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New York Times, Tuesday, October 24, 2000

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Down : Lawsuit basis
TotalDebutLatest
1338/27/19814/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
51.59618943%
Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: none – this is a pangram. This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Tuesday freshness: 16%
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© 2000, The New York Times10/24/0 ( No. 18,613 )
Across
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Choreographer Ailey : ALVIN
6
Highchair feature : TRAY
10
Love handles, essentially : FLAB
14
Capital near 0° latitude : QUITO
15
All-knowing : WISE
16
See red : RAGE
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Kind of renewal : URBAN
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Letters from Athens : ETAS
19
Halo, e.g. : AURA
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White House nickname : IKE
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Underground commuter : STRAPHANGER
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Resting on : ATOP
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Was restless : ITCHED
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One who'll give you fits : TAILOR
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Oft-impersonated one : ELVIS
31
Speaker's woe : STREPTHROAT
33
Pal for Pierre : AMI
36
"Rag Mop" singers the ___ Brothers : AMES
37
Popular card game : UNO
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It can be cast : IRON
39
Curtain holder : ROD
40
Cause of erosion, maybe : STRIPMINING
44
Upholstery fabric : TOILE
45
Outflow's opposite : INTAKE
46
Stuff one's face : PIGOUT
49
Snack in a stack : OREO
50
Prepare to do some barbering : STROPARAZOR
53
Write quickly : JOT
56
It falls hard : HAIL
57
Verne hero : NEMO
58
Hose shade : TAUPE
60
Downwind, nautically : ALEE
61
Privy to : INON
62
Book end? : INDEX
63
Popular Microsoft software : WORD
64
"New" drink of the 80's : COKE
65
Bond, for one : AGENT
Down
1
Here, in Seville : AQUI
2
Hang around unobserved : LURK
3
Sensation, slangily : VIBE
4
Call ___ day : ITA
5
24/7 : NONSTOP
6
Pipsqueak : TWERP
7
Singer Coolidge : RITA
8
Pronto : ASAP
9
Where the Talmud is studied : YESHIVA
10
They're circulated in Paris : FRANCS
11
Roll in the aisles : LAUGH
12
Go along (with) : AGREE
13
Santa Claus feature : BEARD
22
Lawsuit basis : TORT
23
Arguing : ATIT
24
Pub pints : ALES
26
Abdicator of 1917 : TSAR
27
Spheric opening? : ATMO
28
Really steamed : IRED
29
"Sesame Street" regular : ERNIE
30
Aerial maneuver : LOOP
32
Be a pitcher : HURL
33
Diva's delivery : ARIA
34
Lama, e.g. : MONK
35
"Bus Stop" playwright : INGE
38
Enthusiastic about : INTO
40
Progresso product : SOUP
41
1912 headline name : TITANIC
42
Dali contemporary : MIRO
43
Sluggishness : INERTIA
44
Drove, slangily : TOOLED
46
"Oh, come on!" : PSHAW
47
Author Calvino : ITALO
48
"Jackie Brown" actress Pam : GRIER
49
Layer with a hole in it : OZONE
51
Where people split : RENO
52
In a frenzy : AMOK
53
Penultimate book of the Bible : JUDE
54
Big tournament : OPEN
55
Teleprompter filler : TEXT
59
Director Lee : ANG

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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