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New York Times, Saturday, October 21, 2000

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Across : Swindles
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
601/29/19945/22/201110
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1313121426
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.5746577%
Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 24 Missing: {QVWX} This is puzzle # 39 for Mr. Klahn. Saturday freshness: 76%
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© 2000, The New York Times10/21/0 ( No. 18,610 )
Across
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Fearful of exposure? : CAMERASHY
10
Slip : LAPSE
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Joseph of ___ (follower of Jesus) : ARIMATHEA
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Supports, in a way : ABETS
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Like couch potatoes : SEDENTARY
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Gorges : SATES
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Recession victim? : HAIRLINE
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Connected series : CATENA
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Severe blow : GALE
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John who sang "Jambalaya" : FOGERTY
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Sony co-founder : MORITA
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Casino opening : COINSLOT
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Suppose : OPINE
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"___, you've got me on my knees" (Clapton lyric) : LAYLA
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Buried treasure : ORE
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Mao successor : DENG
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Does yet to be identified : JANES
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"Charlie's Angels" role : KRIS
33
A little bit of work : ERG
34
It gets to the heart of the matter : CORER
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Solitaire unit : CARAT
36
Resinous juice used in perfumery : LABDANUM
38
Swindles : COZENS
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Apt anagram for "the eyes" : THEYSEE
40
Like early Beatles recordings : MONO
41
Wingdings : ROASTS
42
Guided : MENTORED
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Acoustic : AURAL
47
Binding : MANDATORY
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Where Grenoble is : ISERE
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Hobnob : ASSOCIATE
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"Horsefeathers!" : NERTS
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Leased : CHARTERED
Down
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Bills : CASH
2
Side by side, maybe? : AREA
3
High time in Paris : MIDI
4
Developing : EMERGING
5
Went over : RANLATE
6
King who demanded half of Rome's Western Empire as a dowry : ATTILA
7
Classic 1949 Jack Schaefer novel : SHANE
8
"Grab ahold!" : HERE
9
Shout of approval : YAY
10
Food whose name means, literally, "cooking pot" : LASAGNA
11
Goes down : ABATES
12
Nero's portrayer in "The Story of Mankind" : PETERLORRE
13
Deafening : STENTORIAN
14
Bar exercises? : ESSAYTESTS
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Spring winds : COILS
22
Degas's "Le ___ de la danse" : FOYER
23
One with an inside track : MODELTRAIN
24
Palais Garnier, for one : OPERAHOUSE
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Wedding party : RINGBEARER
26
Cave follower : CANEM
28
Lash with a whip : LARUE
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"The Thin Red Line" novelist James : JONES
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Lilliputian of early 50's TV : KAZOOTIE
34
European tourist sites : CASTLES
35
Reach : CONTACT
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"Pale Rider" actor Richard : DYSART
38
Bird with a 9- to 10-foot wingspan : CONDOR
40
Smart outfit : MENSA
42
Pound : MASH
43
Outcry : ROAR
44
Folies Bergère designer : ERTE
45
Turned red? : DYED
47
Slicker : MAC

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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