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New York Times, Tuesday, July 24, 2001

Author:
Gayle Dean
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Prepare for competition
TotalDebutLatest
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Gayle Dean

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 33 for Ms. Dean. Tuesday freshness: 59%
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© 2001, The New York Times7/24/1 ( No. 18,886 )
Across
1
Filch : SWIPE
6
Cook's canful : LARD
10
Burn a bit : CHAR
14
Garbage can insert : LINER
15
S-shaped curve : OGEE
16
Swear words? : OATH
17
Blazing : AFIRE
18
It has "county" and "city" inside : COMMUNITY
20
Software test version : BETA
21
"Tiger Lilies" novelist Sidney : LANIER
22
Kipling classic : KIM
23
Urge forward : IMPEL
25
Speak evil of : TRADUCE
27
Kuwait's peninsula : ARABIA
29
Subway entrance : STILE
30
It has "round" inside : ROTUND
31
Curiosity victim : CAT
32
God with a hammer : THOR
36
Prepared to be dubbed : KNELT
37
Zilch : NIL
38
Tick off : PEEVE
39
Thompson of "Pollock" : SADA
40
Hall & Oates, e.g. : DUO
41
It has "bare" inside : BARREN
42
Prepare for competition : TRAIN
44
Show the ropes to : ORIENT
45
Avian messengers : PIGEONS
48
Diviner's deck : TAROT
49
N.Y.C.'s Park, e.g. : AVE
50
Tackle box gizmo : SCALER
52
Saws with the grain : RIPS
55
It has "can" and "tin" inside : CONTAINER
57
Gem surface : FACET
58
Toledo's lake : ERIE
59
Tenn. neighbor : NCAR
60
Geographical "boot" : ITALY
61
Turned blue, perhaps : DYED
62
Inheritance factor : GENE
63
Fax forerunner : TELEX
Down
1
Bacon portion : SLAB
2
Bachelor's lack : WIFE
3
Welcomed as a brother : INITIATED
4
It has "amble" and "ramble" inside : PERAMBULATE
5
Bard's before : ERE
6
Milk train, e.g. : LOCAL
7
Literary conflict : AGON
8
Payment : REMITTAL
9
Mark for misconduct : DEMERIT
10
Hoodwink : CON
11
Japanese verse : HAIKU
12
Web site? : ATTIC
13
What 11-Down doesn't do : RHYME
19
Caspian feeder : URAL
21
Sinker material : LEAD
24
Stout serving : PINT
26
It has "rot" and "die" inside : DETERIORATE
27
Commodious boats : ARKS
28
Gossipy Barrett : RONA
29
It has "son" inside : SCION
33
Dissenting, to the church : HERETICAL
34
Place for a roast : OVEN
35
Monopoly payment : RENT
37
Dennis, to Mr. Wilson : NUISANCE
38
Henry VIII's sixth : PARR
40
Ballroom activity : DANCING
41
Tusked animal : BOAR
43
Parks in 1955 news : ROSA
45
Waited for baby? : PACED
46
Poacher's haul : IVORY
47
One to rub out? : GENIE
48
___ Haute, Ind. : TERRE
51
Like good hamburger meat : LEAN
53
Soccer icon : PELE
54
Charon's waterway : STYX
56
Mack of early TV : TED
57
Athletic : FIT

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

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