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New York Times, Tuesday, March 27, 2001

Author:
Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Time to crow
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
534/11/20004/28/20075
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5221680%
Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Blackard. Tuesday freshness: 58%
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© 2001, The New York Times3/27/1 ( No. 18,767 )
Across
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Rah-rah : AVID
5
Pays to play : ANTES
10
Fraternal org. : BPOE
14
It smells : NOSE
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Trigger, to Roy Rogers : MOUNT
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50-and-up org. : AARP
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Black and white #1 : GIANTPANDA
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Stair unit : STEP
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Tickle pink : ELATE
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No-goodnik : HEEL
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Work units : ERGS
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Adding kick to : LACING
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Even if, for short : ALTHO
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Daze : STUPOR
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Broom ___ (comics witch) : HILDA
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Tear carrier : DUCT
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"So that's it!" : AHA
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Clamorous protest : OUTCRY
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Busy mo. for a C.P.A. : APR
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Black and white #2 : WRITING
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"Wheel of Fortune" buy : ANE
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Did an old locomotive job : STOKED
44
Señora Perón : EVA
45
Son of Aphrodite : EROS
46
Book after Daniel : HOSEA
47
Testing : TRYING
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Lip-___ : SYNCH
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Convertible, informally : RAGTOP
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Time to crow : DAWN
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Sticks up : ROBS
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Fish in a way : TROLL
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Switch end : EROO
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Black and white #3 : OREOCOOKIE
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Ernie's TV pal : BERT
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Unfolds : OPENS
66
Rock on the roll? : LAVA
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Marquis de ___ : SADE
68
Home to the Masai : KENYA
69
Caustic alkalis : LYES
Down
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Show backer : ANGEL
2
"Ta-da!" : VOILA
3
Hayes who sang "Never Can Say Goodbye" : ISAAC
4
One who's down in the mouth? : DENTIST
5
Roadie's burden : AMP
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Preparer for a flood : NOAH
7
Bring to proper pitch : TUNE
8
Make beloved : ENDEAR
9
Drag one's feet : STALL
10
It may produce a run in : BASEHIT
11
Black and white #4 : PATROLCAR
12
Neighbor of Calif. : OREG
13
Omar of "Scream 2" : EPPS
18
Campsite sight : TENT
24
Michael Jordan, notably : GUARD
26
Plugugly : THUG
28
___ Beta Kappa : PHI
29
Many a John Wayne flick : OATER
31
First Bond flick : DRNO
32
Roll call calls : AYES
33
100-meter, e.g. : DASH
34
___ no good : UPTO
35
Black and white #5 : CROSSWORD
37
How the ecstatic walk : ONAIR
39
Detach gradually : WEAN
40
Princeton greenery : IVY
43
Kick off the convention : KEYNOTE
45
White House Easter event : EGGROLL
47
Athlete of the Century Jim : THORPE
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Peacekeeping grp. : NATO
50
Shepherd's staff : CROOK
52
Hungarian wine : TOKAY
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Martini tidbit : OLIVE
54
Nolo contendere and others : PLEAS
55
Ball belles : DEBS
56
Neighborhood : AREA
58
"It's ___ real!" : BEEN
59
PlayStation maker : SONY
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The Gray: Abbr. : CSA

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

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