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New York Times, Monday, March 27, 2000

Author:
Dave and Diane Epperson
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Across : Lustrous gems
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
512/13/199910/31/20025
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0300200
ScrabDebutFresh
1.541123%
Dave Epperson
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
512/13/199910/31/20025
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0300200
ScrabDebutFresh
1.541123%
Diane Epperson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KQXY} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Epperson. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Epperson. Monday freshness: 44%
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© 2000, The New York Times3/27/0 ( No. 18,402 )
Across
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Linemen's protectors : PADS
5
Light-refracting crystal : PRISM
10
Marries : WEDS
14
Coward in "The Wizard of Oz" : LION
15
Author Bret : HARTE
16
Like slanted type: Abbr. : ITAL
17
The New Yorker cartoonist Peter : ARNO
18
___ a time (individually) : ONEAT
19
Kind of wrestling : SUMO
20
Buddhist discipline : ZEN
21
Soul singer from California? : OTISREDDING
23
Slowly, to a conductor : ADAGIO
25
Bullfight bull : TORO
26
California prison : FOLSOM
29
Big airplane engine : RAMJET
33
Lustrous gems : OPALS
35
Levi's material : DENIM
37
Coronado's gold : ORO
38
Prayer opener : LORD
39
Kind of boom : SONIC
40
Fake : SHAM
41
Greyhound, e.g. : DOG
42
Heard, but not seen : AURAL
43
Intelligence : SENSE
44
Old-time Japanese governor : SHOGUN
46
Tried and true : TESTED
48
"What are the ___?" : ODDS
50
St. Petersburg's Hermitage, e.g. : MUSEUM
53
Pop singer from Texas? : PATTIAUSTIN
58
Wizards and Magic org. : NBA
59
Grad : ALUM
60
Mt. Everest locale : NEPAL
61
"___ calling" : AVON
62
Italian money : LIRA
63
Jalopy : CRATE
64
Darjeeling and oolong : TEAS
65
Hit the runway : LAND
66
Snake shapes : ESSES
67
Johnson of "Laugh-In" : ARTE
Down
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Public square : PLAZA
2
On TV : AIRED
3
Country singer from North Dakota? : DONNAFARGO
4
___-Cat (off-road vehicle) : SNO
5
Snaps : PHOTOS
6
Indian princess : RANI
7
Infuriates : IRES
8
Get the ball rolling : START
9
Momentarily dazzling : METEORIC
10
Opposite of ignorance : WISDOM
11
Sewing case : ETUI
12
Cousin of "Phooey!" : DAMN
13
Wade (through) : SLOG
21
Works at the Louvre : OILS
22
Short drink : DRAM
24
Olympian's quest : GOLD
27
Nose tickler : ODOR
28
___ Work (road repair sign) : MENAT
30
Folk-rock singer from Colorado? : JOHNDENVER
31
Great times : ERAS
32
Scholarly book : TOME
33
Cutlass or Eighty Eight : OLDS
34
"Tush!" : POOH
36
Christie's "Death on the ___" : NILE
39
Big film festival name : SUNDANCE
40
Envisages : SEES
42
Autobahn car : AUDI
43
Flabbergast : STUN
45
Became angry : GOTMAD
47
Beams : SMILES
49
Litigants : SUERS
51
German sub : UBOAT
52
Parsonage : MANSE
53
___ Mall (London street) : PALL
54
Inter ___ : ALIA
55
Become a traitor : TURN
56
They'll get you in hot water : SPAS
57
Noted gallery : TATE
61
___ loss for words : ATA

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2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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