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New York Times, Wednesday, May 22, 2002

Author:
Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Ties up the line
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
534/11/20004/28/20075
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179312111
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5221680%
Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {HQ} This is puzzle # 15 for Ms. Blackard. Wednesday freshness: 93%
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© 2002, The New York Times5/22/2 ( No. 19,188 )
Across
1
Treaty subject : ARMS
5
Broadway's Bob : FOSSE
10
Org. of which Nancy Lopez was once champion : LPGA
14
Hang over one's head : LOOM
15
For the birds? : AVIAN
16
Neighbor of Azerbaijan : IRAN
17
Prediction basis #1 : TAROTCARDS
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Author ___ Neale Hurston : ZORA
20
Biblical landfall : ARARAT
21
Diving bird : AUK
23
Chess champ before and after Botvinnik : TAL
24
Hem again : RESEW
25
Prediction basis #2 : ASTROLOGY
28
60's campus org. : SDS
29
Card balance : DEBT
31
Draws out : EDUCES
32
Old yellers? : CRIERS
34
Was second-best : LOST
35
Prediction basis #3 : CRYSTALBALL
38
English painter John : OPIE
40
Buttinskies : SNOOPS
41
Prod : URGEON
44
Robt. E. Lee, e.g. : GENL
45
Côte ___, France : DOR
48
Prediction basis #4 : TEALEAVES
50
"The Three Faces ___" : OFEVE
52
Car ad abbr. : APR
53
Hoop grp. : NBA
54
Wept wildly, maybe : EMOTED
55
Ties up the line : GABS
57
Prediction basis #5 : OUIJABOARD
60
Suffix with stink : EROO
61
Cause to swell : BLOAT
62
Adriatic resort : LIDO
63
Like a pinup : SEXY
64
Check mates? : STUBS
65
Toil wearily : SLOG
Down
1
Sacred places : ALTARS
2
Laughed loudly : ROARED
3
Swampy area : MORASS
4
Chocolaty campfire treat : SMORE
5
Almanac bit : FACT
6
Egg cells : OVA
7
Lady's man : SIR
8
1978 Peace co-Nobelist : SADAT
9
Guarantee : ENSURE
10
Gossipy Smith : LIZ
11
The right stuff? : PROTOCOL
12
Some sale sites : GARAGES
13
Assayer, e.g. : ANALYST
18
Cheaply showy : TAWDRY
22
Sent to the mat : KOD
25
Cases the joint for, say : ABETS
26
Way out : STRANGE
27
Slow times : LULLS
30
Frozen Wasser : EIS
32
Angler's basket : CREEL
33
Tart fruits : SLOES
35
Container with a lid that flips : CIGARBOX
36
Voyage beginning? : BON
37
Self-confidence : APLOMB
38
Power problems : OUTAGES
39
Whip up : PREPARE
42
Vintner's prefix : OEN
43
Moguls : NABOBS
45
Micromanager's concern : DETAIL
46
Carry too far : OVERDO
47
Football blitz : REDDOG
49
Safe place : VAULT
51
Nincompoops : FOOLS
54
Takes in : EATS
56
Sauce source : SOY
58
Promise to pay : IOU
59
The "one" of a one-two : JAB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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