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New York Times, Thursday, February 22, 2001

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : Woman of la casa
TotalDebutLatest
2197/31/19952/23/2016
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 69 for Ms. Gorski. Thursday freshness: 67%
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© 2001, The New York Times2/22/1 ( No. 18,734 )
Across
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XXX : CHIS
5
Unnatural, in a way : POSED
10
Place for some icons : APSE
14
Up-to-the-minute : LAST
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Opponent for Ike : ADLAI
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Brown-and-white : ROAN
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What is more : ALSO
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What old enemies may do : REARM
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Window-rattling : LOUD
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Start of a quip : SOURGRAPES
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"___ be in England ..." : OHTO
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"Cheerio!" : SEEYA
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Flop : DUD
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A pop : PER
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Measures of some losses: Abbr. : YDS
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Gymnast's place : BEAM
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Big leagues : MAJORS
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When things don't go right : OFFDAY
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Who "is alone" in a 1987 Sondheim title : NOONE
37
Middle of the quip : MAKESOMEOFTHE
40
Seed coverings : ARILS
41
Volleys : SALVOS
42
Jack and the missus : SPRATS
44
Go back and forth (with) : SPAR
45
Kind of mask : SKI
48
Book after Philemon: Abbr. : HEB
49
Soak (up) : SOP
51
Fifth- or sixth-grader : TWEEN
53
Bumper ___ : CARS
55
End of the quip : BESTWHINES
59
Take ___ (rest) : ANAP
60
Spanish 101 verb : ESTAR
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"An Essay on Criticism" writer : POPE
62
Microwave : NUKE
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"Veni" : ICAME
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Idle fellow? : ERIC
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Hearty dinner : STEW
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Colossus : TITAN
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Go on and on : RANT
Down
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Swank : CLASSY
2
Having a certain glow : HALOED
3
Time releases : ISSUES
4
Alibi : STORY
5
One of Henry VIII's six : PARR
6
Old music halls : ODEA
7
Sound before "Thanks, I needed that!" : SLAP
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Dog-___ : EARED
9
Chinatown offering : DIMSUM
10
Singer Guthrie : ARLO
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Diminish : POOHPOOH
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Semisweet white wine : SAUTERNE
13
Sign on the dotted line : ENDORSE
21
Bull sessions : GABFESTS
25
William ___, who founded Ralston Purina : DANFORTH
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A lot of fluff : EFS
30
Hullabaloos : ADOS
31
Half of a 60's quartet : MAMAS
33
Tittles : JOTS
34
Kans. neighbor : OKLA
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Cry out : YELP
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Monocled advertising figure : MRPEANUT
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Mechanical device that operates by compression : AIRBRAKE
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Eggs : OVA
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Waste holders : ASHCANS
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"Very well" : SOBEIT
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Woman of la casa : SENORA
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Constrain : KEEPIN
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Treehopper, e.g. : INSECT
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"Lethal Weapon 2," "... 3" and "... 4" actor : PESCI
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Rain check : WIPER
54
Shoot : SPEW
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Sportscaster's tidbit : STAT
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Author Janowitz : TAMA
58
Songbird : WREN

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

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