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New York Times, Tuesday, February 5, 2002

Author:
Alan J. Weiss
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Down : Dads
TotalDebutLatest
710/17/19977/30/2003
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0111121
ScrabDebutFresh
1.663645%
Alan Jay Weiss

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Weiss. Tuesday freshness: 34%
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V
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© 2002, The New York Times2/5/2 ( No. 19,082 )
Across
1
Tel ___ : AVIV
5
Sired, biblically : BEGAT
10
Hits with phaser fire : ZAPS
14
Ankle-showing skirt : MIDI
15
Play ___ in (be involved with) : AROLE
16
Quod ___ faciendum : ERAT
17
Folk singer Burl : IVES
18
Suppress : SITON
19
Indian music : RAGA
20
Critique roughly and unfairly : DOAHATCHETJOBON
23
Cryptologic grp. : NSA
24
"Fat chance!" : HAH
25
Increase the price of at auction : BIDUP
28
$$$ provider : ATM
31
Ideal for dieters : NOCAL
35
Web address ender : EDU
36
Destination from Dover : CALAIS
39
Press : URGE
40
Harbor personal motives : HAVEANAXTOGRIND
43
Extent : AREA
44
Covetous : GREEDY
45
Actress Tilly : MEG
46
Hardly modern : RETRO
48
"___ Miniver" : MRS
49
"Touched By an Angel" star Della : REESE
51
Unruly head of hair : MOP
53
German name starter : VON
54
Gulf war weapon : TOMAHAWKMISSILE
63
Five-star Bradley : OMAR
64
Run on a bank : PANIC
65
A party to : INON
66
Like some amateurs : RANK
67
Indicator of freshness, perhaps : AROMA
68
June celebrant : GRAD
69
80's rock band from Australia : INXS
70
Ed Norton's workplace : SEWER
71
Beatty and Buntline : NEDS
Down
1
In the thick of : AMID
2
In ___ (type of fertilization) : VIVO
3
Inspiration : IDEA
4
The Preserver, in Hinduism : VISHNU
5
"Enough, Enrico!" : BASTA
6
Speedskater Heiden : ERIC
7
Early Black Sea settler : GOTH
8
Burn healer : ALOE
9
Metric portion : TENTH
10
Blastoff time : ZEROHOUR
11
Resident of 55-Down : ARAB
12
When repeated, a Samoan city : PAGO
13
"South Park" kid : STAN
21
Org. that shelters strays : ASPCA
22
Feb.'s predecessor : JAN
25
"The View" co-host Joy : BEHAR
26
"Do ___?" (words of indecision) : IDARE
27
Comforter : DUVET
28
It might scream after being tripped : ALARM
29
Internal Revenue Service, e.g. : TAXER
30
Small arachnids : MITES
32
Fiction genre : CRIME
33
"___ of God" (1985 film) : AGNES
34
Precarious perch : LEDGE
37
"The Ice Storm" director Lee : ANG
38
Outfield surface : SOD
41
Sets aside (for) : EARMARKS
42
Spinning toys : GYROS
47
"How exciting!" : OOH
50
Naval standard : ENSIGN
52
Dads : PAPAS
53
"The ___ of Wakefield" : VICAR
54
3-D figures : TORI
55
Muscat is its capital : OMAN
56
Kind of cat : MANX
57
Ending with hard or soft : WARE
58
Be wise to : KNOW
59
Quiet type? : MIME
60
Concerning : INRE
61
Amount of work : LOAD
62
Goes no further : ENDS

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

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