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New York Times, Monday, February 5, 2001

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Across : What golfers try to break
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
11612/29/199311/26/200845
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2015151219278
RebusScrabDebutFresh
71.5252247%
Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {V} This is puzzle # 67 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 55 for Mr. Estes. Monday freshness: 82%
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T
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O
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I
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L
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I
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L
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S
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A
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M
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O
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G
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U
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L
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A
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B
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A
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B
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U
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G
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R
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W
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Y
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C
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P
A
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T
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J
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I
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W
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Z
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D
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F
A
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N
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B
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A
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K
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A
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S
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H
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C
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T
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N
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T
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K
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A
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E
X
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O
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P
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T
© 2001, The New York Times2/5/1 ( No. 18,717 )
Across
1
Slave away : TOIL
5
"Casablanca" heroine : ILSA
9
Fat cat : MOGUL
14
"___ of Green Gables" : ANNE
15
Windfall : BOON
16
Knock down a peg : ABASE
17
Cynic's snort #1 : BAHHUMBUG
19
Conservatives, with "the" : RIGHT
20
Bothered nigglingly : ATEAT
21
Roasting rods : SPITS
23
No longer working: Abbr. : RET
24
Joy's opposite : SORROW
26
Cynic's snort #2 : YEAHSURE
28
Miler Sebastian : COE
29
Game show host Sajak : PAT
31
Lockup overseer : JAILER
32
Tiebreakers, briefly : OTS
33
Thunderstruck : INAWE
36
Alphabet enders, in Britain : ZEDS
37
Cynic's snort #3 : FATCHANCE
40
Loverboy : BEAU
43
Split country : KOREA
44
Combustion residue : ASH
47
Brainpower measurer : IQTEST
50
What golfers try to break : PAR
51
Health resort : SPA
52
Cynic's snort #4 : PUHLEASE
55
Annoy : PESTER
57
"___ Abner" : LIL
58
Island where Minos ruled : CRETE
60
Rise from a chair : STAND
61
Something to lend or bend : ANEAR
63
Cynic's snort #5 : THATSRICH
65
___ Dame : NOTRE
66
Job to do : TASK
67
Neck of the woods : AREA
68
Strain : EXERT
69
Aware of : ONTO
70
Saucy : PERT
Down
1
Hot sauce : TABASCO
2
Drunkenly reveling : ONATOOT
3
Belongs : INHERES
4
"The Merry Widow" composer : LEHAR
5
Co. called "Big Blue" : IBM
6
Arcing shots : LOBS
7
Like thick fog : SOUPY
8
1973 Rolling Stones #1 hit : ANGIE
9
Actress Mason : MARSHA
10
Kimono sash : OBI
11
Ban on talking : GAGRULE
12
Led down the aisle : USHERED
13
Correspondence : LETTERS
18
Heaven on earth : UTOPIA
22
___ Mahal : TAJ
25
Desire : WANT
27
Economy, for one : SIZE
30
Bulletin board affixer : TACK
34
You-know-___ : WHO
35
Lawman Wyatt : EARP
37
Gas or oil : FUEL
38
Kind of tide : NEAP
39
Touch tenderly : CARESS
40
Many a crop- duster : BIPLANE
41
March 21 occurrence : EQUINOX
42
Jock : ATHLETE
44
Fred of "Top Hat" : ASTAIRE
45
Princess Diana's family name : SPENCER
46
Construction worker : HARDHAT
48
Hush-hush : SECRET
49
Two-lane topper : TAR
53
Brief brawl : SETTO
54
Patriot Allen : ETHAN
56
Subway handhold : STRAP
59
Sunrise direction : EAST
62
Flight board info: Abbr. : ARR
64
Fight stopper, briefly : TKO

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

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