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New York Times, Thursday, June 14, 2001

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
66-Across : Water barrier
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Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. Diehl. Thursday freshness: 10%
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© 2001, The New York Times6/14/1 ( No. 18,846 )
Across
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Overexcited, slangily : AMPED
6
What to call a lady : MAAM
10
Not too bright : PALE
14
Jelly fruit : GUAVA
15
"Table Talk" essayist : ELIA
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Sen. Bayh : EVAN
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Till now : ASYET
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Swag : LOOT
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Gen. Lee's troops : REBS
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Quaff from a gold-plated dog bowl? : THELAPOFLUXURY
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Give the once-over : EYE
24
Unbroken : ENTIRE
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Holder of a number of degrees : ARC
27
Pitcher's rubber : SLAB
29
Slowly : ADAGIO
31
How-to listings : STEPS
34
Latin 101 word : AMAT
37
Lollobrigida of film : GINA
38
What a dog might do to pretend it's not out of breath? : CAMOUFLAGEPANTS
41
Spreadable stick : OLEO
42
Designer Cassini : OLEG
43
Prime-time time : EIGHT
44
Oskar of "Fahrenheit 451" : WERNER
46
Parade spoiler : RAIN
48
Camp seat, perhaps : LOG
49
Had a hunch : SENSED
52
Grp. with pull? : ADA
55
Jacket for a hunting dog? : FETCHINGOUTFIT
59
Plant bristles : AWNS
60
Crossing the Atlantic, maybe : ASEA
61
Monopoly buy : HOTEL
62
Haymaker : SOCK
63
Like some drinks : NEAT
64
Popular watch : OMEGA
65
Florida ___ : KEYS
66
Water barrier : DIKE
67
Subs : HEROS
Down
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Banded stone : AGATE
2
Overly sentimental : MUSHY
3
Check casher : PAYEE
4
First name in derring-do : EVEL
5
Facts and figures : DATA
6
Fruit salad ingredient : MELONBALL
7
Up : ALOFT
8
Garlicky mayonnaise : AIOLI
9
Grow up : MATURATE
10
Pan American Highway land : PERU
11
Finding the means? : AVERAGING
12
Daedalus creation : LABYRINTH
13
Nav. officer : ENS
21
Shooter ammo : PEA
22
Marked out : XED
26
Kind of guard : COAST
27
Taster's aid : SPOON
28
The Fighting Tigers, for short : LSU
30
Over : AGAIN
31
Grinch's look : SCOWL
32
Job's relation : TALEOFWOE
33
Hospital sign : EMERGENCY
35
Ginnie ___ : MAE
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Whole bunch : AGGREGATE
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Court motion : FOREHAND
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Louvre Pyramid architect : PEI
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PC key : ESC
47
Brouhaha : ADO
50
Some Japanese-Americans : NISEI
51
Not do openly : SNEAK
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On the trail of : AFTER
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Don ___ de la Vega (Zorro) : DIEGO
54
China setting? : ATLAS
56
Sounds of disapproval : TSKS
57
"That doesn't sound good" : UHOH
58
A-E, maybe : TOME
59
Press (for) : ASK

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

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