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New York Times, Monday, April 17, 2000

Author:
Greg Staples
Editor:
Will Shortz
65-Across : Taking advantage of
TotalDebutLatest
257/4/19997/22/2004
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1.5210227%
Greg Staples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {CQZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Staples. Monday freshness: 55%
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J
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E
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S
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S
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E
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P
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A
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B
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L
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O
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P
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T
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A
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K
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S
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U
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H
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D
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S
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P
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A
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D
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X
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Y
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S
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K
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A
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D
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B
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F
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L
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P
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W
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R
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E
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T
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P
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D
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© 2000, The New York Times4/17/0 ( No. 18,423 )
Across
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Minnesota's Gov. Ventura : JESSE
6
Artist Picasso : PABLO
11
Educ. support group : PTA
14
Make permanent, as cartoon drawings : INKIN
15
Jack who ate no fat : SPRAT
16
Big coffee holder : URN
17
Checked pattern in fabrics : HOUNDSTOOTH
19
"Dollars, taxes," e.g., for Dallas, Texas : PUN
20
Ready : ALLSET
21
Flowering plant that climbs : SWEETPEA
23
Old terr. west of Minnesota : DAK
24
Paintings : ART
26
Part of a dental exam : XRAY
27
"Remembrance of Things Past" novelist : PROUST
30
Jockey's wear : SILKS
33
Walk in water : WADE
36
Short : BRIEF
38
Isolated : LONE
39
Clothes presser : IRON
40
First month of el año : ENERO
41
Integrally divisible by two : EVEN
42
Writing on the wall, e.g. : SIGN
43
Cut : SEVER
44
Requirement : NEED
45
Tree with large, oblong leaves : PAPAW
47
Tend to, as a bad lawn : RESEED
49
Amo, ___, amat (Latin trio) : AMAS
51
Word before France or Jordan : AIR
52
Flub : ERR
55
Opened up space (for) : MADEROOM
59
The puck stops here? : GOALIE
61
Elderly : OLD
62
Classic comic strip by Bud Fisher : MUTTANDJEFF
64
Note after fa : SOL
65
Taking advantage of : USING
66
Top scout : EAGLE
67
Golf ball support : TEE
68
Like last year's fashions : PASSE
69
Washer's partner : DRYER
Down
1
Holy war : JIHAD
2
W.W. II plane ___ Gay : ENOLA
3
Lie in wait : SKULK
4
They're recited in confessions : SINS
5
Ingratiate : ENDEAR
6
L.A. clock setting : PST
7
Mil. addresses : APOS
8
It may be furrowed : BROW
9
Material for a doctor's glove : LATEX
10
Them : OTHERS
11
Infatuation : PUPPYLOVE
12
Steadfast : TRUE
13
The "I" in "The King and I" : ANNA
18
Flashing lights : STROBES
22
Very rear : TAILEND
25
The "T" of TBS : TURNER
27
Mark Twain, e.g. : PENNAME
28
It doesn't hold water : SIEVE
29
Mother ___ : TERESA
31
Leg's midpoint : KNEE
32
Cell-phone button : SEND
33
Slender one : WISP
34
Song for a diva : ARIA
35
Slowpoke's swimming style : DOGPADDLE
37
From abroad : FOREIGN
46
Rehearsal : WARMUP
48
Worn away : ERODED
50
The March King : SOUSA
52
Poem for the dear departed : ELEGY
53
Winchester, e.g. : RIFLE
54
Direct (to) : REFER
55
The majority : MOST
56
Burn balm : ALOE
57
Elevator pioneer : OTIS
58
Range: Abbr. : MTNS
60
Open a crack : AJAR
63
Touchy subject, to some people : AGE

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

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