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New York Times, Tuesday, October 31, 2000

Author:
Bill Zais
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Across : Asian plains
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1512/1/199910/25/20155
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
10022100
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
241.6410351%
Bill Zais

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BJQZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Zais. Tuesday freshness: 70%
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© 2000, The New York Times10/31/0 ( No. 18,620 )
Across
1
Passport feature : STAMP
6
Role for Ingrid : ILSA
10
Bridge toll unit : AXLE
14
Overthrowing a base, e.g. : ERROR
15
Select : CULL
16
Prehistoric terror, informally : TREX
17
Superhero's home : METROPOLIS
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Go on and on : RANT
20
"Look, up in the ___!" : SKY
21
Playboy centerfold : PINUP
22
Authority : SAYSO
23
32 pieces and a board : CHESSSET
25
Speed: Abbr. : VEL
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Certain teas : PEKOES
29
They go well with plaids : SOLIDS
31
Diamond unit : CARAT
32
Asian plains : STEPPES
35
River to Hades : STYX
36
Stayed at home : WASIN
37
Best Picture of 1958 : GIGI
40
Dress store section : PETITES
42
Feeling puffed up : PROUD
43
Players in a dome, once : ASTROS
45
Taken care of : SEENTO
46
"___ Te Ching" : TAO
47
More skittish : LESSSURE
51
Like much notebook paper : LINED
53
"The Unity of India" writer : NEHRU
54
Symbol on a cape : ESS
57
Et ___ : ALIA
58
Superhero's nickname : MANOFSTEEL
60
Drunks : SOTS
61
Smooth (out) : IRON
62
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Combs : EARLE
63
Deuce taker : TREY
64
"Pretty Woman" co-star : GERE
65
Berate : SCOLD
Down
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Grad sch. classes : SEMS
2
Trudge : TREK
3
Pretentious : ARTY
4
Commercial suffix with "Sav-" : MOR
5
Prognosticator : PROPHET
6
Computer programs have them : ICONS
7
Whoppers : LULUS
8
Mooring spots : SLIPS
9
Gore and Bundy : ALS
10
Gillette brand : ATRA
11
Superhero's skill : XRAYVISION
12
Filmed, in Hollywood slang : LENSED
13
Praises lavishly : EXTOLS
18
Slapstick comedy items : PIES
22
Clog (up) : STOP
23
Encourager : COAXER
24
"SportsZone" airer : ESPN
26
IBM products : PCS
27
Partake of : EAT
28
Superhero's undoing : KRYPTONITE
30
Fictional Simon : LEGREE
32
Used a bench : SAT
33
Mao ___-tung : TSE
34
Wasser in the winter : EIS
36
Smart-alecky : WISE
38
Belt tightener? : GUT
39
Altar reply : IDO
41
Snitched : TOLD
42
Scans : PERUSES
43
Finally : ATLAST
44
Expert on spars and stars : SAILOR
45
Catch a wave : SURF
48
Catch : SNARE
49
Mister, in Mendoza : SENOR
50
Radiated : SHONE
52
"___ does it" : EASY
54
Architect Saarinen : EERO
55
Talk up : SELL
56
Huskies' load : SLED
58
Russian plane : MIG
59
Middle of XXX : TAC

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

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