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New York Times, Monday, April 10, 2000

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Clean a tile floor, maybe
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {WXZ} This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Early. Monday freshness: 22%
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© 2000, The New York Times4/10/0 ( No. 18,416 )
Across
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Round farm building : SILO
5
Hospital fluid : SERUM
10
Silent assents : NODS
14
Riyadh resident : ARAB
15
Caribbean vacation spot : ARUBA
16
Biblical murder victim : ABEL
17
Grammatical reptile? : CONJUGATOR
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Filthy : VILE
20
They fit under desks : KNEES
21
One feuding with the McCoys : HATFIELD
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"All ___ go!" : SYSTEMS
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Criminal : THUG
27
Hill's opposite : DALE
29
Mideast negotiator : ARAFAT
33
Kind of exam : ORAL
37
26-Across items : GUNS
39
Kenneth with a report : STARR
40
New Jersey city next to Hackensack : LODI
41
Saddam Hussein, notably : IRAQI
43
Nabisco cookie : OREO
44
Helps, as a 26-Across : ABETS
46
Gulf war missile : SCUD
47
Library urging : READ
48
City with canals : VENICE
50
Knots : TIES
52
Infatuated : GAGA
54
Clean a tile floor, maybe : DAMPMOP
59
Salad pasta : MACARONI
63
Mitchell's Scarlett : OHARA
64
Landed : ALIT
65
Riot-causing reptile? : INSTIGATOR
68
Dog in Oz : TOTO
69
Like some renewable energy : SOLAR
70
Shipped : SENT
71
Clairvoyant : SEER
72
Fort ___, Fla. : MYERS
73
Cupid : EROS
Down
1
Axes : SACKS
2
Humor with a twist : IRONY
3
Bowling alley divisions : LANES
4
___ d'art : OBJET
5
Droop : SAG
6
One for the history books : ERA
7
Baseball's Bambino : RUTH
8
Shipper's worry in W.W. I : UBOAT
9
Mrs. Washington : MARTHA
10
Seafaring reptile? : NAVIGATOR
11
Theater award : OBIE
12
Farmer's place, in song : DELL
13
Arctic vehicle : SLED
18
Thrift shop condition : USED
22
Ermines and such : FURS
24
O. Henry's "The Gift of the ___" : MAGI
25
Disparages : SLURS
28
Put into law : ENACT
30
Taxi rider : FARE
31
It's measured in square units : AREA
32
Stepped : TROD
33
Norwegian king : OLAV
34
After-bath wear : ROBE
35
Yemen's chief port : ADEN
36
Law-practicing reptile? : LITIGATOR
38
Tentacled sea creature : SQUID
42
Brainstorm : IDEA
45
Kind of tissue : SCAR
49
It's all about me, me, me : EGOISM
51
Target of clean air laws : SMOG
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Perturb : ANNOY
55
Temporary attitude : PHASE
56
Alma ___ : MATER
57
Maine university town : ORONO
58
___ and labor : PARTS
59
Gymnasts' needs : MATS
60
Balm ingredient : ALOE
61
Summon to court : CITE
62
Catalina, e.g. : ISLE
66
Cigarette stuff : TAR
67
Much-maligned federal org. : IRS

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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