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New York Times, Tuesday, May 23, 2000

Author:
Monica Krausse
Editor:
Will Shortz
72-Across : Clever, slangily
TotalDebutLatest
25/23/200010/8/2001
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ScrabDebutFresh
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Monica Krausse

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Krausse. Tuesday freshness: 4%
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© 2000, The New York Times5/23/0 ( No. 18,459 )
Across
1
Jerry's ice-cream partner : BEN
4
College finals : ORALS
9
Indian honorific : SAHIB
14
Monterrey hooray : OLE
15
Sign in an apartment window : TOLET
16
Radarange maker : AMANA
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Evergreen : FIR
18
Classic 1969 Merle Haggard song : SILVERWINGS
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#1 thing : FAVE
22
Brontë heroine : EYRE
23
___ Moines : DES
24
Vitamin regimen : ONEADAY
27
Care for : NURSE
30
City north of Carson City : RENO
31
Try to beat the light, say : SPEEDUP
34
Festoon's shape : ARC
37
Jester : FOOL
39
Diamond or ruby : STONE
40
Sweet deal for a company executive : GOLDENPARACHUTE
44
Venusian, e.g. : ALIEN
45
"Mon ___!" : DIEU
46
Exceed : TOP
47
Meals : REPASTS
50
Runs : GOES
52
Bluegill fish : BREAM
53
Et cetera : ANDSOON
57
Stir : ADO
59
Take five : REST
61
Jazzy Fitzgerald : ELLA
62
It won't go over well : LEADBALLOON
67
Turn down, as lights : DIM
68
"The Sound of Music" lady : MARIA
69
Hawaiian veranda : LANAI
70
Eden evictee : EVE
71
Chilean range : ANDES
72
Clever, slangily : SWIFT
73
Visibly embarrassed : RED
Down
1
Fab : BOFFO
2
1999-2000 name in the news : ELIAN
3
Cheek : NERVE
4
Tie-breaking periods: Abbr. : OTS
5
Louis IX or Philippe IV : ROI
6
Show-offish basketball move : ALLEYOOP
7
Tax : LEVY
8
Rears : STERNS
9
Espied : SAW
10
Pal for Pierre : AMI
11
Distributed : HANDEDOUT
12
"Picnic" playwright : INGE
13
Bigmouth, e.g. : BASS
19
Go for another tour : REUP
21
Musical ability : EAR
25
Cabinet department : DEFENSE
26
Soon : ANON
28
Like lucky castaways : RESCUED
29
Son of 70-Across : SETH
32
Golden rule word : UNTO
33
Chick's sound : PEEP
34
Petri dish filler : AGAR
35
It has lines : ROLE
36
Paper carrier? : CLIPBOARD
38
Boy : LAD
41
Sweetie : DEAR
42
Short, ribbed pasta : RIGATONI
43
Geological extent : AEON
48
1939 film home : TARA
49
Detects a rat? : SMELLS
51
Atlanta-to-Tampa dir. : SSE
54
Wiser's partner : OLDER
55
Shade of green : OLIVE
56
Dubbed : NAMED
57
Soprano Gluck : ALMA
58
College bigwig : DEAN
60
Picnic dish : SLAW
63
Stop : DIE
64
English majors get them: Abbr. : BAS
65
Big lug : OAF
66
Critic's pick? : NIT

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

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