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New York Times, Tuesday, November 21, 2000

Author:
Robert Zimmerman
Editor:
Will Shortz
6-Across : "Mama" speaker
TotalDebutLatest
143/24/199210/10/2007
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0372110
CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.5121215%
Robert Zimmerman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Zimmerman. Tuesday freshness: 12%
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© 2000, The New York Times11/21/0 ( No. 18,641 )
Across
1
Jocks' antitheses : NERDS
6
"Mama" speaker : DOLL
10
Pharmacists' compounds : SALS
14
Daisy variety : OXEYE
15
Singer Brickell : EDIE
16
Concert halls : ODEA
17
"___" : SPEECHLESS
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Mississippi senator Trent : LOTT
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Hardly the "me too" type : HOLDOUT
21
Wither away : ATROPHY
23
In apple-pie order : NEAT
25
Computer command : ENTER
26
V.I.P.'s opposite : NOBODY
30
In the thick of : AMONG
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Sufficiently, in poetry : ENOW
34
Prior to, old-style : AFORE
35
Rail support : TIE
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Chili holder : POT
43
Was lost in thought : MUSED
44
#2 : VEEP
45
Rejoinder to "'Tis!" : TAINT
46
Come to : AWAKEN
48
Duchess of York's name : SARAH
51
Opera solo : ARIA
53
Drink made from a mix : KOOLAID
56
Entail : INVOLVE
61
Mystery writer Gardner : ERLE
62
"___" : TONGUETIED
64
Major Calif.-to-Fla. route : ITEN
65
Part of a cliff : CRAG
66
Trace of color : TINGE
67
Creator of the G.O.P. elephant : NAST
68
Stetsons and stovepipes : HATS
69
Continent separator : OCEAN
Down
1
Munch on chips, maybe : NOSH
2
World's fair : EXPO
3
Country dance : REEL
4
Not naturally blonde, e.g. : DYED
5
Boxer's attendant : SECOND
6
Carrier with an Atlanta hub : DELTA
7
Words of praise : ODE
8
Actress Kudrow : LISA
9
"___ we forget" : LEST
10
"Toodles!" : SOLONG
11
Take in or on : ADOPT
12
River in Hades : LETHE
13
Nymph chaser : SATYR
18
Louisiana's Long : HUEY
22
Keep Time? : RENEW
24
Crisp fabric : TAFFETA
26
Tide type : NEAP
27
Fully aware of : ONTO
28
Bark or punt : BOAT
29
Hooter : OWL
31
Kind of ring or swing : MOOD
32
Boston Bruins legend : ORR
34
Org. : ASSN
35
Long hike : TREK
36
Nantes notion : IDEE
37
Armchair quarterback's channel : ESPN
39
Plains tribe : OMAHA
40
___ generis : SUI
41
Some germ cells : OVA
45
Element of a pageant contest : TALENT
46
Hokkaido native : AINU
47
Greet from afar : WAVETO
48
Yarn buy : SKEIN
49
Main trunk : AORTA
50
Cameos, e.g. : ROLES
52
Bobby who lost to Billie Jean : RIGGS
54
Bite result, say : ITCH
55
Copperfield's bride : DORA
57
Suffix with psych- : OTIC
58
"What's your sign?" is one : LINE
59
Star in Lyra : VEGA
60
Genesis locale : EDEN
63
Rebellious Turner : NAT

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

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