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New York Times, Tuesday, November 13, 2001

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Start of a riddle
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
392/11/20012/26/20116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
303011121
RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.5529785%
Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 44 Missing: {FJXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 78 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Peoples. Tuesday freshness: 27%
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© 2001, The New York Times11/13/1 ( No. 18,998 )
Across
1
Great buy : STEAL
6
Bar in a kitchen : SOAP
10
Twinkle-toed : SPRY
14
Major gold exporter of Africa : GHANA
15
Fully fit : ABLE
16
Campus hangout : QUAD
17
Carpet fasteners : TACKS
18
Dry run : TEST
19
"Battle Cry" novelist : URIS
20
Start of a riddle : WHATDOYOUCALL
23
Successes : WINS
24
Scale abbr. : LBS
25
"Thank U" singer Morissette : ALANIS
29
Middle of the riddle : ASHORT
33
Pierced places : LOBES
34
Poker declaration : IMIN
37
Kanga's kid : ROO
38
End of the riddle : PSYCHICONTHELAM
42
The Pointer Sisters' "___ So Shy" : HES
43
Vichyssoise ingredient : LEEK
44
Came up : AROSE
45
With 52-Across, answer to the riddle : ASMALL
48
Goings-on : EVENTS
49
Drama in Kyoto : NOH
50
Lot of loot : PILE
52
See 45-Across : MEDIUMATLARGE
58
Beat to a pulp : MASH
59
Long for : MISS
60
"The Cider House Rules" Oscar winner : CAINE
62
Guesstimate words : ORSO
63
Aware of : ONTO
64
Around-the-world trip : ORBIT
65
Catty comment : MEOW
66
Stink : REEK
67
Gardeners' woes : WEEDS
Down
1
Pepper, for one : SGT
2
Sign of spring : THAW
3
A throw : EACH
4
"Puppy Love" singer : ANKA
5
Something that may be asked from bed : LASTWISH
6
Squelched : SATON
7
Listens to : OBEYS
8
What's more : ALSO
9
Prone to pique : PETULANT
10
Racket game : SQUASH
11
Knit one, ___ two : PURL
12
Means of shipping : RAIL
13
QB's gains: Abbr. : YDS
21
Bad-mouth : DIS
22
"Murder, She Wrote" airer : CBS
25
___ Phi Omega : ALPHA
26
Misplaces : LOSES
27
Deep cavity : ABYSM
28
Computer giant : NEC
30
Fabric that travels well : ORLON
31
Friars Club event : ROAST
32
Weighty books : TOMES
34
Swelling reducer : ICE
35
"The Simpsons" bartender : MOE
36
Publicity, say : INK
39
Bad spirits : ILLHUMOR
40
Go ballistic : HAVEACOW
41
Prior to, to Prior : ERE
46
"You said a mouthful!" : ANDHOW
47
It's passed in a sénat : LOI
48
Pipe joint : ELL
50
Cheap jewelry : PASTE
51
Reassuring words : ITSOK
52
Stud's mate : MARE
53
Exxon predecessor : ESSO
54
Greedy cry : MINE
55
Hard to find : RARE
56
Bronx cheer : GIBE
57
Camelot lady : ENID
58
Celebrated apple-pie maker : MOM
61
S.A.T. company : ETS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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