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New York Times, Tuesday, February 26, 2002

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : 2001 50-Across nominee
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 80 for Mr. Gordon. Tuesday freshness: 35%
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© 2002, The New York Times2/26/2 ( No. 19,103 )
Across
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Funnyman Fox : JAMIE
6
Wallop : PASTE
11
Little demon : IMP
14
Lagoon surrounder : ATOLL
15
Suffix similar to -ish : ESQUE
16
___ es Salaam : DAR
17
2001 50-Across nominee : MOULINROUGE
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"Exodus" hero : ARI
20
Gush : SPEW
21
___ vez (again, in Spanish) : OTRA
22
Virtuoso : WHIZ
23
2001 50-Across nominee : INTHEBEDROOM
27
Bygone Spanish dictator : FRANCO
30
Regret : RUE
31
2001 50-Across nominee, with "The" : LORDOFTHERINGS
37
Thurman of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" : UMA
38
It merged with Time Warner : AOL
39
Brazilian city, familiarly : RIO
41
2001 50-Across nominee : ABEAUTIFULMIND
48
650, Roman-style : DCL
49
Said : STATED
50
See 17-, 23-, 31-, 41- and 63-Across : ACADEMYAWARD
56
Wacky : ZANY
57
Race in "The Time Machine" : ELOI
58
Sidle : EDGE
62
Pewter component : TIN
63
2001 50-Across nominee : GOSFORDPARK
66
Palindromic preposition : ERE
67
"Tomorrow" musical : ANNIE
68
Relative worth : VALUE
69
Watergate prosecutor Archibald : COX
70
Like visiting teams, often : BOOED
71
___ and drabs : DRIBS
Down
1
Plays impromptu : JAMS
2
Above : ATOP
3
Pouting grimace : MOUE
4
It "blows no good" : ILLWIND
5
Yalie : ELI
6
Capital of Western Australia : PERTH
7
Stick out like ___ thumb : ASORE
8
Young pigeon : SQUAB
9
Yank : TUG
10
Wide shoe width : EEE
11
Its license plates say "Famous Potatoes" : IDAHO
12
Former governor Cuomo : MARIO
13
Geo model : PRIZM
18
___ this earth : NOTOF
22
Small songbird : WREN
24
Sgt., e.g. : NCO
25
Mess up : ERR
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It makes MADD mad : DUI
27
Winter ailment : FLU
28
Capital of Italia : ROMA
29
Saudi, e.g. : ARAB
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Tit for ___ : TAT
33
___ polloi : HOI
34
Little toymaker : ELF
35
Indomitable spirit : GRIT
36
Cosecant's reciprocal : SINE
40
Strange : ODD
42
Small whirlpool : EDDY
43
Point of no return? : ACE
44
Where Einstein was born : ULM
45
Old Pan Am rival : USAIR
46
Env. contents : LTR
47
Finished a round even : MADEPAR
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Dweller at Tenochtitlán : AZTEC
51
Nile city : CAIRO
52
Wing : ANNEX
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Kind of question : YESNO
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"What's it all about?" guy : ALFIE
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Courted : WOOED
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Noted Surrealist : DALI
60
Food that is "rustled up" : GRUB
61
Scrapes (out) : EKES
63
Yak : GAB
64
Lennon's love : ONO
65
Blockbuster rental, perhaps : DVD

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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