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New York Times, Wednesday, April 19, 2000

Author:
Frances Hansen
Editor:
Will Shortz
7-Down : Fluke?
TotalDebutLatest
12112/27/19643/29/2006
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
111.631958149%
Frances Hansen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JX} Spans: 4 Minimum word length: 4 This is puzzle # 110 for Ms. Hansen. Wednesday freshness: 17%
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© 2000, The New York Times4/19/0 ( No. 18,425 )
Across
1
Oodles : GOBS
5
Fast one : SCAM
9
Jordan's only port : AQABA
14
"Looks like trouble!" : UHOH
15
Meal in a shell : TACO
16
Aristotle, to Alexander the Great : TUTOR
17
Minnelli with two Tonys : LIZA
18
Black-and-white predator : ORCA
19
Yak's home : TIBET
20
[It's gone!] : POOF
21
Pork cut : LOIN
22
Bridge-builders' beams : IBARS
23
Gallup concern : TREND
25
Popular fast-food chain : ARBYS
26
Margaret Mead subject : SAMOAN
29
Atelier sight : EASEL
31
Staff leaders : CLEFS
32
Prefix with lock or knock : ANTI
33
Relax, as one's grip : EASE
37
4-, 7- or 10-Down? : AFISHOUTOFWATER
40
Half of Mork's sign-off : NANU
41
Coal carrier : TRAM
42
"West Side Story" girl : ANITA
43
Birth-related : NATAL
45
Bizarre in the extreme : ODDEST
46
Nametag word : HELLO
48
Meat-and-potatoes : BASIC
50
Sword of Damocles : PERIL
51
City near Provo : OREM
52
Sea of ___ (Black Sea arm) : AZOV
56
Publicist's concern : IMAGE
57
Leander's love : HERO
58
Stream spot : VALE
59
"Aack!" sayer, in the comics : CATHY
60
Central : MAIN
61
___ uproar : INAN
62
Sailor's expertise : KNOTS
63
Listing, à la Variety : SKED
64
Took a powder : LEFT
Down
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[I'm frightened!] : GULP
2
Wheeling's river : OHIO
3
Numbskull : BOZO
4
5
Destined for a chop shop, say : STOLEN
6
"Lili" star : CARON
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8
"Oh, my aching head!," e.g. : MOAN
9
Deck out : ATTIRE
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In check : ATBAY
12
Transvaal settlers : BOERS
13
PBS matters : ARTS
24
Unthought-out : RASH
25
"Oh sure, that'll ever happen" : ASIF
26
Conform, metrically : SCAN
27
Italian auto, briefly : ALFA
28
Words after deal or count : MEIN
30
Whit : ATOM
32
A movie star may carry one : AURA
34
Play to ___ : ATIE
35
Studio sights : SETS
36
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
38
Camp Swampy dog : OTTO
39
African stream : WADI
44
Mews : ALLEYS
45
Marie who sang "Paper Roses" : OSMOND
46
Macho type : HEMAN
47
One of nine sisters : ERATO
49
Cliffside dwelling : AERIE
50
Eat like a bird : PICK
51
___ law (i = v/r) : OHMS
53
Western author Grey : ZANE
54
Norwegian saint : OLAF
55
Blow off steam? : VENT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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