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New York Times, Tuesday, December 26, 2000

Author:
Gene Newman
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Sound from a flock
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Gene Newman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Newman. Tuesday freshness: 56%
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© 2000, The New York Times12/26/0 ( No. 18,676 )
Across
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Thin fastener : BRAD
5
Pro ___ (perfunctorily) : FORMA
10
Sonogram area : WOMB
14
Handed-down history : LORE
15
Structural member : IBEAM
16
Genesis shepherd : ABEL
17
Letters on a B-52 : USAF
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Some 60-Across : GOFLYAKITE
20
"Gargantua and Pantagruel" author : RABELAIS
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Aquarium fish : TETRA
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Haughtiness : AIRS
24
Lunar disappearance : MOONSET
26
More 60-Across : DONTBOTHERME
30
Biscotto flavoring : ANISE
31
Compass doodle : ARC
32
Recording studio tasks : DUBS
36
Press for payment : DUN
37
Photograph ruiner, perhaps : LENSCAP
41
Javits Center architect : PEI
42
Out of port : ASEA
44
Work on a doily : TAT
45
Slangy farewell : LATER
47
Still more 60-Across : LEAVEMEALONE
51
"The Ten Commandments" director : DEMILLE
54
Seed cover : ARIL
55
"The Compleat Angler" writer ___ Walton : IZAAK
56
Like a certain musical scale : DIATONIC
60
Theme (and genre) of this puzzle : CROSSWORDS
63
Bad habit, so to speak : VICE
64
Gross minus net, to a trucker : TARE
65
Check endorser : PAYEE
66
E.P.A. concern: Abbr. : ECOL
67
Warts and all : ASIS
68
Grps. : ASSNS
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Monthly expense : RENT
Down
1
Astigmatic's view : BLUR
2
Painter Bonheur : ROSA
3
Swift steed : ARAB
4
Bests : DEFEATS
5
Barber of opera : FIGARO
6
Woodwind player : OBOIST
7
Ency. and dict. : REFS
8
___ de mer : MAL
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Actress Brenneman : AMY
10
Roused : WAKENED
11
Passing remarks? : OBITS
12
Downing Street distance : METRE
13
Sound from a flock : BLEAT
19
Home to a muon or pion : ATOM
21
Media lawyer's concern : LIBEL
24
Chicago exchange, for short : MERC
25
Whale of a film? : ORCA
26
Arp's art : DADA
27
Albatross, figuratively : ONUS
28
Supreme Court count : NINE
29
Waste maker : HASTE
33
___ snuff : UPTO
34
"___ here long?" : BEEN
35
Part of an equine pedigree : SIRE
38
List abbr. : ETAL
39
Where the laity sits : NAVE
40
Braid of hair : PLAIT
43
Wanted-poster items : ALIASES
46
Here, there and everywhere : ALLOVER
48
Fraternal fellows : ELKS
49
Initial, as a voyage : MAIDEN
50
Clears off : ERASES
51
Formal pronouncements : DICTA
52
Pound and Cornell : EZRAS
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Native New Zealander : MAORI
56
Prohibitionists : DRYS
57
Riviera city : NICE
58
Clicked image : ICON
59
Boston player, for short : CELT
61
New Deal org. : WPA
62
Western treaty grp. : OAS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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