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New York Times, Wednesday, May 3, 2000

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Insertion marks
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
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3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 50 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 63%
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© 2000, The New York Times5/3/0 ( No. 18,439 )
Across
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Moneybags : FATCAT
7
Flatfoot's lack : ARCH
11
Patient insurance grp. : HMO
14
Cash alternative : CHARGE
15
Open carriage : SHAY
16
Comment from Bill the Cat, in the comics : ACK
17
Insertion marks : CARETS
18
Minnow's milieu : POND
19
Grp. all fired up about firing? : NRA
20
Fast start : ASHWEDNESDAY
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"___ bon!" : CEST
26
Nabisco product : OREO
27
They grow fat on the farm : EWES
28
Aerodynamic vehicle : RACECAR
31
Inquisitive Ken : STARR
33
Guadalajara gold : ORO
34
Roughly : ORSO
36
Is inquisitive : PRIES
39
Red plot? : STRAWBERRYPATCH
43
Clam's home : SHELL
44
Scottish native : GAEL
45
As well : TOO
46
Plains drifters : BISON
49
Popular NBC host : JAYLENO
51
Abductors' craft, some say : UFOS
53
Soprano Ponselle : ROSA
55
Baseball's Slaughter : ENOS
56
Music megasellers : PLATINUMHITS
60
To an advanced degree : FAR
61
Prego competitor : RAGU
62
Brand-name watches : CASIOS
66
Human tail? : OID
67
Hellenic characters : ETAS
68
Theme of this puzzle : BLONDS
69
Monopoly acquisitions: Abbr. : RRS
70
Adam's third son : SETH
71
Result of some talks : MERGER
Down
1
TV watchers?: Abbr. : FCC
2
It's said when a light bulb goes on : AHA
3
Toni Morrison's "___ Baby" : TAR
4
Be constructive : CREATE
5
F.B.I. workers: Abbr. : AGTS
6
New Age musician John : TESH
7
On the say-so of : ASPER
8
Site of one of the Seven Wonders of the World : RHODES
9
Defeatist's word : CANNOT
10
Evil alter ego : HYDE
11
Scribbled, e.g. : HANDWRITTEN
12
Jazz singer Carmen : MCRAE
13
Approves : OKAYS
21
Declining in health : WORSE
22
___ do Mar (Brazilian range) : SERRA
23
Peeved : CROSS
24
Our "mother" : EARTH
25
They show runs : SCOREBOARDS
29
Monks' hoods : COWLS
30
Wall Street wheeler-dealer, briefly : ARB
32
Put on : APPLY
35
Web site address ending : ORG
37
___-Car rental company : ECONO
38
Brushes away : SHOOS
40
Select group : ALIST
41
Indian chief : RAJAH
42
Vote for : YEA
47
Rococo : ORNATE
48
Chewy candy : NOUGAT
50
Landlord : LESSOR
51
Eager to do : UPFOR
52
Pizazz : FLAIR
54
Compress : SMUSH
57
Fits or snits : IRES
58
Weapon in modern warfare : ICBM
59
Whopper : TALE
63
Gerund maker : ING
64
Rhapsodic rhyme : ODE
65
Estonia, once: Abbr. : SSR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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