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New York Times, Friday, August 17, 2001

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Across : Bait
TotalDebutLatest
2197/31/19952/23/2016
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 78 for Ms. Gorski. Friday freshness: 52%
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© 2001, The New York Times8/17/1 ( No. 18,910 )
Across
1
Flash light? : STROBE
7
Duchess of ___ (Goya model) : ALBA
11
Queen ___ : MUM
14
Head cases? : CRANIA
15
Runs over : GOESLONG
17
Peak performances? : YODELS
18
Prime-time times : EVENINGS
19
Notorious courtroom strategy of 1979 : TWINKIEDEFENSE
21
Pilot's accessory : HEADSET
22
Pilot's problem : YAW
23
Effective leveler : TNT
25
Wright wing : ELL
26
Sandbank site : SHOAL
28
Kill, in a way : VETO
29
Cut corners? : MITER
31
Too : OVERLY
33
Nile crosser : ASWAN
36
Break dancing accompaniment : RAP
38
They may carry burdens : ASSES
39
Lays out : SPENDS
41
Bait : TAUNT
43
See 3-Down : TIRE
44
It originally included 51 states : THEUN
46
Physics Nobelist Landau : LEV
49
A camel may be executed on it : ICE
50
With 61-Across, bigwig: Var. : POO
51
Like a gymnast : LISSOME
54
Best seat in the house? : ERGONOMICCHAIR
57
Sloth : OTIOSITY
58
Borneo creatures : ORANGS
59
Firearm, after firing : RECOILER
60
More than look up to : REVERE
61
See 50-Across : BAH
62
Banks on the runway : TYRA
63
Not optional : NEEDED
Down
1
Swath producer : SCYTHE
2
It may turn up some dirt : TROWEL
3
With 43-Across, Michelin product : RADIAL
4
Successively : ONEND
5
Chisels : BILKS
6
Like the path of least resistance : EASIEST
7
Like some ports : AGED
8
Words accompanying a smack : LOVEYA
9
Fusion cuisine? : BEEFALO
10
Good ___ (fixed) : ASNEW
11
Scream elicitors : MONSTERS
12
Rough : UNGENTLE
13
British cars : MGS
16
Artist Maya : LIN
20
Preoperative delivery of old : ETHER
24
Playpen pile : TOYS
27
Spout rhetoric : ORATE
28
It may be under a jacket : VEST
29
Locks in a barn? : MANE
30
Kind of candidate: Abbr. : IND
32
Moving option : VAN
33
Sparkling wine, familiarly : ASTI
34
Indian refreshment : SPICETEA
35
Cry after a lucky strike? : WERERICH
37
King of Greece, 1947-64 : PAULI
40
Without expression : STONILY
42
Figure in some mysterious 15th-century tapestries : UNICORN
45
Unhappy audience member, maybe : HOOTER
46
Advanced : LOANED
47
New citizen, perhaps : EMIGRE
48
Up on, with "in" : VERSED
50
Take as a given : POSIT
52
Rocky debris : SCREE
53
Make smooth, in a way : SHAVE
55
Schmaltz : GOO
56
Dame Hess : MYRA
57
Moon, e.g. : ORB

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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