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New York Times, Thursday, August 10, 2000

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Nears, with "on"
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7711/11/19841/22/20233
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3214720373
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31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JKQXZ} Spans: 4 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Diehl. Thursday freshness: 98%
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© 2000, The New York Times8/10/0 ( No. 18,538 )
Across
1
Nears, with "on" : CLOSESIN
9
Animal shelter : LAIR
13
Paper-folding creation : AIRPLANE
14
Like a rainbow : ARCED
16
19
Dancing Astaire : ADELE
20
"Now I remember!" : AHYES
21
Fertility clinic stock : OVA
22
"___ do" : ITLL
23
Enjoy a rose : SMELL
24
Skelton's Kadiddlehopper : CLEM
25
Scale tone : SOL
26
Tucks away : STOWS
27
Tippler : SOUSE
28
Frau's abode : HAUS
29
Land of Robert Burns : SCOTIA
30
35
Humorous illustrator ___ Searle : RONALD
36
Not be calm : FRET
37
Oscar-nominated role of 1966 : ALFIE
38
King's word : EDICT
39
Econ. figure : GNP
42
Latch (onto) : GLOM
43
It may be waxed : FLOSS
44
Memories of a whirlwind trip, maybe : BLUR
45
38-Down's home: Abbr. : ISR
46
Pipe cleaner : DRANO
47
Like sod : ROOTY
48
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Full of chutzpah : NERVY
52
Stets : LEAVESIN
53
Roasting platform : DAIS
54
1968 pitcher with six consecutive shutouts : DRYSDALE
Down
1
Orient Express terminus, once : CALAIS
2
Misled : LIEDTO
3
"Big Brother is watching you" writer : ORWELL
4
Ecodisaster : SPILL
5
Besides : ELSE
6
Pedro or Paulo : SAO
7
Well-known, but not well-liked : INFAMOUS
8
Huey, Dewey and Louie : NEPHEWSOFDONALD
9
Mike holder : LAPEL
10
Makeshift cradle : ARMS
11
Hosp. ward : ICU
12
Unwavering : RESOLUTE
15
Gets down to work : DIVESIN
17
Brother Castor and sister Olive : OYLS
18
Attacked : CAMEAT
23
Mike holder : STAND
24
Kind of skin : COON
26
Rock that may hold fossils : SHALE
27
Longtime "Today" show personality : SCOTT
29
Contractor's info : SPECS
30
Like "Othello" : TRAGIC
31
Continues, after a fashion : ROLLSON
32
Nebulous : UNFORMED
33
Critically injure : MAIM
34
Jean Valjean, at the start of "Les Misérables" : PRISONER
38
Overseas carrier : ELAL
39
Tongue, anatomically : GLOSSA
40
Cooking agent : NUTOIL
41
"The Scarlet Letter" woman : PRYNNE
43
Doesn't wear well : FRAYS
44
___ stiff : BORED
46
7th-century date : DCVI
47
Relig. leaders : REVS
49
Tax form info: Abbr. : IRA
50
Kind of care : DAY

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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