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New York Times, Tuesday, April 17, 2001

Author:
Greg Staples
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : Duck aside?
TotalDebutLatest
257/4/19997/22/2004
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5210227%
Greg Staples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {J} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Staples. Tuesday freshness: 25%
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© 2001, The New York Times4/17/1 ( No. 18,788 )
Across
1
Daffy : BATS
5
Put up : ERECT
10
S on a dining table : SALT
14
Oodles : ALOT
15
Most arias : SOLOS
16
Paris's home, in myth : TROY
17
Novelist Morrison : TONI
18
Duck aside? : QUICKQUACK
20
Cooling off : ONICE
22
August 1 birth : LEO
23
Disentangle : UNTIE
24
Four-in-hand, for one : NECKTIE
26
Résumé info : AGE
28
Alphabetizes, e.g. : SORTS
30
Fixes a seam, say : RESEWS
35
Where a star might lead? : FOOTNOTE
38
Not completely : INPART
39
Resort near Snowbird : ALTA
40
Verges on : NEARS
42
Words said with a nod : ISEE
43
Kind of nut : LITCHI
45
Not outspoken : RETICENT
47
Witness : LOOKON
48
Burn soother : SALVE
49
British sports cars : MGS
51
Hive material : BEESWAX
55
Bowl over : AMAZE
59
"___ the season ..." : TIS
61
One in a black suit : SPADE
62
Small estate? : MINORMANOR
65
Money guru Greenspan : ALAN
66
Verve : ELAN
67
The "U" of UHF : ULTRA
68
Muse of history : CLIO
69
Quaver or semiquaver : NOTE
70
Shakespeare's theater : GLOBE
71
Pull down : EARN
Down
1
Majorette's need : BATON
2
Single-handedly : ALONE
3
Mixer : TONIC
4
Kindling? : STICKSTACK
5
Abbr. on a shingle : ESQ
6
Inspiration for "Wheel of Fortune" : ROULETTE
7
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
8
Quik ingredient : COCOA
9
"Come, come" : TSK
10
Zap : STUN
11
"I smell ___" : ARAT
12
Sets of points : LOCI
13
Small fry : TYKE
19
Outcome of many a chess promotion : QUEEN
21
School with historic playing fields : ETON
25
Pressing one's suit? : IRONING
27
Steak defect : GRISTLE
29
___ Tower : SEARS
31
Kitchen rack? : SPICESPACE
32
Proficiency : EASE
33
Little chirper : WREN
34
"Keep it in" : STET
35
Ladder danger : FALL
36
Miscellany : OLIO
37
___ von Bismarck : OTTO
41
Bring back in : REABSORB
44
McGwire specialty : HOMER
46
Currier's partner : IVES
50
Jet engine problem : STALL
52
When doubled, a Washington city : WALLA
53
Firefighter Red : ADAIR
54
Element in arc lamps : XENON
55
Brother's word? : AMEN
56
Venus de ___ : MILO
57
Sci. class : ANAT
58
Basketball defense : ZONE
60
Keen about : INTO
63
Make a face : MUG
64
Norma Webster's middle name : RAE

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

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