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New York Times, Tuesday, February 22, 2000

Author:
Dorothy E. Donaldson
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : Quip, part 2
TotalDebutLatest
28/27/19962/22/2000
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0020000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.50810%
Dorothy E. Donaldson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 43 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Donaldson. Tuesday freshness: 12%
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© 2000, The New York Times2/22/0 ( No. 18,368 )
Across
1
One of the worlds in "The War of the Worlds" : MARS
5
Baby's first word, maybe : MAMA
9
Designer Donna : KARAN
14
Touch on : ABUT
15
PC pic : ICON
16
Alpha's opposite : OMEGA
17
Kennedy matriarch : ROSE
18
The N.F.L.'s Aikman : TROY
19
Dentist's request : WIDER
20
Start of a quip : IUSEDTO
22
Stuffed bear : TEDDY
23
Cache : STORE
24
Final approval : SAYSO
28
Quip, part 2 : BESNOWWHITE
34
Paul Simon's "Slip ___ Away" : SLIDIN
38
Form of evidence, these days : DNA
39
Frankfurt's river : ODER
40
Crescent shapes: Var. : LUNETS
41
Skill : TALENT
43
Word for Yorick : ALAS
44
Stars and Stripes land : USA
47
Compassionate : HUMANE
48
End of the quip : BUTIDRIFTED
51
Verso's opposite : RECTO
52
Ancient Greek colony : IONIA
57
Mrs. Gorbachev : RAISA
61
Speaker of the quip : MAEWEST
63
Cockeyed : ASKEW
64
Gyro meat : LAMB
66
Prefix with second : NANO
67
Cubic meter : STERE
68
Devil's doing : EVIL
69
Town on the Thames : ETON
70
Model at work : POSER
71
Like Marilyn Monroe : SEXY
72
Learning the times table, e.g. : ROTE
Down
1
Home run champ until 1998 : MARIS
2
Up's partner : ABOUT
3
Rene of "Tin Cup" : RUSSO
4
Beef on the hoof : STEER
5
Catcher's need : MITT
6
Unlike this answer : ACROSS
7
Jersey greeting? : MOO
8
"___ luck?" : ANY
9
Bow and scrape : KOWTOW
10
Grenoble girlfriend : AMIE
11
Foxx of "Sanford and Son" : REDD
12
Like fine wine : AGED
13
Word before "a soul" : NARY
21
Ledger entry : DEBIT
25
"Then what?" : AND
26
Hither's partner : YON
27
Wrap in bandages : SWATHE
29
Make certain : ENSURE
30
1947 Oscar winner Celeste : HOLM
31
Light bulb, figuratively : IDEA
32
Chattanooga's home: Abbr. : TENN
33
One-named designer : ERTE
34
Meat loaf serving : SLAB
35
Lollapalooza : LULU
36
___ the finish : INAT
37
Half a 50's sitcom couple : DESI
42
Decorated Murphy : AUDIE
45
[not my error] : SIC
46
Toward the rear : AFT
49
Cash register part : DRAWER
50
Star of silent oaters : TOMMIX
53
Title holder : OWNER
54
"Rad!" : NEATO
55
Comeback in a kids' argument : ISNOT
56
Make amends : ATONE
57
Coarse file : RASP
58
Concerning : ASTO
59
Alibi ___ (excuse makers) : IKES
60
Withered : SERE
62
With adroitness : ABLY
64
"___ Miz" : LES
65
Forum greeting : AVE

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

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