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New York Times, Saturday, October 14, 2000

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : Blocks
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31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {QZ} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 131 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 73%
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© 2000, The New York Times10/14/0 ( No. 18,603 )
Across
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Just super : FRABJOUS
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Over : AFRESH
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Go nuts : LETLOOSE
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Therapy subject : TRAUMA
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Adaptable subspecies : ECOTYPES
18
Two-hanky film : WEEPER
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Ruse : CON
20
Sacramento founder : SUTTER
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Taken : HAD
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Fun : KICKS
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Small flycatcher : PEWEE
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Legendary beast : ORC
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Accommodates, in a way : SLEEPS
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Venice's Council of ___ : TEN
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"Una voce poco fa," e.g. : ARIA
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Run over : PERUSE
34
Stops talking, with "up" : DRIES
35
Forbear : ABSTAIN
38
Employee benefit, perhaps : DAYCARE
40
Colorful fabric : BATIK
41
Atlanta suburb : SMYRNA
43
Setting for Camus's "The Stranger" : ORAN
44
4th- to 6th-century Chinese dynasty : WEI
45
"When ___ is punished, its fame is exalted": Tacitus : GENIUS
49
Carte listing : VIN
50
Yawn : CHASM
52
Medicinal plant : SENNA
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Sched. entry : ETD
54
Back porch luxury : HOTTUB
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Weed : CIG
57
Balancer : POISER
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Prig : BLUENOSE
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Many a flower : ANNUAL
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Blocks : OCCLUDES
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They're pushed in alleys : RESETS
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Champion's challenge : WHOSNEXT
Down
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Bits : FLECKS
2
Show disgust : RECOIL
3
Stat : ATONCE
4
Short order? : BLT
5
Rapture : JOY
6
It may follow an omission : OOPS
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Spend : USEUP
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Sonnet parts : SESTETS
9
In the middle of, in dialect : ATWEEN
10
Réunion attendee : FRERE
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19th-century Arctic explorer : RAE
12
High : EUPHORIA
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More prone to running : SMEARIER
14
Tough customer : HARDCASE
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Like some professors' suits : TWEEDY
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Repressed : KEPTIN
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Converse : SPEAK
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Title of respect : SRI
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Recherché : ARCANE
33
Vote out : UNSEAT
34
Accelerating forces : DYNES
35
Better than average : ABOVEPAR
36
Frank Sinatra, for one : BARITONE
37
Subs : STANDINS
39
Notable W.W. II neutral: Abbr. : ARG
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Colorful fog phenomenon : MISTBOW
44
Ridges on a print : WHORLS
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One way to communicate : INCODE
47
Like some salons : UNISEX
48
Most prudent : SAGEST
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Hose : CHEAT
51
Woodchips, e.g. : MULCH
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Osso ___ : BUCO
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Actress Lyon, who played Lolita, 1962 : SUE
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Old N.Y.C. sights : ELS
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One of the Canterbury pilgrims : NUN

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

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