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New York Times, Monday, November 6, 2000

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Mideast's Meir
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
511/16/19982/17/20044
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0410000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.551822%
Bob Frank

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {VXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 62 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Frank. Monday freshness: 97%
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© 2000, The New York Times11/6/0 ( No. 18,626 )
Across
1
Mideast's Meir : GOLDA
6
Quench : SLAKE
11
Reverse of ENE : WSW
14
French ___ soup : ONION
15
Old postcard cost : PENNY
16
News agcy. : UPI
17
Special person : SMARTCOOKIE
19
Forty winks : NAP
20
"Help yourself" : HERE
21
At an angle : ATILT
22
Store goods: Abbr. : MDSE
23
Humorist Sahl : MORT
25
Highly regards : ESTEEMS
27
Eye chart eyers, at times : SQUINTERS
31
Opposite of vert. : HOR
32
Part of a litter : PUP
33
Cubs slugger Sammy : SOSA
34
Viewed like a tourist : GAWKED
37
Cloak-and-dagger org. : CIA
38
Special person : HOTSHOT
40
Jerusalem's land: Abbr. : ISR
41
When there's darkness, in a Koestler title : ATNOON
43
Makes lace : TATS
44
Code-cracking org. : NSA
45
"Le Coq ___" : DOR
46
Alcove from which to watch the street : BAYWINDOW
48
Cane cutter : MACHETE
51
Tiny biter : MITE
52
Roswell sightings : UFOS
53
Killer whales : ORCAS
55
V-J Day ended it : WWII
59
Comic Conway : TIM
60
Special person : CRACKERJACK
62
Bard's before : ERE
63
Composer Erik : SATIE
64
Transplant taker : DONEE
65
___ Bingle (Crosby moniker) : DER
66
Not your or my : THEIR
67
Helps with a heist : ABETS
Down
1
"Gee whillikers!" : GOSH
2
"This round's ___!" : ONME
3
Make-up artist? : LIAR
4
Start of the musical scale : DOREMI
5
Small colonist : ANT
6
Unscientific survey : SPOTTEST
7
Fifth-century pope who was sainted : LEOI
8
Bobbysocks reach them : ANKLES
9
Sweaters, e.g. : KNITS
10
CBS symbol : EYE
11
Special person : WUNDERKIND
12
Involuntary jerk : SPASM
13
Uses a towel : WIPES
18
Saturday morning TV showing : CARTOON
22
Cat's plaint : MEOW
24
Not at sea : ONSHORE
26
"Eureka!" : THATSIT
27
Pet lovers' org. : SPCA
28
Give up : QUIT
29
Special person : UPANDCOMER
30
Haile Selassie disciple : RASTA
34
Finally learned : GOTWISE
35
Exxon, once : ESSO
36
Gunfight command : DRAW
39
Knockout punch : HAYMAKER
42
Sounds of envy : OOHS
46
Tongue-lash : BERATE
47
A bored worker might look for one : NEWJOB
48
With the sound off : MUTED
49
Like a house ___ : AFIRE
50
Synagogue scroll : TORAH
54
202, to Tiberius : CCII
56
Wind down : WANE
57
"Body Count" rapper : ICET
58
Alibi ___ (excuse makers) : IKES
60
Mpls. clock setting : CST
61
Nutritional std. : RDA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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