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New York Times, Saturday, April 15, 2000

Author:
Raymond Hamel
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Down : Longer
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
271/22/19946/19/20061
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
3442446
ScrabDebutFresh
1.6015145%
Raymond Hamel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Hamel. Saturday freshness: 27%
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© 2000, The New York Times4/15/0 ( No. 18,421 )
Across
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Backed, in a way : VOUCHEDFOR
11
Fraternal inits. : BPOE
15
Proceeding thus : ATTHATRATE
16
___ Martin (cognac) : REMY
17
Like "chariot of fire" for the sun : METAPHORIC
18
Old railroad name : ERIE
19
Throng : PRESS
20
Breeding place : NEST
21
Small amphibians : EFTS
22
Welt : SORE
23
Mishnah follower : JEW
24
It comes out of a tube : OOZE
26
Indicates : BODES
28
Magnet, of a sort : MECCA
31
"My soul is full of discord and ___": "Hamlet" : DISMAY
35
Navigational aid : LODESTAR
37
Like some football games : INTERCOLLEGIATE
39
Grinkov's 1988 and 1994 gold-medal skating partner : GORDEEVA
40
They're found near churches : MANSES
41
Poke : SNAIL
42
___ Award (N.H.L.'s Coach of the Year trophy) : ADAMS
44
Performs the traditional male role : PAYS
46
"___ Day" (1993 rap hit) : DRE
47
Mock : JAPE
51
Hit alternative : WALK
53
Wriggle : WORM
55
One with a distance to go : MILER
56
"...___ saw Elba" : EREI
57
Philosopher : IDEAMONGER
59
Buttinsky : PEST
60
1989-90 sitcom set in an orphanage : SISTERKATE
61
Reporter on Sputnik : TASS
62
Kind of oil : SESAMESEED
Down
1
Improvises : VAMPS
2
New Mexico county where the first atomic bomb was exploded : OTERO
3
Unqualified : UTTER
4
Part of an English estate, maybe : CHASE
5
Accidents : HAPS
6
Numerical suffix : ETH
7
Wasn't colorful : DRONED
8
Historic delivery at Fraunces Tavern, 1783 : FAREWELLADDRESS
9
Song miss : OTIS
10
Start of a chapter, usually : RECTO
11
Arrives without ceremony : BREEZESIN
12
Some bets : PERFECTAS
13
Bypass : OMIT
14
Places for patches : EYES
23
"The Dead" writer : JOYCE
25
Popular watches : OMEGAS
26
Just : BARELY
27
Light provider : SOL
29
Elizabeth player, 1998 : CATE
30
Lover of Aphrodite : ARES
31
Pad : DIGS
32
Partaking of : INON
33
Like some gowns : STRAPLESS
34
Publicity material holders : MEDIAKITS
36
Oscar-winning director of "The Silence of the Lambs" : DEMME
38
Seeds : OVA
43
___ di Mare (fashion label) : ARMATA
45
Cheese choice : SWISS
47
"High" hilarity : JINKS
48
Frog spit : ALGAE
49
Golf's Calvin : PEETE
50
Tripped : ERRED
51
Wasn't happy : WEPT
52
Turf : AREA
54
Comics pooch : ODIE
55
Longer : MORE
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One with dues: Abbr. : MEM

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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