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New York Times, Saturday, December 16, 2000

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : List keeper Schindler et al.
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Jim Page

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QWXZ} This is puzzle # 120 for Mr. Page. Saturday freshness: 25%
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© 2000, The New York Times12/16/0 ( No. 18,666 )
Across
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Org. for court figures : ABA
4
Allowed to flow : POURED
10
Totem's representation : CLAN
14
Tread site : TENNISSHOE
16
Robust : HALE
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They give a lot : TRICKKNEES
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1930's-40's film director ___ C. Kenton : ERLE
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Preceder of many words? : INSO
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It may give you a jump: Abbr. : AAA
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Cried out on a farm : BAAED
22
Sch. on the Charles : MIT
23
One of the Wright brothers, for short : ORV
24
"Everybody Jam!" singer ___ John : SCATMAN
26
Roxy Music founder : ENO
27
Get excited : PSYCHUP
29
N.Y.C. subway line : IRT
30
Overheat : SINGE
32
Revealing garments : SHORTIES
34
Joined, redundantly : ENTEREDIN
36
Establishes the going price? : SETSBAIL
38
Mideast native : SABRA
42
Ode title starter : TOA
43
Least loyal : FALSEST
45
Aviation prefix : AER
46
Lewis and Clarke : AUTHORS
48
French pronoun : SES
49
Award for mil. heroism : DSC
50
Thorny twig : BRIAR
51
Trip starter : LSD
52
Valentine's place : SHEA
53
Let the air out? : SING
54
It might produce a happy medium : OUIJABOARD
57
What this is in Spain : ESTA
58
Serving to explain : ANNOTATIVE
59
Goat-drawn chariot rider, in myth : THOR
60
Cotton fabric : SATEEN
61
___ ecclesiasticae (church matters) : RES
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Periodically : ATTIMES
2
"The Ecstasy of St. Teresa" sculptor : BERNINI
3
"Friends" co-star : ANISTON
4
Water ___ : PIK
5
List keeper Schindler et al. : OSKARS
6
Elite military unit : USNAVYSEALS
7
Cassowary's cousin : RHEA
8
Want-ad abbr. : EOE
9
Paris's Pont ___ Arts : DES
10
Play badly? : CHEAT
11
Cheyenne's county : LARAMIE
12
Like a good listener : ALLEARS
13
"You ___ worry" : NEEDNT
15
Mil. club attendee : NCO
21
John and others : BAPTISTS
23
Precedes at a concert : OPENSFOR
24
His bat was called Black Betsy : SHOELESSJOE
25
Bean ___ : CURD
28
The Magnificent Seven leader : CHRIS
31
Catch : GET
33
___ way : INA
35
Way up for a downhiller : TBAR
36
Acidulous : SOURISH
37
Erode : EATINTO
39
Unruly mop : BADHAIR
40
There may be money in it : RESERVE
41
Teen hangouts : ARCADES
42
Typewriter feature : TABSET
44
Put under : SEDATE
47
Helga's cartoon husband : HAGAR
51
Fuzz : LINT
52
Excessive downer? : SOT
54
Chile and Cuba are in it: Abbr. : OAS
55
Article in La Repubblica : UNA
56
Outlawry : BAN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 10 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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