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New York Times, Thursday, March 16, 2000

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Down : Chem. formula for hydrogen isocyanide
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 71, Blocks: 53 Missing: {QVWX} Spans: 1 Grid has mirror symmetry. This is puzzle # 34 for Mr. Gordon. Thursday freshness: 14%
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© 2000, The New York Times3/16/0 ( No. 18,391 )
Across
1
Paleological place : BOG
4
Montana, for one : JOE
7
Symbol of espionage : CLOAK
9
Terminal : FATAL
11
Bureaucracy V.I.P. : POOHBAH
13
"Dream Baby" singer, 1962 : ORBISON
15
Pesticide targets : ANTS
16
Get back together : REUNE
18
Spot : SITE
19
Framing piece : MAT
20
Racket : CLATTER
22
Viscosity symbol : ETA
23
Shipbuilder of note : NOAH
25
Lah-di-___ : DAH
26
Zaragoza's river : EBRO
28
"Smile!" : SAYCHEESE
31
Cousin of a rhododendron : AZALEA
33
Substitute for boxers : BRIEFS
36
Experienced : PRO
37
Part of E.T. : EASTERN
39
Result of a sacrifice : OUT
41
Help wanted ad abbr. : EEO
42
Cameron Diaz's film debut : THEMASK
43
Ply : USE
44
Homeboy : PAL
45
___City (popular computer game) : SIM
46
"Car Talk" broadcaster : NPR
47
Muse of astronomy : URANIA
51
Spouts : ORATES
54
"Bye Bye Birdie" song : PUTONAHAPPYFACE
58
Advice for one facing adversity : GRINANDBEARIT
59
Cen. parts : YRS
60
Record store purchases : CDS
61
Alternative to smoking : NON
Down
1
Stewed : BLOTTO
2
Sounds of amazement : OOHS
3
Jaw : GAB
4
One-two part : JAB
5
___ Campbell on "The Andy Griffith Show" : OTIS
6
Less arduous : EASIER
7
Old pulp magazine hero : CONAN
8
Jazz great Malone : KARL
9
Let loose : FREE
10
Kind of ticket : LOTTO
11
Brand of cooking spray : PAM
12
Eccentric people : HEADCASES
13
Proceeding well : ONTHEBEAM
14
Teachers' org. : NEA
17
Home to Bryce Canyon : UTAH
20
Skier's spot : CHALET
21
Descend again : RESINK
24
Comparison part : ASA
27
Spell-off : BEE
29
"Uh-huh" : YEAH
30
Goes off, in a way : ERRS
31
Floorboard concealer : AREARUG
32
Animal worship : ZOOLATRY
34
Middle of a square, maybe : FOUNTAIN
35
Questionable : SUSPECT
36
Animate : PEPUP
38
Pa. nuclear accident site, 1979 : TMI
40
Short-winded : TERSE
48
Roulette bet : NOIR
49
Things keepers keep : INNS
50
Battery size : AAA
51
"The very minute bids thee ___ thine ear": Shak. : OPE
52
All-Century Team pitcher : RYAN
53
Bushy do : AFRO
55
Chem. formula for hydrogen isocyanide : HNC
56
Put two and two together : ADD
57
Big TV inits. : PBS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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