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New York Times, Monday, January 17, 2000

Author:
Trip Payne
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Less plausible, as an excuse
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
464/10/19948/3/20211
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1034463133
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
421.5333861%
Trip Payne

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {BJQXZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Payne. Monday freshness: 41%
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© 2000, The New York Times1/17/0 ( No. 18,332 )
Across
1
Smokes : CIGS
5
Sandbar : SHOAL
10
Con game : SCAM
14
Aboard a ship : ASEA
15
Primary blood carrier : AORTA
16
Quiz option : TRUE
17
Atlanta landmark #1 : PEACHTREESTREET
20
August meteor shower : PERSEIDS
21
Strong fishing nets : TRAWLS
22
"You ___ here" : ARE
23
Tiny scissors cut : SNIP
24
Bill Clinton's number two : ALGORE
28
Pillow covering : SHAM
29
Ooh and ___ : AAH
32
French revolutionary Jean Paul : MARAT
33
Unwanted e-mail : SPAM
34
Gumbo pods : OKRA
35
Atlanta landmark #2 : EMORYUNIVERSITY
38
Front-page stuff : NEWS
39
Walk nervously : PACE
40
J.R.'s mother, on "Dallas" : ELLIE
41
Hosp. workers : DRS
42
Similar to : LIKE
43
They hold 27-Down : THOLES
44
Jaywalker's punishment : FINE
45
Dernier ___ (last word) : CRI
46
Large African expanse : SAHARA
49
Area including Turkey and Israel : NEAREAST
54
Atlanta landmark #3 : THECARTERCENTER
56
"This ___ my day!" : ISNT
57
Not glossy : MATTE
58
Peace proponent : DOVE
59
Flagmaker Betsy : ROSS
60
Hardly the macho type : SISSY
61
Captain Hook's helper : SMEE
Down
1
"Li'l Abner" cartoonist : CAPP
2
Psychiatrist's response : ISEE
3
Neutral or first : GEAR
4
Small pouches : SACS
5
Lampoon : SATIRE
6
Throng of people : HORDE
7
Smeltery materials : ORES
8
Chowed down : ATE
9
Washington or Irving : LASTNAME
10
Subway handhold : STRAP
11
Stage workers : CREW
12
"The Clan of the Cave Bear" author : AUEL
13
"Amazin' " team : METS
18
Vigorous : HEARTY
19
Barber's job : TRIM
23
Barber's job : SHAVE
24
Modify : AMEND
25
Less plausible, as an excuse : LAMER
26
Gets bigger : GROWS
27
Galley propellers : OARS
28
Ginger or cinnamon : SPICE
29
James Bond's "A View to ___" : AKILL
30
Bandleader Shaw : ARTIE
31
Grant's successor : HAYES
33
Venom carrier : SNAKE
34
Norway's capital : OSLO
36
Ready to fight : UPINARMS
37
Bring back on staff : REHIRE
42
Milan money : LIRA
43
Comedian Ullman : TRACEY
44
Lowdown : FACTS
45
Popular mints : CERTS
46
Move a muscle : STIR
47
Mock words of understanding : AHSO
48
Coop group : HENS
49
Butterfly snarers : NETS
50
Extremities : ENDS
51
Molecule part : ATOM
52
Golfer Ballesteros : SEVE
53
Branch site : TREE
55
Mai ___ : TAI

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

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