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New York Times, Thursday, August 16, 2001

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : F.B.I. figures
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Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 50 for Mr. DiPietro. Thursday freshness: 9%
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© 2001, The New York Times8/16/1 ( No. 18,909 )
Across
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Staff figure : GCLEF
6
Hull hazard : FLOE
10
Cast off : SHED
14
Steamed : IRATE
15
Expression : LOOK
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Rhode Island's motto : HOPE
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Be affected by electrical attraction? : GOWHERETHEIONIS
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Time or life follower : SPAN
21
It may be tipped : HAT
22
Next up : ONDECK
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Israel's Netanyahu, familiarly : BIBI
25
Profit share : CUT
26
Bishop preparing to hold a yard sale? : PRICINGCATHOLIC
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Young 'un : LAD
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Architectural order : DORIC
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An inspiration to Beethoven : ELISE
37
Server's edge, to Sampras : ADIN
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Broods : SULKS
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Sen. Bayh : EVAN
42
Windows applications? : TINTS
44
Track specialist : MILER
46
Work on a platter : EAT
47
Workout for bratty kids at a mountain resort? : HIGHIMPAEROBICS
50
Day-care diversion : TOY
51
F.B.I. figures : GMEN
52
Draft : DRAWUP
56
Shad ___ : ROE
58
Part of a Latin trio : AMAS
61
Apt title for this puzzle : DISAPPEARINGACT
64
Warts and all : ASIS
65
No good deed : EVIL
66
Dress with a flare : ALINE
67
Positive reply : YEAH
68
Turn down : DENY
69
Moisten : BEDEW
Down
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Band's schedule : GIGS
2
Field goal? : CROP
3
Like most citizens : LAWABIDING
4
Like some cuisine : ETHNIC
5
Charge : FEE
6
Pet peeve? : FLEA
7
Football great Ronnie : LOTT
8
Swooning sound : OOH
9
Barely make : EKEOUT
10
Like many horses : SHOD
11
Perfect : HONE
12
Big production : EPIC
13
Education station : DESK
18
They're thick-skinned : RHINOS
19
With 55-Down, where some things come out : INTHE
24
Two hearts, e.g. : BID
25
Coop cry : CACKLE
26
"The Bell Jar" writer : PLATH
27
Arm bones : RADII
28
Cross : GRUMPY
29
Paramecia features : CILIA
30
Word of encouragement : OLE
31
Help that's always available : LIVEINMAID
32
Father of famous twins : ISAAC
33
Some change : CENTS
38
Greatest possible : NTH
40
"The Battleship Potemkin" director Eisenstein : SERGEI
43
Get out of a slump? : SITUP
45
It stores data permanently : ROM
48
Disposed of, with "up" : MOPPED
49
Snoopy, e.g. : BEAGLE
52
Time of reckoning : DDAY
53
Hillock : RISE
54
What one of the five Olympic rings stands for : ASIA
55
See 19-Down : WASH
56
Picnicker's worry : RAIN
57
It's near Paris : ORLY
59
Rough problem to face? : ACNE
60
Brood : STEW
62
Member of the first family : EVE
63
Collar : NAB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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