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New York Times, Friday, June 16, 2000

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Depressing
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2548/27/19928/13/20102
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2947154312630
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
611.571,613877%
Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQV} Spans: 6, (2 double stacks) Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 110 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 25%
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© 2000, The New York Times6/16/0 ( No. 18,483 )
Across
1
One of the Reagans : PATTI
6
One flu source : ASIA
10
Italian artist Bernini : GIAN
14
Spanish skating figures : OCHOS
15
Some ballpoints : BICS
16
Tense : EDGY
17
Reprieve : STAYOFEXECUTION
20
Repeated phrase in a children's verse : THISLITTLEPIGGY
21
Tibia connectors : TARSI
22
Preschooler : TOT
23
Rancher's enemy : COYOTE
26
Bounding site? : MAIN
28
Contemptible one : CUR
31
Heraldic hue : AZURE
32
Ford product, briefly : MERC
33
Merry king : COLE
34
What higher prices may produce : SALESRESISTANCE
37
Members of the flock : EWES
38
Code word : ALFA
39
Plumped for : URGED
40
Court figs. : DAS
41
Late-60's fashion item : MIDI
42
Depressing : DREARY
43
Jesus, with "the" : SON
44
Gang business's need : FRONT
46
Part of a Washington address? : ICANNOTTELLALIE
53
Hedonistic : PLEASURESEEKING
54
Roar producer : SURF
55
"___ yellow ribbon..." : TIEA
56
Prefix with magnetic : FERRO
57
"___ Ben Adhem" (Leigh Hunt poem) : ABOU
58
Handycam maker : SONY
59
Corners : TREES
Down
1
American Legion place : POST
2
Pituitary gland output : ACTH
3
Ethnic cuisine : THAI
4
Top spots? : TOYSTORES
5
Sets apart : ISOLATES
6
Encourages : ABETS
7
90...or a good title for this puzzle? : SIXTIMESFIFTEEN
8
Where the Althing sits: Abbr. : ICEL
9
They make do without : ASCETICS
10
"Do you understand?" : GETIT
11
Answer to 10-Down : IDIG
12
Wowed : AGOG
13
Part of an Empire State Bldg. address : NYNY
18
Can : FIRE
19
Over : UPON
23
Looked over, in a way : CASED
24
Boston Symphony Orchestra leader : OZAWA
25
Wassailers' times : YULES
27
Domingo delivery : ARIA
28
Moving line : CONGA
29
Tagamet target : ULCER
30
Like some pipes : REEDY
32
Four kings, maybe : MELD
33
Steward : CARETAKER
35
Replay causes : RAINOUTS
36
"Haw!" : TURNLEFT
41
Feature of a lunar landscape : MONS
42
Big name in fruit : DOLE
43
Muddle : SNAFU
45
Speak again : RESAY
46
"Itself," in a phrase : IPSA
47
Triple-decker : CLUB
48
Prefix with magnetic : AERO
49
Fiddlers for 33-Across, e.g. : TRIO
50
Foreign money : LIRE
51
Memo starter : INRE
52
I's : EGOS

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

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