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New York Times, Monday, September 10, 2001

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : Church recess
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
210/18/19999/10/20012
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0200000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5384%
Karen Riekert

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {CJQXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 77 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Riekert. Monday freshness: 4%
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© 2001, The New York Times9/10/1 ( No. 18,934 )
Across
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Lean-tos : SHEDS
6
Lackluster : DULL
10
Not much : ATAD
14
Man with morals : AESOP
15
"It all comes clear" : ISEE
16
London subway, with "the" : TUBE
17
William and Harry's mum : DIANA
18
Prefix with second : NANO
19
Ready for business : OPEN
20
Out of gas : RUNNINGONEMPTY
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Evangelist ___ Semple McPherson : AIMEE
24
Church recess : APSE
25
Fawn's mother : DOE
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Showery month: Abbr. : APR
29
Thurs. follower : FRI
30
"It's a Wonderful Life" studio : RKO
33
Girl watcher, perhaps : OGLER
35
Word with first or foreign : AID
36
Minnesota ballplayer : TWIN
37
Out of gas : GRINDINGTOAHALT
41
Kittens' cries : MEWS
42
Born: Fr. : NEE
43
"___ Doone" : LORNA
44
Volcano output : ASH
45
"Much ___ About Nothing" : ADO
46
Meth. or Cath. : REL
48
Mind reader's specialty, for short : ESP
49
___ Mujeres (neighbor of Cancún) : ISLA
51
"Stompin' at the ___" (1934 hit) : SAVOY
53
Out of gas : HITTINGTHEWALL
58
Henry VIII's second or fourth : ANNE
59
First, second or reverse : GEAR
60
Pizazz : FLAIR
62
Tabloid twosome : ITEM
63
Jazz singer James : ETTA
64
Blotto : OILED
65
Rogers and Clark : ROYS
66
Poison ivy woe : RASH
67
Cracks the books : READS
Down
1
Jerry Lewis movie "The ___ Sack" : SAD
2
One named in a will : HEIR
3
One of Isaac's twins : ESAU
4
Former H.H.S. Secretary Shalala : DONNA
5
Picasso or El Cid : SPANIARD
6
Supper : DINNER
7
Grammar topic : USAGE
8
Jay of NBC : LENO
9
Kate's "Titanic" co-star : LEONARDO
10
Itsy-bitsy bits : ATOMS
11
Burpable containers : TUPPERWARE
12
Help in a holdup : ABET
13
Naysay : DENY
21
Mischief-maker : IMP
22
Prefix with center : EPI
25
Ism : DOGMA
26
Grimm meanies : OGRES
27
Cotton gin inventor : ELIWHITNEY
29
In shape : FIT
31
Pottery ovens : KILNS
32
Like draft beer : ONTAP
34
Coast Guard officer: Abbr. : ENS
35
"Act your ___!" : AGE
36
Even if, casually : THO
38
At risk : INDANGER
39
Prefix with classic : NEO
40
Factor in : ALLOWFOR
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Longtime ring champ : ALI
46
Enthusiastic : RAHRAH
47
Apple eater : EVE
50
Apple supports : STEMS
51
Box score numbers : STATS
52
George Bush, as a collegian : YALIE
53
Hit 1968 musical : HAIR
54
Engrossed by : INTO
55
"___ life!" : GETA
56
In ___ land (spacy) : LALA
57
Served up a whopper : LIED
61
Country rtes. : RDS

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

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