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New York Times, Wednesday, January 3, 2001

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Casino honcho
TotalDebutLatest
15411/22/19939/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.5550233%
Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 79 for Mr. Piscop. Wednesday freshness: 21%
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© 2001, The New York Times1/3/1 ( No. 18,684 )
Across
1
British sex symbol Diana : DORS
5
Tortilla, to a burrito : WRAP
9
Food often cut in eighths : PIZZA
14
Plimpton book subtitled "An American Biography" : EDIE
15
Good sign? : HALO
16
"Up the creek," e.g. : IDIOM
17
Eskimo prospector? : COLDMINER
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1,000 kilograms : TONNE
20
Like some coffee orders : AULAIT
21
Feeling of pain : STAB
23
Dark time for poets : EEN
24
Defatted, as a whale : FLENSED
26
Not quite yet : ANON
28
Eskimo hot dog topping? : CHILLYSAUCE
33
Have hands-on experience? : FEEL
37
Tram filler : ORE
38
Suppress : SITON
39
More than suggest : URGE
40
Waits on : TENDS
43
Sight from the crow's-nest : LAND
44
Maggie's mate, in the comics : JIGGS
46
"Well, lah-di-___" : DAH
47
Cows and sows : SHES
48
Eskimo words of enlightenment? : ICYITALLNOW
52
Attire worn with sandals : TOGA
53
Was of use : AVAILED
58
Wanted-poster letters : AKA
61
Hang : PEND
63
Salad green : ENDIVE
64
Remove errors from : DEBUG
66
Eskimo street? : COOLDESAC
68
Mississippi's ___ State University : DELTA
69
Vogue competitor : ELLE
70
Designer Gucci : ALDO
71
"The sweetest gift of heaven": Virgil : SLEEP
72
Critic Rex : REED
73
Look of a wolf : LEER
Down
1
Joltless joe : DECAF
2
Two-time batting champ Lefty : ODOUL
3
Lunar valley : RILLE
4
Roomy vehicle : SEDAN
5
Impassioned : WHITEHOT
6
Showed : RAN
7
Pub potables : ALES
8
Way in : PORTAL
9
Casino honcho : PITBOSS
10
Swearing-in words : IDO
11
Fans' publication, for short : ZINE
12
Defense type : ZONE
13
"You said it!" : AMEN
18
Junk drawer abbr. : MISC
22
"___ takers?" : ANY
25
Calamitous : DIRE
27
Epitome of toughness : NAILS
29
Three-time U.S. Open winner Ivan : LENDL
30
Zion National Park home : UTAH
31
Dunce cap shape : CONE
32
Winds up : ENDS
33
Honshu peak : FUJI
34
Grid great Dickerson : ERIC
35
Like zabaglione : EGGY
36
Kosher : LEGIT
41
Andrews or Carvey : DANA
42
Cleared of snow : SHOVELED
45
Temporary fix : STOPGAP
49
Ripen : AGE
50
Cavalry member : LANCER
51
Tinker Bell prop : WAND
54
Worth a ten : IDEAL
55
Fine cotton thread : LISLE
56
Give the slip to : EVADE
57
Furnishings : DECOR
58
Throws in : ADDS
59
Boat's backbone : KEEL
60
Fully qualified : ABLE
62
Loser in 1996 : DOLE
65
Western Amerind : UTE
67
Pamplona cry : OLE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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