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New York Times, Saturday, February 26, 2000

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : Belt material, perhaps
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
601/29/19945/22/201110
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.5746577%
Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 28 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. Klahn. Saturday freshness: 60%
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© 2000, The New York Times2/26/0 ( No. 18,372 )
Across
1
Held by a third party : INESCROW
9
Clio candidate : TVSPOT
15
1932 title role for Greta Garbo : MATAHARI
16
Runaround? : ROTARY
17
Masons : STONEMEN
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More serious : ACUTER
19
1969 Sammy Davis Jr. hit : IVEGOTTABEME
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El Greco, by birth : CRETAN
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Places to see races: Abbr. : OTBS
25
___ calculus (kidney stone) : RENAL
26
Little ___ : NEMO
28
Polo Grounds headliner : OTT
31
Standardbred : AMERICANTROTTER
35
Royal involved in the Diamond Necklace Affair : MARIEANTOINETTE
36
"I must submit to an epitaph graven by a fool" penner : EDGARLEEMASTERS
37
Foreign leader : REY
38
Municipal sites: Abbr. : CTRS
39
Gallico's Mrs. ___ : ARRIS
40
Dirt : SMUT
42
Elegant : CLASSY
43
Belt material, perhaps : SNAKELEATHER
48
Tease : LOLITA
49
Hindquarters : HAUNCHES
53
Genesis locale : ARARAT
54
Folk singer's accompaniment : AUTOHARP
55
Sleeveless cloak : MANTLE
56
William aboard the Mayflower : BREWSTER
Down
1
Private on-line chats, for short : IMS
2
"Ah, Wilderness!" character ___ Miller : NAT
3
War zone, in brief : ETO
4
Places for mending : SANITARIA
5
Legion of Honor member : CHEVALIER
6
Noodle-and-vegetable soup : RAMEN
7
33rd state: Abbr. : OREG
8
Port authority? : WINO
9
Where to get a Pisa pizza? : TRATTORIA
10
Dict. material : VOCAB
11
Some pencils : STUBS
12
Crown : PATE
13
Utah city : OREM
14
It may be kept in a boot : TYRE
20
They're beaten hands-down : TOMTOMS
21
Grammy winner Floyd : CRAMER
22
Like some classic movies : REMADE
23
Zip : ENERGY
26
Broadway character who sings "Tea for Two" : NANETTE
27
Put down, in a way : ENTER
28
Bewhiskered creatures : OTTERS
29
Popular game from Russia : TETRIS
30
Like Rapunzel : TRESSY
32
Work out : CALCULATE
33
Common ad phrase : ONSALENOW
34
Some joint rulers : TETRARCHS
40
Bypass : SKIRT
41
It may be forged : METAL
42
Back pack? : CHUTE
43
Dis : SLAM
44
Ibsen's "doll" : NORA
45
"The Way We Were" writer Bergman : ALAN
46
1956 Gregory Peck role : AHAB
47
Bullish opening : TAUR
50
Word with dance or band : HAT
51
It may come before long : ERE
52
Abbr. in a resort's name : SPR

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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