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New York Times, Wednesday, September 13, 2000

Author:
Jim Morton
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Price of a movie?
TotalDebut
19/13/2000
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Jim Morton

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Morton. Wednesday freshness: 75%
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© 2000, The New York Times9/13/0 ( No. 18,572 )
Across
1
Price of a movie? : VINCENT
5
Wooer : BEAU
9
Some figures on the Parthenon : CENTAURS
14
Jacob's twin : ESAU
15
Leave the stage : EXIT
16
Become harvestable : RIPEN
17
Begin to wake up : STIR
18
Duchamp's art movement : DADA
19
Easy ___ : ASPIE
20
British conservative's doctrine : TORYISM
22
Athenian or Corinthian : HELLENE
24
Place for a bar : SOAPDISH
26
"Carmen" and "Norma" : OPERAS
27
Bannockburn boy : LAD
28
Laverne and Shirley's landlady : EDNA
30
Roster : ROTA
33
Beige : ECRU
35
Santa Anita doings : RACES
40
Composer Schubert : FRANZ
42
Yahoo! competitor : AOL
43
Miracle Whip maker : KRAFT
44
Al ___ (cooked yet firm) : DENTE
45
Delta deposit : SILT
47
Nervous : EDGY
48
Org. in which Colin Powell once served : ROTC
50
Today, in Tijuana : HOY
52
Met villains, often : BASSOS
56
Tight-fisted folk : SCROOGES
61
Oval : ELLIPSE
63
Drive back : REPULSE
64
Forest clearing : GLADE
65
Inkling : IDEA
67
Lavish affection (on) : DOTE
68
Gourmand : EATER
69
Saxophone part : REED
70
At any point : EVER
71
What foxhounds try to catch : THESCENT
72
Wraps up : ENDS
73
Football linemen : CENTERS
Down
1
What two-piece suits lack : VESTS
2
Retort in a playground argument : ISTOO
3
Nigerian currency : NAIRA
4
Agave : CENTURYPLANT
5
Nightstand spot : BEDSIDE
6
Closing period in a semester : EXAMS
7
Abet : AID
8
Six-sided state : UTAH
9
Part of Manhattan : CENTRALPARK
10
Passenger train feature : AISLE
11
Passenger train feature, maybe : UPPER
12
Isabella, por ejemplo : REINA
13
Olden daggers : SNEES
21
Girl "sweet as apple cider" : IDA
23
Long stretch : EON
25
Herculean efforts : HEROICS
29
Lackluster : DULL
30
Mail abbr. : RFD
31
Load from a lode : ORE
32
Paddle : TAN
34
Playbill list : CAST
36
"Is it O.K. if I come in?" : AREYOUDECENT
37
One who may be slapped : CAD
38
Alphabet trio : EFG
39
Pigs' digs : STY
41
Absolutely nothing : ZEROPERCENT
46
Clothes, slangily : THREADS
49
C.I.A. predecessor : OSS
51
Alley ___ : OOP
52
Sire : BEGET
53
Object of many prayers : ALLAH
54
Old school item : SLATE
55
Allies (with) : SIDES
57
Belief system : CREED
58
Item kept on hand : GLOVE
59
Word with poly- : ESTER
60
Prognosticators : SEERS
62
Land west of Wales : EIRE
66
Quiet sanctuary : DEN

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

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