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New York Times, Thursday, March 1, 2001

Author:
Nancy S. Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : Rubber stamp
TotalDebutLatest
561/23/19722/25/2004
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
113421845
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.48863424%
Nancy S. Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 54 for Ms. Ross. Thursday freshness: 48%
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© 2001, The New York Times3/1/1 ( No. 18,741 )
Across
1
"Goldberg Variations" composer : BACH
5
Like Beethoven : DEAF
9
Crisp cookies : SNAPS
14
"The Intimate ___" (1990 jazz album) : ELLA
15
Empire builder : INCA
16
Zipped, so to speak : QUIET
17
Start of some campus graffiti : NIETZSCHE
19
Extreme : ULTRA
20
Spode item : TEACUP
21
Lands, as a fish : REELSIN
23
TV inits. : HBO
24
Doctor's cupful, maybe : DOSE
25
Teachers' org. : NEA
28
Graffiti, part 2 : ISPIETZSCHE
34
First and second : ORDINALS
36
Wharton's Frome : ETHAN
37
To the ___ : HILT
38
Du Pont trademark : LYCRA
41
Music box music : LILT
42
City whose name is derived from a Timucua Indian name : OCALA
44
Rubber stamp : APPROVER
46
Graffiti, part 3 : WHILESARTRE
49
Canton ender : ESE
50
1960's revolutionary Mark : RUDD
51
Snack : EAT
53
Collage, e.g. : ARTFORM
57
Not so valuable furs : STOATS
61
Experts : GURUS
62
End of the graffiti : ISSMARTRE
65
National competitor : ALAMO
66
In ___ (not piecemeal) : TOTO
67
Beef ___ : STEW
68
Oppose : REPEL
69
Coloraturas' performances : SOLI
70
Till compartment : ONES
Down
1
Inclination : BENT
2
"___ of the Mind" (Sam Shepard play) : ALIE
3
"The Alexandria Quartet" finale : CLEA
4
Deck opening : HATCH
5
Kitchen sink device : DISPOSAL
6
Business letter abbr. : ENC
7
Essen interjection : ACH
8
___ Islands, between Scotland and Iceland : FAEROE
9
Very narrow fit : SQUEEZE
10
Valueless : NULL
11
River isles : AITS
12
Prefix with scope : PERI
13
Cartoonist Drake : STAN
18
Maestro Mehta : ZUBIN
22
D.C. is on it : EST
24
It's not part of a play : DISCARD
25
Adverb disdained by English teachers : NOHOW
26
Author ___ Maria Remarque : ERICH
27
Ike challenger : ADLAI
29
Layer : PLY
30
Manche capital : STLO
31
Relative of a leek : CHIVE
32
Compels to go : HALES
33
___ nous : ENTRE
35
"___ never work!" : ITLL
39
Employee's wrap-up: Abbr. : RPT
40
Time for le déluge? : APRESMOI
43
Pfffsss producer : AEROSOL
45
Gaucho's rope : REATA
47
Big ___ : SUR
48
Shows honesty, in a way : ADMITS
52
Gallery installation : TORSO
53
Thickening agent : AGAR
54
Do or don't : RULE
55
Fat mouth : TRAP
56
Cause for opening a window : FUME
58
Business letter abbr. : ATTN
59
Ring site : TREE
60
Wraps (up) : SEWS
63
___ Canals : SOO
64
N.L. Central team inits. : STL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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