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New York Times, Thursday, December 7, 2000

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Down : "Who's there?" reply
TotalDebutLatest
595/23/19757/11/2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1334615891
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
41.592113367%
Henry Hook

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 42 for Mr. Hook. Thursday freshness: 57%
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© 2000, The New York Times12/7/0 ( No. 18,657 )
Across
1
"Chiquitita" quartet : ABBA
5
"Halt, salt!" : AVAST
10
Jupiter, e.g. : DEUS
14
Popular jeans : LEES
15
Please, in Potsdam : BITTE
16
Alma mater of Jimmy Carter: Abbr. : USNA
17
Mies van der Rohe aphorism : LESSISMORE
19
___ Helens : MTST
20
Without further ado : ATONCE
21
Animation : ZING
23
"E.R." venue : ICU
24
Inits. in 1940's news : HST
25
Tackle's teammate : END
27
Home of the Hale telescope : PALOMAR
29
Course of events : TIDE
31
Judicial decision : AWARD
32
Napoleon or Nero: Abbr. : EMP
35
Year Plutarch was born : XLVI
36
Gridiron ref : ZEBRA
37
"60 Minutes" duo : MORLEYANDLESLEY
41
Moolah : BREAD
42
Libido : EROS
43
Receiver's gains: Abbr. : YDS
44
Receiver : RADIO
45
Land of fairies : ERIN
46
Gallipoli victor : ATATURK
48
Drivers' org. : PGA
50
Coal holder : BIN
53
Red Cross supply : COT
54
Steel-___ : TOED
56
Market area : RIALTO
58
Camera part : IRIS
60
Roughly : MOREORLESS
62
Shift start, for many : NINE
63
___ Arenas (Chilean port) : PUNTA
64
Title heroine on Broadway, 10/31/56 : MAME
65
Enthusiastic, and then some : GAGA
66
Endured : STOOD
67
Timetable, for short : SKED
Down
1
Koran Creator : ALLAH
2
Sugar providers : BEETS
3
Stupefy : BESOT
4
Org. : ASSN
5
Without thinking : ABSENTLY
6
Spirit : VIM
7
The gamut : ATOZ
8
Bar : STRIPE
9
Brandon ___ ("Boys Don't Cry" role) : TEENA
10
"Forgot the lyrics" syllable : DUM
11
So as to deserve admiration : ESTIMABLY
12
None the worse for the ordeal : UNSCARRED
13
Their nights are frequently busy : SATURDAYS
18
Lemieux milieu : ICE
22
Cruller coats : GLAZES
26
Temperamental star : DIVA
28
Has a tab : OWES
30
Refurbished caboose, maybe : DINER
32
Getting up in arms? : EMBRACING
33
Stops : MORATORIA
34
Antecedent to : PREDATING
35
Deleted : XEDOUT
38
Café enhancer : LAIT
39
Cause of an icicle : DRIP
40
It lies ahead, in a cliché : LONGROAD
45
Maintain meagerly : EKEOUT
47
Cavorts : ROMPS
49
Melody : AIR
50
Not promising : BLEAK
51
"Who's there?" reply : ITSME
52
Beat (out) : NOSED
55
Film villain played by Joseph Wiseman : DRNO
57
Donations : ALMS
59
Huge amount : SEA
61
Part of a W.W. II mil. map : ETO

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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