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New York Times, Tuesday, December 19, 2000

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Down : Fly smoothly
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Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 78 for Mr. Piscop. Tuesday freshness: 17%
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© 2000, The New York Times12/19/0 ( No. 18,669 )
Across
1
Luciano Pavarotti, e.g. : TENOR
6
Bomb : FLOP
10
Lip-balm target : CHAP
14
Addis ___ : ABABA
15
Gift for a diva : ROSE
16
Moneyed one : HAVE
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Candlestick maker? : RAYOFLIGHT
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Ever's partner : ANON
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Like some inspections : ONSITE
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Mukluk material : SEALSKIN
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Nintendo rival : SEGA
25
Tankard filler : ALE
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Laudatory lines : ODE
27
Seductresses : MANTRAPS
31
Narcissist's love : SELF
33
He floated "like a butterfly" : ALI
34
Sports buff's memorization : STATS
36
Post-op time : REHAB
39
Mugger subduer : MACE
41
Give an address : ORATE
43
It's a long story : SAGA
44
Spot often struck by a snake : ANKLE
46
Snake, to Medusa : TRESS
48
"Am ___ a roll!" : ION
49
Portraitists' purchases : OILS
51
Power up, as an old battery : RECHARGE
53
Pound sound : ARF
55
Schlep : LUG
57
Sound of a tuned engine : PURR
58
Within reach, as a solution : GETTABLE
61
State of confusion : DITHER
65
Annual theater award : OBIE
66
Chef? : BILLOFFARE
68
Winter coating : RIME
69
Warhol pal ___ Sedgwick : EDIE
70
Oral Roberts University site : TULSA
71
Yemeni port : ADEN
72
Student overseer : DEAN
73
Hypnotist's word : SLEEP
Down
1
South Seas food staple : TARO
2
Israel's Abba : EBAN
3
Some floor votes : NAYS
4
Double-reed player : OBOIST
5
Some river travelers : RAFTERS
6
Busy night at a bar: Abbr. : FRI
7
Old cabin materials : LOGS
8
Milo of "The Verdict" : OSHEA
9
Parts of bloomers : PETALS
10
Cartoonist Addams, for short : CHAS
11
Barber? : HANKOFHAIR
12
Steer clear of : AVOID
13
Rigatoni relative : PENNE
18
Smooth, musically : LEGATO
22
Groucho-type look : LEER
24
In pieces : APART
27
Doll's cry : MAMA
28
Conservative Keyes : ALAN
29
Watchmaker? : NICKOFTIME
30
Brenda of the comics : STARR
32
"___ Misérables" : LES
35
Pricey : STEEP
37
Bug-eyed : AGOG
38
Ruination : BANE
40
"Boola Boola" collegian : ELI
42
Portuguese monetary unit : ESCUDO
45
Actress Raines : ELLA
47
Old-time impositions of penance : SHRIFTS
50
Came off the bench (for) : SUBBED
52
Like a literary Dodger : ARTFUL
53
Prefix with phobia : AGORA
54
Make another offer : REBID
56
Fly smoothly : GLIDE
59
Archie or Jughead : TEEN
60
Director Kazan : ELIA
62
In fine fettle : HALE
63
Irish Gaelic : ERSE
64
Swing a scythe : REAP
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Gridiron great Dawson : LEN

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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