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New York Times, Tuesday, January 11, 2000

Author:
Fran and Lou Sabin
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Down : Person with lots of bills
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Lou Sabin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 24 for Ms. Sabin. This is puzzle # 135 for Mr. Sabin. Tuesday freshness: 10%
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© 2000, The New York Times1/11/0 ( No. 18,326 )
Across
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Boston team, informally : CELTS
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Plant with a frond : FERN
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Popular pens : BICS
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Unique : ALONE
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"...baked in ___" : APIE
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Kind of testimony : ORAL
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1966 sci-fi classic : FANTASTICVOYAGE
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H.S. requirement : ENG
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Baker's dozen? : BATCH
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Having crow's-feet : LINED
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Christie's "Death on the ___" : NILE
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Some go for 6 or 12 mos. : CDS
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1970's-80's TV hero, with "the" : INCREDIBLEHULK
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Red Cross supply : BLOOD
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Sea sound : ROAR
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Dundee denial : NAE
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Haughtiness : AIRS
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One with a smiley face? : CLOWN
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Motivate : STIR
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Dodger, Brooklyn-style : BUM
40
"In a minute" : SOON
41
Wee one : BAIRN
42
Lurid pulp magazine founded in 1926 : AMAZINGSTORIES
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Lodge member : ELK
47
List wrap-up : ETAL
48
Persian Gulf port : BASRA
51
Hawk's gripper : TALON
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"No ___" (menu phrase) : MSG
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"Man of La Mancha" tune, with "The" : IMPOSSIBLEDREAM
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Simone de Beauvoir, to Sartre : AMIE
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Just lying around : IDLE
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"Butterfield 8" author : OHARA
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Princes, e.g. : SONS
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Look : PEER
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Away : NOTIN
Down
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Joe, in France : CAFE
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Zip : ELAN
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Overshot : LONG
4
Rubble-maker : TNT
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Albatross, e.g. : SEABIRD
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Like cows before slaughter : FATTED
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Sweeping story : EPIC
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Like chocolate-chocolate cake : RICH
9
Ariz. neighbor : NEV
10
Winningly youthful : BOYISH
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Mujahedin base : IRAN
12
Zoo feature : CAGE
13
Winter toy : SLED
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Garage activity : SALE
19
___ but wiser : OLDER
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Base figures, for short : NCOS
24
"Braveheart" group : CLAN
25
Another name for ancient Troy : ILIUM
26
Bellini opera : NORMA
27
Dungeon restraints : IRONS
28
Gift beautifier : BOW
29
Remove, as a 28-Down : UNTIE
30
Retreats : LAIRS
31
Composer Jerome : KERN
32
Rum cake : BABA
36
Go kaput, with "out" : CONK
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Cabin element : LOG
38
Go yachting : SAIL
40
"___ Marner" : SILAS
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"Beverly Hills 90210" fellow : BRANDON
43
Six in a million? : ZEROES
44
Person with lots of bills : TELLER
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Native Oklahoman : OTOE
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Civil rights concern : BIAS
49
Bullets, e.g. : AMMO
50
It may be on a tennis ball : SPIN
51
Almanac topic : TIDE
52
Skilled : ABLE
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Lamb, e.g. : MEAT
54
Draped dress : SARI
55
Gangster chaser : GMAN
57
Wine tasting? : SIP
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Pi's follower : RHO

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

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