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New York Times, Monday, June 19, 2000

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : Waterspout habitué
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QX} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 111 for Mr. Nosowsky. Monday freshness: 39%
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© 2000, The New York Times6/19/0 ( No. 18,486 )
Across
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Tobacco mouthful : CHAW
5
Potato : SPUD
9
Commercial makers : ADMEN
14
Swearing-in words : OATH
15
___Vista (Web search engine) : ALTA
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Part of a gay refrain : TRALA
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Mozart's "Madamina," e.g. : ARIA
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New arrival on a horse farm : FOAL
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Nonsensical : SILLY
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Fibs of song : LITTLEWHITELIES
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Movie locations : SETS
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Shakespearean prince : HAL
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High-spirited : JAUNTY
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The "p" in m.p.g. : PER
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Part of a cowboy's boot : SPUR
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Someone ___ (not mine or yours) : ELSES
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Give permission : SAYOK
37
Sacagawea coin denomination : ONE
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Boy in a nightgown, in a children's rhyme : WEEWILLIEWINKIE
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A Gabor sister : EVA
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Closes in on : NEARS
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Cuts down, foodwise : DIETS
44
Not so much : LESS
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Campers, for short : RVS
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Main course : ENTREE
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As well : TOO
50
Snare : TRAP
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Waterspout habitué : ITSYBITSYSPIDER
59
Capt. Ahab's obsession : WHALE
60
Tabula ___ : RASA
61
Bat's home : CAVE
62
Where Van Gogh cut off his ear : ARLES
63
Gershwin's "___ Plenty o' Nuttin'" : IGOT
64
Baby-bouncing place : KNEE
65
Elvis's blue shoe material : SUEDE
66
Mercedes-___ : BENZ
67
Lost buoyancy : SANK
Down
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Anthracite, e.g. : COAL
2
Mata ___ (spy) : HARI
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Going strong : ATIT
4
"How's tricks?" : WHATSNEW
5
Football 2-pointer : SAFETY
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Prepares ground for planting : PLOWS
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Rocky Mountain state : UTAH
8
Limp watch painter : DALI
9
Bamboozled : ATSEA
10
Dentists' tools : DRILLS
11
French Sudan, today : MALI
12
Vogue rival : ELLE
13
Votes against : NAYS
21
Allows entry : LETSIN
22
Dice roll : THROW
25
Gem : JEWEL
26
Advil competitor : ALEVE
27
"___ directed" : USEAS
28
Twosomes : PAIRS
29
View finders? : EYES
31
Bluffer's game : POKER
32
Bring together : UNITE
33
Dodger shortstop of old : REESE
35
Many a Balkan : SLAV
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Abduct : KIDNAP
39
"Vive ___!" : LEROI
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Overdoes the criticism : NITPICKS
45
Did salon work : STYLED
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Imitation : ERSATZ
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Like a 500-pounder : OBESE
50
1980's-90's ring champ : TYSON
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"___ only trying to help" : IWAS
52
Drive-___ : THRU
53
After-Christmas event : SALE
54
Chicago paper, briefly : TRIB
55
Wise one : SAGE
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Author Richard Henry ___ : DANA
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Not odd : EVEN
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Smell horrible : REEK

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

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