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New York Times, Wednesday, January 10, 2001

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Down : Limerick language
TotalDebutLatest
1821/12/197810/27/2024
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.534304631%
Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 96 for Mr. Silvestri. Wednesday freshness: 12%
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© 2001, The New York Times1/10/1 ( No. 18,691 )
Across
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Big blowout : BASH
5
Little dent : DING
9
Candidate's concern : IMAGE
14
1977 movie in which Bo Derek's leg is bitten off : ORCA
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Snack item since 1912 : OREO
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Rover : NOMAD
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Statement from actor Rob's debtors? : WEOWELOWE
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Hot trend : CRAZE
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Rock's Brian ___ : ENO
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Disney's Ludwig ___ Drake : VON
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Make more attractive : SWEETEN
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Dr. Dre, for one : RAPPER
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Columbia Pictures founder : COHN
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Monochromatic rock? : ONETONESTONE
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Up to snuff : ABLE
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Junior, to Senior : SON
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Holy ___ : TERROR
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Plunders : LOOTS
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Took in : ATE
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College bigwigs : DEANS
43
Water channel : SLUICE
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Slalom track : ESS
47
Lotion ingredient : ALOE
48
Aged, unemotional shrew? : OLDCOLDSCOLD
51
Pointer's word : THAT
52
"A Hard Day's Night" director : LESTER
56
Reports by phone : CALLSIN
60
Hail, to Caesar : AVE
61
Stowe girl : EVA
62
Self-evident truth : AXIOM
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Question from an uncertain Osiris? : ISSISISIS
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It may be about a yard : FENCE
67
Casing : SKIN
68
Prelude to a duel : SLAP
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First name in rock since 1970 : ELTON
70
Put up : HANG
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A zillion : MANY
Down
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Shady spot : BOWER
2
Kind of football : ARENA
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Lois Lane exclusive : SCOOP
4
Turn left : HAW
5
Del Rio of film : DOLORES
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Tend to pressing business : IRON
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Just out : NEW
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Keeps at it : GOESON
9
Hopping mad : INCENSED
10
"Encore!" : MORE
11
Latin I word : AMAT
12
A crystal ball user has it : GAZE
13
Worry-free locale : EDEN
18
Roulette bet : EVEN
23
Put an edge on : WHET
25
Like some justice : POETIC
26
Dispute : CONTEST
28
Words in a dedication : TOA
29
Radial surfaces : TREADS
30
Viva-voce : ORAL
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Dessert, say, to a dieter : NONO
32
Limerick language : ERSE
33
Besides : ALSO
34
Weevil's target : BOLL
35
Garish : LOUD
39
Followers of Robert Bruce : SCOTSMEN
41
PC key : ESC
44
Like some schoolbook publishers : ELHI
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What you're doing now : SOLVING
49
Coffee accompaniment, maybe : DANISH
50
Wine sediment : LEES
53
Colleague of Edison : TESLA
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Perrier alternative : EVIAN
55
Hoarse : RASPY
56
Soup and sandwich spot : CAFE
57
Jump on the ice : AXEL
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Kind of trap : LINT
59
Nuts : LOCO
60
Speller's phrase : ASIN
64
Reggae relative : SKA
65
Doctrine : ISM

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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