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New York Times, Tuesday, July 25, 2000

Author:
Patrick Jordan
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Streetcars
TotalDebutLatest
163/19/19966/4/2001
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0363400
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.635523%
Patrick Jordan

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {Q} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Jordan. Tuesday freshness: 41%
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© 2000, The New York Times7/25/0 ( No. 18,522 )
Across
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Poker variation : STUD
5
Sources of delight : JOYS
9
Bashful, e.g. : DWARF
14
Improve, as one's skills : HONE
15
Sector : AREA
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Contest in the West : RODEO
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Milo's pal, in a 1989 film : OTIS
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Word after body or grand : SLAM
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Avoid answering : EVADE
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"While I'm away on vacation, would you ___...?" : WATCHMYHOUSE
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Object of an old French cheer : LEROI
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Gives in to gravity : SAGS
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Quick-witted : APT
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Over there, poetically : YOND
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Surface sheen : LUSTER
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Battering device : RAM
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"And ___...?" : FEEDMYPUPPY
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Designer Cassini : OLEG
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Teeny : WEE
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One of two on a brig : MAST
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"And ___...?" : WATERMYLAWN
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Place to do the samba : RIO
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Editor/suffragist Bloomer : AMELIA
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Begin a hand : DEAL
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Neither's partner : NOR
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Nudge forward : PROD
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Streetcars : TRAMS
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"And ___?" : PICKUPMYMAIL
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Stick that's waved : BATON
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Plane prefix : AERO
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Old TV clown : BOZO
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Glorify : EXALT
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Alka-Seltzer jingle starter : PLOP
68
Started a gunfight : DREW
69
Tropical lizard : GECKO
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Political doctrines : ISMS
71
Capitol Hill worker : AIDE
Down
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Third place : SHOW
2
Wreck beyond recognition : TOTAL
3
Bring together : UNITE
4
Catch sight of : DESCRY
5
Incense scent : JASMINE
6
Paris airport : ORLY
7
Informal affirmatives : YEAHS
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Pago Pago's place : SAMOA
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Put on one's Sunday best : DRESSUP
10
Made a tapestry : WOVE
11
Cavity fillers' org. : ADA
12
Like a sunset : RED
13
Any Hatfield, to a McCoy : FOE
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Foot that goes clop : HOOF
22
Hideous : UGLY
25
How some stocks sell : ATPAR
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Coke competitor : PEPSI
27
"___ Remember" (1960 song) : TRYTO
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Like a morning meadow : DEWY
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Addition solution : SUM
32
Mr. Bean portrayer Atkinson : ROWAN
33
Crockett's last stand : ALAMO
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Cabbie's counter : METER
36
Neighbor of Md. : DEL
37
Honey drink : MEAD
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Hairstyling goop : GEL
43
Attack verbally : RIPINTO
44
Painter Chagall : MARC
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Does a swab's job : WETMOPS
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Not (a one) : NARY
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Kappa follower : LAMBDA
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Giraffelike beast : OKAPI
54
Combats of honor : DUELS
56
New Zealand native : MAORI
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Measured, with "up" : SIZED
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Tyler and Taylor's go-between : POLK
59
Place for a king and queen : PROM
60
1993 Emmy winner Chad : LOWE
61
Dog command : BEG
62
Chopper : AXE
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Middle X or O : TAC

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

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