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New York Times, Tuesday, November 5, 2002

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Question to a suspect
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1425262552948
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 90 for Mr. Piscop. Tuesday freshness: 8%
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S
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O
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P
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W
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K
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© 2002, The New York Times11/5/2 ( No. 19,355 )
Across
1
Dips in gravy : SOPS
5
Typewriter type : PICA
9
Image on an old nickel : BISON
14
Site of the 9-Across on an old nickel : TAIL
15
Economist Smith : ADAM
16
Do penance : ATONE
17
Grid great Graham : OTTO
18
All-night party : RAVE
19
On pitch : TUNED
20
Question to a suspect : WHATSTHESTORY
23
Pasture sound : MOO
24
Planet, poetically : ORB
25
Tom of "Newhart" : POSTON
29
Sugar pie : HON
31
Mosque V.I.P. : IMAM
35
Sound from Sneezy : ACHOO
36
Pueblo Indians : HOPIS
38
Botheration : ADO
39
Question to a prospective bride : WHOSTHELUCKYMAN
42
Make a boner : ERR
43
Great Lakes mnemonic : HOMES
44
Alphabet ender : OMEGA
45
Need a bath badly : REEK
47
Kid-___ (children's shows) : VID
48
Did figure eights, say : SKATED
49
Big brute : APE
51
News initials : UPI
52
Question to a speeder : WHERESTHEFIRE
59
Close to : ABOUT
61
Actress Sharon : TATE
62
"Phew!" inducer : ODOR
63
Transported : BORNE
64
Many a trucker : CBER
65
Lantern-jawed celeb : LENO
66
Say "@#$%!" : SWEAR
67
Call to Fido : HERE
68
Roaster's spot : DAIS
Down
1
Pack overhead : STOW
2
"@#$%!," e.g. : OATH
3
Bread for gyros : PITA
4
Place for mail : SLOT
5
Dolly who sang "Here You Come Again" : PARTON
6
State with a panhandle : IDAHO
7
Stalactite site : CAVE
8
Traitorous Aldrich : AMES
9
Ulan ___, Mongolia : BATOR
10
Spanish pianist José : ITURBI
11
Walkman maker : SONY
12
Latish lunchtime : ONE
13
Nancy Drew's beau : NED
21
Peanut butter choice : SMOOTH
22
Gin's partner : TONIC
25
Ham-fisted one : PAWER
26
Autumn hue : OCHRE
27
Sandcastle site : SHORE
28
How-___ (instructional books) : TOS
29
Sank, as a putt : HOLED
30
Numbered work : OPUS
32
"Glengarry Glen Ross" playwright : MAMET
33
Old saw : ADAGE
34
Single-celled creature : MONAD
36
Prefix with 48-Down : HEMI
37
Chicago suburb : SKOKIE
40
Hang like a chopper : HOVER
41
Singer Sumac : YMA
46
Hilo honcho : KAHUNA
48
Ball : SPHERE
50
Ueberroth or Ustinov : PETER
51
Out-and-out : UTTER
52
Got threadbare : WORE
53
Work with acid : ETCH
54
Kemo ___ : SABE
55
Go out of business : FOLD
56
Creative spark : IDEA
57
Rice-a-___ : RONI
58
Libidinous deity : EROS
59
Tummy muscles : ABS
60
Item for 58-Down : BOW

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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