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New York Times, Friday, November 2, 2001

Author:
Mary Jung
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Down : Hardly obscure
TotalDebut
111/2/2001
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1.65185%
Mary Jung

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JX} This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Jung. Friday freshness: 62%
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© 2001, The New York Times11/2/1 ( No. 18,987 )
Across
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Move across the 24-Across : NAVIGATE
9
Hardly scanty : AMPLE
14
Defense : APOLOGIA
15
"The Amityville Horror" star : BROLIN
16
Smashes : SELLOUTS
17
Don't skip : ATTEND
18
R. & B.'s ___ Hill : DRU
19
Prepare : SETTHESTAGE
21
Isn't idle : ACTS
23
Lowdown : SLEAZY
24
Where swelling occurs : SEA
25
1954 Bogart role : QUEEG
27
Like Bacon or Lamb: Abbr. : ENG
28
SFO info : ARR
29
It may come from a pound : ARF
31
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" author : DAHL
34
Not once, in Nürnberg : NIE
35
Waffle alternative : POPTART
39
Like some pigs : ROASTED
41
Santa ___ : ANA
42
Silver piece : FORK
44
M3, e.g. : BMW
45
Some 66-Across : GTS
46
"___ for igloo" : IIS
48
Colt 45 producer : PABST
52
Signs of surprise : OHS
53
Digit : DACTYL
56
Edible pocket : PITA
57
Shade near aquamarine : PEACOCKBLUE
60
Heyerdahl title start : KON
61
Lurker's plan, perhaps : AMBUSH
62
Wright field? : AVIATION
64
Place for proofs : GALLEY
65
Place for a pilot : GASRANGE
66
Omegas and Vectras : OPELS
67
Relatively rapid : SNAPPIER
Down
1
It has many techs : NASDAQ
2
Summary : APERCU
3
Spiral ornament : VOLUTE
4
Nefarious : ILL
5
Gunks : GOOS
6
Some fevers : AGUES
7
Scintilla : TITTLE
8
London section : EASTEND
9
Pretentious : ARTSY
10
Pioneering U.S. feminist : MOTT
11
Hospitable : PLEASANT
12
Items of sheer delight? : LINGERIE
13
Won over : ENDEARED
15
Performer of many Dylan songs : BAEZ
20
Fictional Viking : HAGAR
22
Ticket info : SEAT
26
Austrian earl : GRAF
30
Not to, maybe : FRO
32
Quoits game : HOB
33
Place for a genie : LAMP
35
Tutuila harbor : PAGOPAGO
36
Hardly obscure : ONTHEMAP
37
O.K. : PASSABLE
38
Kind of question : TRICK
40
Kind of meet : SWAP
43
Soldiers' burdens : KITBAGS
47
Woodsy : SYLVAN
49
It has a top and a bottom : BIKINI
50
Dimwit : STOOGE
51
One processing pelts : TANNER
53
Doctors' orders : DOSES
54
Fluish, perhaps : ACHY
55
Miller of opera : LUISA
58
Get the best of : CULL
59
1994 Costner role : EARP
63
Select : TAP

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

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