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New York Times, Friday, May 5, 2000

Author:
Roger Barkan
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : Snake oil salesman's sale
TotalDebutLatest
35/5/20008/17/2007
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0100020
ScrabDebutFresh
1.581152%
Roger Barkan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 3, (1 triple stack) This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Barkan. Friday freshness: 29%
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© 2000, The New York Times5/5/0 ( No. 18,441 )
Across
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Hawaiian Airlines destination : PAGOPAGO
9
King ___, Indian chief known to his tribe as Metacomet : PHILIP
15
Is a huge fan of : ADULATES
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Good smoke : HAVANA
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Superlatively set : READIEST
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Snake oil salesman's sale : ELIXIR
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Afrique du ___ : SUD
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Slum sight : RAT
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___ society : CAFE
22
Class distribution : EXAM
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Flat-topped topography : MESAS
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"___ the One" (1996 comedy) : SHES
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Leaching product : LYE
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Oil of ___ : OLAY
34
Grp. of justices : ABA
35
Cleanup of a sort : DECONTAMINATION
40
Ideally : INAPERFECTWORLD
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Long-running TV hit beginning 4/1/63 : GENERALHOSPITAL
42
June's portrayer in "Henry & June" : UMA
43
Novel of the South Seas : OMOO
44
Photog's choice : SLR
45
"Brave Men" writer, 1944 : PYLE
47
Wasn't gentle with : PAWED
50
Doesn't swill : SIPS
53
Order of the Solar Temple, e.g. : CULT
55
Upholstery problem : RIP
57
Supermodel Carangi : GIA
58
Ink sources : OCTOPI
61
Bluebloods' prides : LINEAGES
63
"There's Something About Mary" co-star : DILLON
64
Shades of embarrassment : SCARLETS
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Casino activity : DICING
66
Gunmetal : DARKGRAY
Down
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Analyze, in a way : PARSE
2
Like romantic dinners : ADEUX
3
U.S. conquest of 1943 : GUADALCANAL
4
Unmodernized : OLD
5
Eyes or ears : PAIR
6
Hannibal Smith's group : ATEAM
7
Chanson de ___ (medieval French poem) : GESTE
8
German direction : OST
9
They're game : PHEASANTS
10
24 minutes of basketball : HALF
11
Penn and others : IVIES
12
Hardly harsh : LAX
13
Magician's name suffix : INI
14
Normal : PAR
21
Spotted : CALICO
23
One lacking foresight? : MYOPE
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Come hell or high water : SOMEHOW
27
Easily set off : HAIRTRIGGER
28
African threat : EBOLA
29
Sickly institution of the 80's : SANDL
31
Calendario opener : ENERO
33
Harsh cries : YAWPS
35
Ferret out : DIGUP
36
"Them," to "us" : ENEMY
37
Violating, with "on" : TRAMPLING
38
Solvent : AFLOAT
39
Slogs : TOILS
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Large-intestine resident : ECOLI
48
"Profiler" actress Gimpel : ERICA
49
Jordanian money : DINAR
51
Work at St. Peter's : PIETA
52
Not polite : SASSY
54
At the time of : UPON
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Executive extra : PERK
58
Word after a round number : ODD
59
Second-century date : CII
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Hosp. service : TLC
61
Trip inducer : LSD
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H.S. subject : ALG

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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