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New York Times, Thursday, November 2, 2000

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Down : First name in the N.B.A., once
TotalDebutLatest
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Henry Hook

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Hook. Thursday freshness: 65%
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© 2000, The New York Times11/2/0 ( No. 18,622 )
Across
1
Unaccompanied : STAG
5
Bob Seger's "___ Got Tonite" : WEVE
9
Patrick Dennis's aunt : MAME
13
Pseudo-aesthetic : ARTY
14
Regarding : ANENT
16
Xerox insert: Abbr. : ORIG
17
With 6-Down, doctor's observation : YOURENOTGETTING
20
"Finlandia" composer : SIBELIUS
21
Spring nymph : NAIAD
22
Paderewski's "Minuet ___" : ING
23
1993 standoff site : WACO
24
One of his listeners got cut off : VANGOGH
28
Bowling ball material : EBONITE
32
Atka dweller : ALEUT
33
Gives the coup de grâce : FELLS
35
Mathematician's "ta-da" : QED
36
Lamentation : MOAN
37
Authoritative text : BIBLE
38
O.R. doings : SURG
39
Crock : POT
40
Harry Kemelman's whodunit hero, e.g. : RABBI
41
Leaf collection? : QUIRE
42
1974 World's Fair site : SPOKANE
44
Not barren : FRUITED
46
29- or 30-day month : ADAR
47
___ Maria : TIA
48
When Revere made that ride : APRIL
50
Onions' kin : SHALLOTS
55
See 23-Down : TRUEILLEATMYHAT
57
Crowning point : ACME
58
Ukrainian city : YALTA
59
Mexican child : NINA
60
"Pow!" : WHAM
61
Quarterback's tactic : PASS
62
Unduly interested : NOSY
Down
1
Word after "he" and "she" : SAYS
2
"Star Trek: T.N.G." role : TROI
3
Swift's "The Tale of ___" : ATUB
4
Circular course : GYRE
5
On the decline : WANING
6
See 17-Across : ENOUGHFIBER
7
11/11 honorees : VETS
8
Chang's closest relative : ENG
9
Parliamentary proposal : MOTION
10
Oratorio portion : ARIA
11
Attention : MIND
12
Dinosaur's start : EGG
15
Like a good debater's arguments : TENABLE
18
"Four Quartets" poet : ELIOT
19
Fiesta fare : TACOS
23
With 55-Across, patient's reply : WELLIFTHATS
24
Soloists' lead-ins, maybe : VAMPS
25
Knocked for ___ : ALOOP
26
"Rad!" : NEATO
27
Automatic, for one : GUN
29
"Uncle!" : IQUIT
30
It borders la mer : TERRE
31
Barely defeated : EDGED
34
Fall back : EBB
37
Sans freshness : BANALLY
38
___ juris (legal phrase) : SUI
40
They meet in the middle : RADII
41
Reservation : QUALM
43
First name in the N.B.A., once : KAREEM
45
Oater props : RIATAS
48
Coyly roguish : ARCH
49
Reebok rival : PUMA
50
Actress Ward : SELA
51
Spacek biopic role : LYNN
52
Where Ivory soap and the pop-top can were invented : OHIO
53
Responds to UV rays : TANS
54
Reinforcement : STAY
55
Spotted, to Tweety : TAW
56
Napkin holder : LAP

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

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