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New York Times, Tuesday, July 3, 2001

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : Uncle Miltie
TotalDebutLatest
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
41.552297%
Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. Hartman. Tuesday freshness: 56%
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© 2001, The New York Times7/3/1 ( No. 18,865 )
Across
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Not just a hit : SMASH
6
Jeff MacNelly comic : SHOE
10
Uncertain : IFFY
14
Vena cava neighbor : AORTA
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Raise a red flag : WARN
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"The Lion King" lion : NALA
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Special soldier : GREENBERET
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Result of using the wrong film speed, maybe : BLUR
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Dusk, to Donne : EEN
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Prod : GOAD
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Stirred up : ROUSED
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Hoosegow : SLAMMER
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Uncle Miltie : BERLE
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Boat maneuverer : OAR
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Villain in a western : BLACKHAT
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Where the Blue Nile and White Nile meet : SUDAN
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Butchers' offerings : MEATS
35
Spanish treasure : ORO
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Not now : THEN
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"You Light Up My Life" singer Boone : DEBBY
38
It's slipped in a slot : COIN
39
Ages and ages : EON
40
Tijuana cash : PESOS
41
When procrastinators don't do things : TODAY
42
Wave with a foaming crest : WHITECAP
44
___-Magnon : CRO
45
Second family of the 1990's : GORES
46
Put on hold : SHELVED
50
Office building area : ATRIUM
52
Like a sad sack : GLUM
53
___ bonne heure (very well): Fr. : ALA
54
Future Derby runner, maybe : FOAL
55
Texas state flower : BLUEBONNET
58
Chip in : ANTE
59
O.K. Corral shooter : EARP
60
Where the deer and the antelope play : RANGE
61
Film critic Rex : REED
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28-0, e.g. : ROUT
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Gallows reprieves : STAYS
Down
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Wise guys : SAGES
2
Fancy mushroom : MOREL
3
Sacramento's Arco ___ : ARENA
4
Sault ___ Marie : STE
5
Children's game : HANGMAN
6
Talk a blue streak? : SWEAR
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Granitelike : HARD
8
Bauxite or magnetite : ORE
9
Plea : ENTREATY
10
How stores buy things : INBULK
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Lie : FALSEHOOD
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Chimney part : FLUE
13
Harvard ___ : YARD
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Transvaal settler : BOER
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Mythical monsters : ORCS
25
Complain : MOAN
26
Yaks away : BLABS
28
Some jazz : BEBOP
29
Strauss's "Mein Herr Marquis," e.g. : ARIA
30
Award for "The Producers" : TONY
31
Bouillabaisse : STEW
32
Comment after an accident : UHOH
33
Put down : DENIGRATE
34
Arizona sights : MESAS
37
May-___ romance : DECEMBER
38
"Rad!" : COOL
40
Andean land : PERU
41
Small quakes : TREMORS
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Slaved away : TOILED
44
Great Lakes fish : CHUB
46
Caught some Z's : SLEPT
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She's on TV for a spell : VANNA
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Mournful piece : ELEGY
49
Promgoers : DATES
50
From a distance : AFAR
51
Inflection : TONE
52
Wizard : GURU
56
Thai neighbor : LAO
57
___ King Cole : NAT

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

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