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New York Times, Wednesday, June 6, 2001

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Shiftlessness
TotalDebutLatest
1821/12/197810/27/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
485442212852
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.534304631%
Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 101 for Mr. Silvestri. Wednesday freshness: 27%
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© 2001, The New York Times6/6/1 ( No. 18,838 )
Across
1
Open a crack : AJAR
5
Shiftlessness : SLOTH
10
Campus area : QUAD
14
"Laura" author Caspary : VERA
15
Actress Tierney : MAURA
16
Old-fashioned preposition : UNTO
17
The same as above : IDEM
18
Sustain : INCUR
19
The gamut : ATOZ
20
No longer mended? : DISPATCHED
22
Kind of wave : SINE
23
"Waltz for Eva and ___" (show tune) : CHE
24
Like taxis on city streets : HAILED
26
London's Old ___ (criminal court) : BAILEY
30
In two parts : DUAL
32
Sticks figures? : RUBES
33
Ignored? : DISTENDED
38
Deuce follower : ADIN
39
Pitching stats : SAVES
40
Air France stop : ORLY
41
Uncultivated? : DISTILLED
43
Plain writing : PROSE
44
C-worthy? : FAIR
45
Mollycoddle : PAMPER
46
40 winks : CATNAP
50
Droop : SAG
51
Baseball family name : ALOU
52
Bald? : DISTRESSED
59
1958 #1 Elvis Presley hit : DONT
60
Cold mold : ASPIC
61
Like crayons : WAXY
62
Summer pest : GNAT
63
Lifted : STOLE
64
Related : AKIN
65
Hard to pin down : EELY
66
Suite spot : HOTEL
67
Little nosh : BITE
Down
1
Enthusiastic : AVID
2
Luke Skywalker, e.g. : JEDI
3
Belligerent deity : ARES
4
Turnpike access : RAMP
5
Anvil location : SMITHY
6
Tilting weapon : LANCE
7
Smart comment? : OUCH
8
On the mark : TRUE
9
Construction crew : HARDHATS
10
Seeming : QUASI
11
No later than : UNTIL
12
Pay for sins : ATONE
13
Nodded off : DOZED
21
Top four : ACES
25
Drink at the Duck and Drake : ALE
26
Thin nail : BRAD
27
Autobahn sight : AUDI
28
Nile wader : IBIS
29
Carnival follower : LENT
30
One who works under pressure : DIVER
31
Not mint : USED
33
"The Persistence of Memory" artist : DALI
34
"Cheers" regular : NORM
35
Steep slope : DROP
36
If not : ELSE
37
Miss Clairol user : DYER
39
Haphazard : SLAPDASH
42
"... ___ woodchuck could chuck wood" : IFA
43
Lobby call : PAGE
45
FedEx concern : PARCEL
46
Sponge : CADGE
47
Without support : ALONE
48
Scaly? : TONAL
49
Ridiculous : NUTTY
50
Fence feature : STILE
53
Ratio words : ISTO
54
Primer pet : SPOT
55
Do the deck : SWAB
56
"The Open Window" writer : SAKI
57
Get off the road : EXIT
58
Fraction of a newton : DYNE

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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