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New York Times, Monday, November 20, 2000

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Across : Terrible twos, for one
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BFQVWXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 36 for Mr. Hartman. Monday freshness: 6%
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© 2000, The New York Times11/20/0 ( No. 18,640 )
Across
1
Fraud : SHAM
5
"Citizen ___" : KANE
9
Fourth Estate : PRESS
14
___ sapiens : HOMO
15
Utopia : EDEN
16
Camel's stopping place : OASIS
17
Condo, to a real estate agent : UNIT
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D.E.A. agent : NARC
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___ Remus : UNCLE
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"Forget about it!" : NOTHINGDOING
23
Give it a whirl : TRY
24
Miss-named? : NEE
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Experience : UNDERGO
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100% : ALL
30
Greek god of war : ARES
31
Parabola : ARC
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Terrible twos, for one : PHASE
35
Polaroid : SNAP
36
Free throw avg., e.g. : STAT
37
What a sneaky person might have : SOMETHINGTOHIDE
40
Where Indians live : ASIA
41
Female friend, in France : AMIE
42
Rule the ___ : ROOST
43
Guitarist Paul : LES
44
Sherlock Holmes item : PIPE
45
El ___ (Spanish hero) : CID
46
The eyes have it : MASCARA
48
Newsman Rather : DAN
49
Tire meas. : PSI
52
Extreme laissez-faire : ANYTHINGGOES
55
Japanese fighter : NINJA
58
New Rochelle college : IONA
59
Jungle swingers : APES
60
Hatred : ODIUM
61
What Vassar became in 1968 : COED
62
Expert : GURU
63
Designer Karan : DONNA
64
Gumbo ingredient : OKRA
65
Church recess : APSE
Down
1
Railroad switch : SHUNT
2
Kind of society : HONOR
3
Friendly relations : AMITY
4
Cocoon contents : MOTH
5
Place to retrieve a retriever? : KENNEL
6
"Don't cry over spilt milk," e.g. : ADAGE
7
Dweeb : NERD
8
Spur on : ENCOURAGE
9
British coins : POUNDS
10
Where the deer and the antelope play : RANGE
11
PC key : ESC
12
The "S" in R.S.V.P. : SIL
13
U-turn from NNW : SSE
21
Estuary : INLET
22
Bungling : INEPT
26
2:1 or 3:2 : RATIO
27
Alumni : GRADS
28
Merger of two barbershop groups : OCTET
29
Out of port : ASEA
30
Photographer Leibovitz : ANNIE
32
It might begin "O Lord" : PSALM
33
Old Testament book : HOSEA
34
Out of order : AMISS
35
Like-minded : SIMPATICO
36
Like horse's feet : SHOD
38
Gorillalike : HAIRY
39
Rocket gasket : ORING
44
Kind of hat : PANAMA
45
Where the Yukon is : CANADA
47
Spicy cuisine : CAJUN
48
24-hour eatery, maybe : DINER
49
Easy-to-catch hit : POPUP
50
Prognosticators : SEERS
51
One of Us? : ISSUE
53
Golf goof : HOOK
54
Crazy : GAGA
55
"Yes" signal : NOD
56
"Yes," at a wedding : IDO
57
Diarist Anaïs : NIN

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

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