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New York Times, Tuesday, July 17, 2001

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Across : ___ Xing
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1425262552948
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 81 for Mr. Piscop. Tuesday freshness: 27%
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© 2001, The New York Times7/17/1 ( No. 18,879 )
Across
1
Check point? : BANK
5
Like Swiss cheese : HOLEY
10
Tartan garb : KILT
14
Iris's place : UVEA
15
Dean Martin song subject : AMORE
16
Eligible for service : ONEA
17
"So long" : SEEYALATER
19
Pull the plug on : STOP
20
Much of the surface of Mars : CRATERS
21
Carried : BORNE
22
Most Foreman wins, informally : KOS
23
"Farewell" : AUREVOIR
26
Purplish red : MAGENTA
30
Aria : SOLO
31
Essay page, for short : OPED
32
"... and ___ a good-night" : TOALL
34
Nile slitherer : ASP
37
International writers' org. : PEN
38
"Adieu" : GOODBYE
40
Strong alkali : LYE
41
Approx. number : EST
42
Textile trademark : ARNEL
43
Carry on : RANT
44
Mussolini, e.g. : DUCE
45
Crucial element : ESSENCE
48
"Toodle-oo" : SAYONARA
52
___ Xing : PED
53
Campaign speech, e.g. : EVENT
54
Way-out : STRANGE
58
Colonel or corporal : RANK
59
"Until next time ..." : TAKEITEASY
62
Nosh : BITE
63
"The Story of ___ H" : ADELE
64
Give as an example : CITE
65
Do in : SLAY
66
Ruth ___ Ginsburg : BADER
67
Was able to answer on a test : KNEW
Down
1
Kind of stop : BUS
2
With: Fr. : AVEC
3
___-do-well : NEER
4
Traveled like an Inuit : KAYAKED
5
Most vigorous : HALEST
6
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
7
"___ luck!" : LOTSA
8
Bard's "before" : ERE
9
"So's ___ old man!" : YER
10
Where 48-Down fought in 1999 : KOSOVO
11
Words from an emcee : INTRO
12
Actress Téa : LEONI
13
Come to a point : TAPER
18
Lots : ATON
21
Scarlett O'Hara, e.g. : BELLE
24
Of service : USABLE
25
___-poly : ROLY
26
Wear a long face : MOPE
27
Bronx Zoo houseful : APES
28
Lady's escort : GENT
29
Act of Contrition reciter : ATONER
33
Poem of praise : ODE
34
Greenspan of the Fed : ALAN
35
Lip-___ : SYNC
36
Tampa-St. ___ : PETE
38
Obese's opposite : GAUNT
39
Predatory whale : ORCA
43
Not the most refined fellow : REDNECK
44
Mule's father : DONKEY
46
More nimble : SPRIER
47
Musical chairs goal : SEAT
48
European group : SERBS
49
To no ___ : AVAIL
50
Buttinsky : YENTA
51
Made a request : ASKED
55
Prefix with drama : TELE
56
Yardage pickup : GAIN
57
Villa d'___ : ESTE
59
Bar bill : TAB
60
Orthodontists' org. : ADA
61
Fine-grained wood : YEW

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