
40
"I shall return," e.g. : VOW
41
Lively wit : ESPRIT
46
She loved Narcissus : ECHO
47
Oahu verandas : LANAIS
50
Roman fire : IGNIS
52
Silly : INANE
53
Popular camera : NIKON
54
Look after : SEETO
55
Sea birds : ERNES
56
1944 battle site : STLO
57
G : THOU
58
Bit of banter : JEST
59
Malachite and others : ORES
61
Olympians: Abbr. : ATHS
63
No longer producing : DRY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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