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New York Times, Saturday, June 30, 2001

Author:
Frank Longo
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Extorts
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
9110/29/199411/24/20192
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.4868687%
Frank Longo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 61 for Mr. Longo. Saturday freshness: 68%
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© 2001, The New York Times6/30/1 ( No. 18,862 )
Across
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It may be driven : HARDBARGAIN
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It may be driven : CAR
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Kin of -ian : ITE
17
1989 #1 hit for Mike + The Mechanics, with "The" : LIVINGYEARS
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Touch : TAD
19
When températures rise : ETE
20
Unsmooth : RASPY
21
Barrie's Newfoundland : NANA
22
Extreme group : RADICALS
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___ alcohol (cosmetics emollient) : CETYL
26
Flock's area : NAVE
27
"The Silence of the Lambs" role : CLARICE
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California lake or county : SHASTA
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Unrestricted opportunity : OPENDOOR
33
Tries to beat : COMPETESAGAINST
35
Out of the can? : ONPAROLE
36
Extorts : WRESTS
37
You may keep tabs on them : FOLDERS
38
Units of 100 ergs/gram : RADS
39
Blotto : FRIED
40
They can't take the pressure : BURSTERS
44
Supper, say : EATS
45
It yawns : CHASM
47
17th chapter : RHO
48
Star of the film version of "Abie's Irish Rose" : DRU
49
Crown material : TOOTHENAMEL
52
Financial ___ : AID
53
"Merci beaucoup" : France :: ___ : Japan : DOMOARIGATO
54
Initials of a noted Wizard : TAE
55
Game shows? : SPORTSCASTS
Down
1
Relatively robust : HALER
2
Santa ___ : ANITA
3
Went wild : RAVED
4
Year in Vigilius's papacy : DLI
5
___ vivant : BON
6
It's not making things better : AGGRAVATOR
7
Kir ___ (champagne apéritif) : ROYALE
8
Shot : GUESS
9
Rush order? : ASAP
10
Response to a compliment : ITRY
11
They may be whole: Abbr. : NOS
12
Leadfoots' comeuppances : CITATIONS
13
By hook or by crook : ATANYCOST
14
Signals to scramble : REDALERTS
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Square to the max : NERDIEST
23
To the max : INSPADES
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Like some receptions : CATERED
25
False rumors : CANARDS
27
Expert in ledger-domain? : CPA
28
Workout wear : LEGWARMERS
29
Derided : SCOFFEDAT
30
Some of a speaker's income : HONORARIA
31
An attenuator decreases it : AMPLITUDE
32
Full of: Suffix : OSE
34
N.Y.C. sights beginning in the 1870's : ELS
38
Charge : RUSHAT
40
Half of an Asian capital? : BATOR
41
"Aunt ___ Cope Book" : ERMAS
42
Butler of fiction : RHETT
43
Is helpless? : SOLOS
45
Place for pigeons : COOP
46
Primate genus : HOMO
49
Bowl highlights, briefly : TDS
50
Actor Cage, to friends : NIC
51
Khan's title : AGA

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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