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New York Times, Tuesday, January 18, 2000

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Down : Mail, in Marseille
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {HJQV} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 45 for Ms. Salomon. Tuesday freshness: 28%
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© 2000, The New York Times1/18/0 ( No. 18,333 )
Across
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Clear the blackboard : ERASE
6
A pope may lead it : MASS
10
Ultimate diet : FAST
14
Kind of paint : LATEX
15
Burn soother : ALOE
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"Coffee, Tea ___?" : ORME
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Result of a workout : SWEAT
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Starting point for a flight test? : NEST
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Roll-on target : ODOR
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C.P.A.'s : BEANCOUNTERS
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Edmonton's home : ALBERTA
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Plains Indian : PAWNEE
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Rita of "West Side Story" : MORENO
28
Jewelry that's not kept in a safe : PASTE
30
"Give it ___!" : AGO
31
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
33
New-car feature, for short : ABS
36
Potluck dinner dish : NOODLECASSEROLE
41
Tackle a slope : SKI
42
"Merrily we roll ___" : ALONG
43
Certain turn : ZAG
44
"___ Hope" (former soap) : RYANS
47
Tea type : OOLONG
49
Fund-raising effort : APPEAL
52
Colony members : ARTISTS
53
Features of many signs : BLOCKLETTERS
56
Cartoonist Thomas : NAST
57
Furrow former : PLOW
58
Europe's "boot" : ITALY
62
Novel ending? : ETTE
63
Hindu music : RAGA
64
Tea type : PEKOE
65
Cattail, e.g. : REED
66
Baseball's Vizquel : OMAR
67
Pix : SNAPS
Down
1
1997 U.S. Open winner Ernie : ELS
2
Like sushi : RAW
3
Had a beef? : ATE
4
Navy builder : SEABEE
5
On the outside : EXTERNAL
6
Food from heaven : MANNA
7
Baldwin of "Prelude to a Kiss" : ALEC
8
Fair-to-middling : SOSO
9
Arrangements : SETUPS
10
Heels and loafers : FOOTWEAR
11
"As You Like It" forest : ARDEN
12
Camper's dessert item : SMORE
13
To the point : TERSE
21
When many people have lunch : ATONE
22
Cole who was "King" : NAT
23
"___ for All Seasons" : AMAN
24
NBC's peacock and CBS's eye : LOGOS
25
Babbler : BROOK
28
Laugh waves : PEALS
29
As well : ALSO
32
Read a bar code : SCAN
34
Stupid louts : BOZOS
35
Writer's angle : SLANT
37
Ran : DIRECTED
38
Sleep sound : SNORE
39
Vain voyages? : EGOTRIPS
40
Poached edibles : EGGS
45
Shoot the breeze : YAK
46
Football star's title : ALLPRO
48
Lend an ear : LISTEN
49
Li'l one : ABNER
50
Diner serving : PLATE
51
Mail, in Marseille : POSTE
52
Battling : ATWAR
54
Jack of "Rio Lobo" : ELAM
55
Robe : TOGA
59
Wanted-poster letters : AKA
60
Chop (off) : LOP
61
"Absolutely!" : YES

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

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