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New York Times, Thursday, February 3, 2000

Author:
Thomas W. Schier
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Across : Do detective work
TotalDebutLatest
2810/23/196710/18/2000
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4646242
CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
11.59791148%
Thomas W. Schier

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQZ} This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Schier. Thursday freshness: 11%
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© 2000, The New York Times2/3/0 ( No. 18,349 )
Across
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Guitar accessory : CAPO
5
Unoriginal : APISH
10
Land where Moses died : MOAB
14
Tiptop : APEX
15
Kitchen utensil : CORER
16
Playwright's dream : OBIE
17
Darrow client : LOEB
18
Maître's place : ECOLE
19
"Bill & ___ Excellent Adventure" : TEDS
20
1960's sci-fi series : SPLOSTACE
22
So far : ASYET
23
Reasons : WHYS
24
Copy to a floppy : SAVE
26
S.&L. offerings : CDS
29
McCowen of "Frenzy" : ALEC
31
Foursome : TETRAD
35
Allow to pass : LETBY
37
Wild about : INTO
39
Princess loved by Hercules : IOLE
40
Third man : ABEL
41
Do detective work : SNOOP
42
Solitaire item : OPAL
43
Jorge's hand : MANO
44
Alaska radar station site : ATTU
45
Hägar's dog : SNERT
46
Long-winded : PROLIX
48
Linen hue : ECRU
50
Classified abbr. : RMS
51
Rising locale? : OVEN
53
County bordering London : KENT
55
N.F.L. QB Young : STEVE
58
Arrives ahead of schedule : EGETSARLY
63
Colleague of Dashiell : ERLE
64
Square (with) : AGREE
65
Onetime Korean president : RHEE
66
Move, in Realtor lingo : RELO
67
Warms up : PREPS
68
Reverberation : PEAL
69
Doctor's ___ : EXAM
70
Rowing crew : EIGHT
71
Satirist from Canada : SAHL
Down
1
Ripken, Jr. and Sr. : CALS
2
Per unit : APOP
3
Sunburn result : PEEL
4
U-shaped river bend : OXBOW
5
Vinegar radical : ACETYL
6
Example : POCASEINT
7
___-Z (auto) : IROC
8
Three-time French Open winner : SELES
9
Domain of Otto I: Abbr. : HRE
10
Start, as a chain of events : MOTSETION
11
Observe : OBEY
12
Flunky : AIDE
13
Bet or buy lead-in : BEST
21
Traveling carriage : SHAY
22
Old greeting : AVE
25
Superimposed on : ATOP
26
Get tough, with "down" : CLAMP
27
Preclude : DEBAR
28
Gregg grad : STENO
30
Exchange for 10 sawbucks : CNOTE
32
Cowboy : ROPER
33
Sleep spoiler : ALARM
34
Shoulder muscles, briefly : DELTS
36
Jack Benny's theme song : BLOLOVEOM
38
Write or call : TOUCKEEPH
41
___-Coburg-Gotha : SAXE
45
Arizona N.B.A.'ers : SUNS
47
"___ got it!" : IVE
49
Take back to the lab : RETEST
52
Inamorata of Valentino : NEGRI
54
Diamond protection : TARPS
55
Drought-ridden : SERE
56
"The Lost World" menace : TREX
57
"___ in London" (jazz album) : ELLA
59
Hurler Maddux : GREG
60
Actress Perlman : RHEA
61
Mrs. Rabin : LEAH
62
Cheerleader's routine : YELL
64
Bruiser : APE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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