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New York Times, Saturday, April 1, 2000

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Ministers
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQVZ} Spans: 2 Grid has repeated answers. This is puzzle # 105 for Mr. Nosowsky. Saturday freshness: 22%
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© 2000, The New York Times4/1/0 ( No. 18,407 )
Across
1
Torment : TTTT
5
Some socials : TTTT
9
Golfers' needs : TTTTT
14
Over yonder : THAR
15
Joyous cry : HIHO
16
"Are you in ___?" : OROUT
17
Little one : TYKE
18
Utah Lake is to its west : OREM
19
Tarnish : TAINT
20
Counterfeiters' nemeses : TMEN
21
Rocket launcher : NASA
22
Marina site : INLET
23
Ministers : TENDS
25
List for a new hire : DUTIES
27
Squish, squash or squelch : STEPON
29
"You're lookin' at your person!" : IMIT
33
Have words with : TALKTO
37
Start of a newsgroup name online : REC
38
Orient : EAST
39
Attempts : TRIESONESHANDAT
42
Measurer : TAPE
43
North Korea's ___ Il Sung : KIM
44
Breadth : EXTENT
45
Cooking meas. : TBSP
46
Really here : INESSE
48
"What fools these mortals be" writer : SENECA
50
Beacon : LIGHT
55
Half-sister of Absalom : TAMAR
58
Pen mothers : SOWS
60
Nair rival : NEET
61
Formulaic : TRITE
62
Littermates : PUPS
63
Camus's "L'___ de siège" : ETAT
64
Officer's jacket : TUNIC
65
Something copied: Abbr. : ORIG
66
Countertenor, maybe : PART
67
Musical notes : TTTTT
68
Rib : TTTT
69
Sri Lankan exports : TTTT
Down
1
Flirt : TTTTT
2
Bouquet garni element : THYME
3
Conned : TAKEN
4
Graph line indication : TREND
5
Fund-raising suffix : THON
6
Tongue-lashing : TIRADE
7
High branch : THESUPREMECOURT
8
Paste makers : TOMATOES
9
"Sophie, ___ and Belle" (1996 musical) : TOTIE
10
Here today, gone tomorrow : TRANSIENT
11
Hard work : TOIL
12
Air : TUNE
13
Informal tops : TTTT
24
Loud streakers : SSTS
26
Rulers have them : INCHES
28
Absorbed : TOOKIN
30
Synthetic : MADE
31
"My life ___ open book" : ISAN
32
Plumbing joints : TTTT
33
Angers, with "off" : TTTT
34
___ League : ARAB
35
Kissers : LIPS
36
Perseveres : KEEPSATIT
40
Part of a Yarborough, maybe, in bridge : NINESPOT
41
Jump in the Winter Olympics : AXEL
47
Log-cutting area : SAWPIT
49
Standing : ERECT
51
Oafish : INEPT
52
Imply : GETAT
53
Inside pump : HEART
54
Certain crosses : TTTTT
55
Timeout signs : TTTT
56
In ___ (stagnant) : ARUT
57
Make money : MINT
59
Certain N.C.O. : SSGT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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