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New York Times, Friday, March 10, 2000

Author:
Chuck Deodene
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Down : Slurs
TotalDebutLatest
4211/16/19942/26/2021
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
02398128
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.5824265%
Chuck Deodene

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Deodene. Friday freshness: 72%
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© 2000, The New York Times3/10/0 ( No. 18,385 )
Across
1
More than trickle : SPEW
5
Castoff sheets : SCRAPPAPER
15
Bucks : KALE
16
Many a thriller finale : CHASESCENE
17
Certain caches, for short : IRAS
18
Noted impressionist : RICHLITTLE
19
Dismounted : ALIT
20
"Barry Lyndon" star : ONEAL
21
Children's author Blyton : ENID
22
Inedible : RANCID
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___ Gardens, Queens : KEW
26
Prefix with culture : AVI
27
Keep an ___ : EYEON
28
Madonna portrayal : PIETA
30
Intersected : MET
31
Offer? : ASSASSIN
33
Holey sites : GREENS
35
Leadfoot deterrent : SPEEDBUMP
37
More bats : DAFTER
40
Suffer depletion : RUNSHORT
44
"Cap'n ___" (1904 maritime tale) : ERI
45
French Oscar : CESAR
47
One of a traveling musical trio : TENOR
48
Whiff : FAN
49
Relative of C4 : TNT
50
Dweller along the Horn of Africa : SOMALI
51
Rhymester's scheme : ABAB
53
Misstep : GAFFE
56
Fashion monthly : ELLE
57
Tropicana rival : MINUTEMAID
59
Graycoats : REBS
60
Writing desk : ESCRITOIRE
61
"Smelling ___" (Mike Leigh play) : ARAT
62
Fairy tale meanie : STEPSISTER
63
French 101 verb : ETRE
Down
1
Colorado's Snowmass, e.g. : SKIAREA
2
Compound wagers : PARLAYS
3
Tony Manhattan eatery : ELAINES
4
It has its faults : WESTCOAST
5
Young codfish : SCROD
6
Do a gym exercise : CHIN
7
Derby : RACE
8
Trembling : ASHAKE
9
Air rifle : PELLETGUN
10
Inflation meas. : PSI
11
"Roméo et Juliette" segment : ACTE
12
Honeybun, perhaps : PETNAME
13
Animate : ENLIVEN
14
Prepares for a second printing : REEDITS
23
Scrutinize : INSPECT
25
Likes more and more : WARMSTO
28
Mud ___ : PIE
29
Vedic deity : INDRA
32
Tanzanian tourist draw : SERENGETI
34
Short-lived mayflies : EPHEMERAE
36
Clingy seedpod : BUR
37
Slurs : DEFAMES
38
Gamal Abdel Nasser, notably : ARABIST
39
Back, in a way : FINANCE
41
Vigilant : ONALERT
42
4 x 4 accessory : ROLLBAR
43
Port annexed by Italy in 1919 : TRIESTE
46
John of "Full House" : STAMOS
50
Exodus commemoration : SEDER
52
Pat on the back? : BURP
54
Tout à ___ (entirely): Fr. : FAIT
55
Passion : FIRE
58
1999 Frank McCourt memoir : TIS

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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