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New York Times, Saturday, February 12, 2000

Author:
Dave Tuller
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Down : Ancient Greek dialect: Var.
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.6011065%
Dave Tuller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {GJQVZ} This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Tuller. Saturday freshness: 16%
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© 2000, The New York Times2/12/0 ( No. 18,358 )
Across
1
"Tobermory" writer : SAKI
5
Reason to wear a hat : BADHAIRDAY
15
Alamance County college : ELON
16
Operating room assistant : SCRUBNURSE
17
One greeted with a "howdy" : PARD
18
Muumuu, e.g. : HOUSEDRESS
19
Where elders grow older? : TREEFARM
21
Old West command : DRAW
22
Pioneer in Surrealism : MAXERNST
24
Military supply route of the 40's : ALCAN
27
Tube top : CAP
28
Big name in home selling : ERA
30
Longtime Met basso Berberian : ARA
31
Schindler of "Schindler's List" : OSKAR
34
Laundry item : STEAMIRON
37
Cursed : SWOREAT
39
Highlight : SHINEON
40
Get ready to forward : READDRESS
42
Like Manhattan clam chowder : THYMY
43
Trouble : ILL
44
Pride : lion :: clowder : ___ : CAT
45
Abbr. found in directions : RTE
46
C-___ : CLAMP
49
Port Stanley locale : LAKEERIE
53
Braddock beat him to become heavyweight champ : BAER
55
Tiger Beat topic : TEENIDOL
57
Unfathomably long time : ETERNITIES
60
Account : TALE
61
Tentacled creature : SEAANEMONE
62
___ Valley Conference : OHIO
63
They get people talking : PARTYLINES
64
Legendary fliers : ROCS
Down
1
Number after six : SEPT
2
Eye-opener? : ALARM
3
Divided land : KOREA
4
Speaker's prop : INDEXCARD
5
C substitute : BSHARP
6
Item buried in a lawn : ACORN
7
It's used to make rolls : DRUMSET
8
Czech martyr Jan : HUS
9
Lying, maybe : ABED
10
Chief Vedic god : INDRA
11
Like 63-Across, usually : RURAL
12
Sitcom star since 1995 : DREWCAREY
13
Lunkhead : ASS
14
When said three times, a 1938 Cole Porter tune : YES
20
Intimidating : FEARED
23
Lock : TRESS
25
"___ Without Windows" (1964 Broadway song) : AROOM
26
Help around the house : NANNY
29
"That's nice" : AAH
31
"Hamlet" courtier : OSRIC
32
Great : SWELL
33
Certain airline symbol : KOALABEAR
34
Lift : STEAL
35
Hand-holder : MITTEN
36
Person who has it coming : INHERITOR
38
Cyclometer measurement : ARC
41
Post : STATION
45
Hershey Foods brand : REESES
47
French Revolution leader : MARAT
48
Lincoln's place : PENNY
50
"The Secret of the Old Clock" author : KEENE
51
Part of an address before and after "Falls" : IDAHO
52
Ancient Greek dialect: Var. : EOLIC
54
Cambodian money : RIEL
56
Fire sign people : LEOS
57
A way to know : ESP
58
Kind of service : TEA
59
1979 nuclear accident site: Abbr. : TMI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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