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New York Times, Tuesday, June 27, 2000

Author:
Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : They're loaded
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
11612/29/199311/26/200845
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2015151219278
RebusScrabDebutFresh
71.5252247%
Harvey Estes
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QVXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 50 for Mr. Estes. This is puzzle # 55 for Ms. Salomon. Tuesday freshness: 51%
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© 2000, The New York Times6/27/0 ( No. 18,494 )
Across
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In the thick of : AMID
5
Fallings-out : RIFTS
10
Nose (out) : EDGE
14
Chauffeur's spot : LIMO
15
Ahead of the game : ONEUP
16
In need of patching : WORN
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___ uproar : INAN
18
Food from heaven : MANNA
19
Old-time oath : EGAD
20
They're loaded : BIGSPENDERS
23
Dan Aykroyd's old show, briefly : SNL
24
"What a good boy ___!" : AMI
25
Ground-breakers? : HOES
26
French composer Erik : SATIE
28
Bluegrass strings : BANJOS
30
They're loaded : FATCATS
32
Native Alaskan : ALEUT
33
Sound like a siren : WAIL
35
Uno + dos : TRES
36
Possible title for this puzzle : MONEYBAGS
39
Telegram punctuation : STOP
42
Words from Wordsworth : ODES
43
More boorish : RUDER
47
They're loaded : TYCOONS
49
Per ___ income : CAPITA
50
Some tournaments : OPENS
51
Garr of "Mr. Mom" : TERI
53
Floral ring : LEI
54
PBS benefactor : NEA
55
They're loaded : HIGHROLLERS
59
Poet ___ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
61
Earth that's "firma" : TERRA
62
___ Hotels (luxury chain) : OMNI
63
Botch : RUIN
64
Stream : CREEK
65
Mideast sultanate : OMAN
66
Humane org. : SPCA
67
Pays attention to : HEEDS
68
Good buds : PALS
Down
1
"Arabian Nights" hero : ALIBABA
2
Barely adequate : MINIMAL
3
Use the mind's eye : IMAGINE
4
Slips into : DONS
5
Ladies' men : ROMEOS
6
Really dumb : INANE
7
___ for oneself (goes it alone) : FENDS
8
The sound of music : TUNE
9
Practice in the ring : SPAR
10
Ram's ma'am : EWE
11
Part of Canis Major : DOGSTAR
12
Rock for a monument : GRANITE
13
Nonstop : ENDLESS
21
ID item : PHOTO
22
Concorde, e.g. : SST
27
Goes on the fritz : ACTSUP
29
Attack : JUMPON
30
Whopper juniors? : FIBS
31
Pie ___ mode : ALA
33
Ties the knot with : WEDS
34
Admiral's affirmative : AYE
37
Alternative to smoking : NON
38
Last Supper cup : GRAIL
39
Those who shouldn't live in glass houses? : STONERS
40
Prepared, as a memo : TYPEDUP
41
Sea-dwelling : OCEANIC
44
Thorny problem : DILEMMA
45
Nonstop : ETERNAL
46
Cereal fruit : RAISINS
48
City in Kyrgyzstan : OSH
49
Frog sounds : CROAKS
51
Wee hour : THREE
52
Slipped up : ERRED
56
Rash reaction? : ITCH
57
Richard of "Pretty Woman" : GERE
58
Cloverleaf feature : LOOP
60
Santa ___ winds : ANA

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

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