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New York Times, Friday, February 16, 2001

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Across : Roadside establishment
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
601/29/19945/22/201110
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1313121426
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.5746577%
Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 26 Missing: {FJQWZ} This is puzzle # 44 for Mr. Klahn. Friday freshness: 81%
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© 2001, The New York Times2/16/1 ( No. 18,728 )
Across
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It's connected to a bowl : PIPESTEM
9
Course before une salade, maybe : POTAGE
15
A priest, not a beast : ONELLAMA
16
Kickoff : OPENER
17
Trouble spot for Indiana Jones : SNAKEPIT
18
Like beachgoers vis-à-vis indoor types : TANNER
19
Confiscate, legally : ESCHEAT
20
Blenders : MELDERS
21
Busbies, boaters and billycocks : HATS
22
Roadside establishment : DINER
23
Door : ENTRY
25
1953 Eartha Kitt hit : CESTSIBON
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Squalor : DIRT
30
Pole star? : SANTACLAUS
31
Chiller : ICE
32
It's north of New York City : UPSTATE
33
Berkshire abode : STY
34
Old film magazine photos : CHEESECAKE
36
Alpine Museum city : BERN
37
Checkered : TESSELATE
38
Georges who wrote "Life: A User's Manual" : PEREC
39
Rudimentary : CRUDE
40
"Star Trek" navigator : SULU
41
Gilda Radner character : ROSANNE
44
Like some speech sounds : LAMINAL
47
Inuit outerwear : ANORAK
48
Money in a classic song title : SIXPENCE
49
Start of a #1 Beach Boys title : HELPME
50
"Nature's pharmacy" : ALOEVERA
51
Smart one : SASSER
52
One who doesn't take the high road : PANDERER
Down
1
False front : POSE
2
Holiday ___ : INNS
3
Georgia bloomers : PEACHTREES
4
City where Alka-Seltzer was first made : ELKHART
5
Like a cold shower? : SLEETY
6
Snacks served with cerveza : TAPAS
7
Throw off : EMIT
8
Tangle : MAT
9
Sovereign : POTENTATE
10
Change colors, in a way : OPALESCE
11
Curly strand : TENDRIL
12
Daughter of James II : ANNE
13
Will of Hollywood : GEER
14
Foozles : ERRS
20
Foozle : MISTAKE
22
Like opium poppy leaves : DENTATE
23
___ of Nantes : EDICT
24
Specialty : NICHE
25
Gush : CASCADE
26
One who's homeward bound : BASERUNNER
27
Unconventional : OUTRE
28
"No Strings Attached" pop group : NSYNC
30
Explorer of sorts : SPELUNKER
32
Start of certain addresses : USERNAME
35
Inner walls of fortification ditches : ESCARPS
36
Buy, so to speak : BELIEVE
38
Infused with enthusiasm : PUMPED
40
1066 loser : SAXON
41
Root words : RAHS
42
Super's apartment, often : ONEA
43
Hundreds of centavos : SOLS
44
___ Crane, Vera Miles's role in "Psycho" : LILA
45
Big plot : ACRE
46
"The Jumblies" poet : LEAR
48
Softhead : SAP

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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