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New York Times, Friday, November 24, 2000

Author:
Martin Ashwood-Smith
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Lawyer on the move?
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Martin Ashwood-Smith

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {K} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is puzzle # 44 for Mr. Ashwood-Smith. Friday freshness: 8%
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© 2000, The New York Times11/24/0 ( No. 18,644 )
Across
1
Lawyer on the move? : AMBULANCECHASER
16
Householder? : REALESTATEAGENT
17
Famed borrower : ENGLISHLANGUAGE
18
Part of a floral arrangement : SEPAL
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Geographical abbr. : MTS
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Returns letters? : IRS
21
"___ it my best shot" : IGAVE
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Hawks : SELLS
26
Film editing technique : WIPE
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Smart figures : IQS
30
Eggs : ROE
31
The 45th Psalm, e.g. : ODE
32
Campaigner for the 2000 G.O.P. presidential nomination : BAUER
34
"The Thin Blue Line" director ___ Morris : ERROL
38
First name in country music : MERLE
40
Actress Thurman : UMA
41
Foreign cars now made by G.M. : SAABS
42
Foundation : BASIS
43
Store selection : SIZES
45
Police dept. employee : DET
46
Nancy in Nancy, e.g. : NOM
48
Red or White follower : SOX
49
A.L. East team, informally : JAYS
50
"B.C.," e.g. : COMIC
52
Come and go : RECUR
54
Companion : PAL
55
"Now do you believe me?" : SEE
57
Brat's opposite : ANGEL
60
It may be up in the air at an airport : TIMEOFDEPARTURE
64
Japanese attack site, June 1942 : ALEUTIANISLANDS
65
Where to find compass directions? : GEOMETRYCLASSES
Down
1
Father of Harmonia : ARES
2
Word on a wall, in the Bible : MENE
3
St. Patrick's Day sight : BAGPIPERS
4
Unfilled part of a wine cask : ULLAGE
5
Girl rescued by Don Juan : LEILA
6
Mooncalf : ASS
7
Math degree : NTH
8
Pacific : CALM
9
Divisions politiques : ETATS
10
Priest's item : CENSER
11
Fairy tale figure : HAG
12
Pop sensation Christina : AGUILERA
13
Company that launched the Discover card : SEARS
14
Some M.I.T. grads : ENGS
15
Throughway: Abbr. : RTE
22
Through : VIA
23
Horse play : EQUUS
25
Loamy deposit : LOESS
26
Starting place : WOMB
27
Piece of one's mind? : IDEA
29
Tournament part : SEMIS
32
Twiggy broom : BESOM
33
Epitome of thinness : RAZOR
35
Speed readers : RADARGUNS
36
Mind : OBEY
37
D-Day craft: Abbr. : LSTS
39
Step on it : LINOLEUM
44
Devon river : EXE
47
Square peg in a round hole : MISFIT
49
Revolutionary councils : JUNTAS
50
Grandmother's keepsake, maybe : CAMEO
51
Sauna siding : CEDAR
53
"Cheers" woman : CARLA
54
Quite a cache : PILE
56
Counting-out bit : EENY
58
Mahler's "Das Lied von der ___" : ERDE
59
Lacking : LESS
60
It's game : TAG
61
Suffix with Capri : OTE
62
Snap : PIC
63
Communication for the deaf: Abbr. : ASL

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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