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New York Times, Tuesday, July 18, 2000

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

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQV} This is puzzle # 92 for Mr. Silvestri. Tuesday freshness: 39%
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© 2000, The New York Times7/18/0 ( No. 18,515 )
Across
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Game of kings and queens : CHESS
6
Show snide satisfaction : GLOAT
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Act like : APE
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Artificial jewelry : PASTE
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Winchester, for one : RIFLE
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Lobster ___ Diavolo : FRA
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Pounce on some mariners' gear : ASSAILASAIL
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In favor of : FOR
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Gusto : ZEST
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Off the leash : LOOSE
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Where Woodstock can be found : PEANUTS
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Used a teaspoon : STIRRED
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Changes : ALTERS
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Interlaced : TWINED
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Card catalogue listing : TITLE
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Fetch : BRING
33
Pompous person : ASS
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List ender : ETAL
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Really bad : LOUSY
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"___ first you don't..." : IFAT
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Kind of room : REC
40
Bowwow : POOCH
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Hacienda brick : ADOBE
42
Black belt activity : KARATE
44
Capital of South Dakota : PIERRE
45
Military school : ACADEMY
47
Celebrated Mardi Gras, in a way : PARADED
48
___ 6 : MOTEL
49
Maintained : HELD
50
Victoria's Secret purchase : BRA
51
Validate, businesswise : AFFIRMAFIRM
58
Resinous substance : LAC
59
Ruin of a statue, perhaps : TORSO
60
Tennessee footballer : TITAN
61
Wapiti : ELK
62
Live : EXIST
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Sonneteer's Muse : ERATO
Down
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I.R.S. job applicant, maybe : CPA
2
Owns : HAS
3
Tee preceder : ESS
4
Sched. locale : STA
5
Confiscation : SEIZURE
6
Hawaiian skirt material : GRASS
7
Top 10, e.g. : LIST
8
"Birth ___ Nation" : OFA
9
Actress MacGraw : ALI
10
Revelatory : TELLING
11
Be able to buy some wheels : AFFORDAFORD
12
Simple writing : PROSE
13
Like a ewer : EARED
18
"___ Fall in Love" : LETS
22
Refinable rock : ORE
23
Object of a Latin prayer : PATER
24
Cream of the crop : ELITE
25
Start hammering : ATTACKATACK
26
Carter of sitcoms : NELL
27
Make a rustling sound : SWISH
28
Pint-sized : TINY
30
Armistice : TRUCE
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Spoils of war : BOOTY
34
Buffalo hockey player : SABRE
35
Spirited horse : STEED
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Rich soil : LOAM
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Concept : IDEA
40
Church dignitary : PRELATE
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When a show is broadcast : AIRDATE
43
Citrus drink : ADE
44
It may be read : PALM
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Stroll : AMBLE
46
Reef material : CORAL
47
Candidate of 1992 and '96 : PEROT
49
Sound like a snake : HISS
52
CBS competitor : FOX
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Night that "Miami Vice" was on: Abbr. : FRI
54
Christmas buy : FIR
55
Call ___ day : ITA
56
Betrayer : RAT
57
L-P filler : MNO

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

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