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New York Times, Wednesday, June 14, 2000

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Across : Director's cry
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
534/11/20004/28/20075
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
179312111
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5221680%
Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQXZ} This is puzzle # 53 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Blackard. Wednesday freshness: 26%
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© 2000, The New York Times6/14/0 ( No. 18,481 )
Across
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Trifle : GEWGAW
7
Scenery spoiler : SMOG
11
"Kapow!" : BAM
14
Pleistocene Epoch, familiarly : ICEAGE
15
Come into view : LOOM
16
Skilled horseman of the Old West : UTE
17
Roads to wedded bliss? : BRIDALPATHS
19
Sign of success : SRO
20
Any old town : BURG
21
Grand party : FETE
22
End of 14-Across : THAW
23
Timeline sections : ERAS
25
Beach accessory : TOWEL
28
Prenuptial nerves? : ALTAREDSTATES
32
See 63-Across : ARE
33
Nix from Nixon, e.g. : VETO
34
Bossy boss : TYRANT
36
Artist Rousseau : HENRI
38
Give it ___ : AGO
40
Stake : WAGER
41
Director's cry : ACTION
43
Ancient Andean : INCA
45
Altdorf's canton : URI
46
Snort of a confirmed bachelor? : AISLEBEDARNED
49
Quality camera : LEICA
50
Word processing command : UNDO
51
It may be critical : MASS
53
Campus marchers: Abbr. : ROTC
55
The last Mrs. Chaplin : OONA
59
Latin trio leader : AMO
60
Advice to a wannabe princess? : MARRYANDREW
63
With 32-Across, a 1983 Lionel Richie hit : YOU
64
Horace tome : ODES
65
"Wait Till the Sun Shines" girl : NELLIE
66
Nile reptile : ASP
67
Stag, in a way : SOLO
68
Renders unyielding : STEELS
Down
1
The "Gee" in Bee Gees : GIBB
2
Hose hue : ECRU
3
Small dam : WEIR
4
Potato peeler, e.g. : GADGET
5
Turkish honorific : AGA
6
Prosperity : WELFARE
7
Part of a farm feeder : SLAT
8
Some church music : MOTETS
9
"That feels good!" : OOH
10
A.L. or N.L. V.I.P.'s : GMS
11
Amateurish : BUSHLEAGUE
12
Razor brand : ATRA
13
Siamese-speak : MEOW
18
100 centimos : PESETA
22
Prefix with -zene : TETRA
24
It has full pockets : RAVIOLI
26
Baseball's Master Melvin : OTT
27
Disobedient : WAYWARD
28
Betel palm : ARECA
29
Vegetarian protein source : LENTILSOUP
30
Stray from the herd : DOGIE
31
Quite a dummy : SNERD
32
"That's it!" : AHA
35
Prefix with athlete : TRI
37
Gets promoted : RISES
39
Taxi sign : ONDUTY
42
Japanese computer giant : NEC
44
Things people do to get their kicks? : CANCANS
47
Speed (along) : BARREL
48
Noggin : NOODLE
51
Poet Angelou : MAYA
52
Pop singer Tori : AMOS
54
About : ORSO
56
Heraldic border : ORLE
57
Diamond of music : NEIL
58
Bowls over : AWES
60
Calendar pages: Abbr. : MOS
61
Big deal : ADO
62
Bottom line : NET

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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