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New York Times, Monday, April 30, 2001

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Speak to gruffly
TotalDebutLatest
1299/5/19899/25/2024
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10452917116110
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
941.595201125%
Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GJQXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Gordon. Monday freshness: 31%
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© 2001, The New York Times4/30/1 ( No. 18,801 )
Across
1
Big galoot : OAF
4
Cave dweller : BAT
7
Where L.A. is : CALIF
12
Medical insurance abbr. : HMO
13
Andy's partner in old radio : AMOS
15
Sixth-grader's age, maybe : ELEVEN
17
Dance craze of the 90's : MACARENA
19
Beethoven's "Moonlight ___" : SONATA
20
Start of a playground chant : STICKSANDSTONES
22
Exaggerated 50's car feature : TAILFIN
23
Volcanic fallout : ASH
24
Magician's cry : PRESTO
27
Give a speech : ORATE
30
Lungful : AIR
31
A.P. or Reuters, informally : WIRE
33
Honolulu's ___ Stadium : ALOHA
37
Old Glory : STARSANDSTRIPES
41
Arrangement : SETUP
42
"What ___ God wrought?" : HATH
43
Old Testament boat : ARK
44
Like some ancient Mexican architecture : MAYAN
46
A large quantity : OODLES
49
Rainbow's shape : ARC
52
Tiny country in the Pyrenees : ANDORRA
54
Basic lunch : SOUPANDSANDWICH
60
In jeopardy : ATRISK
61
Got situated : ORIENTED
62
Grosse ___, Mich. : POINTE
63
___-do-well : NEER
64
Summer D.C. clock setting : EDT
65
TV's O'Donnell : ROSIE
66
E.R. workers : DRS
67
Power (up) : REV
Down
1
Resistance units : OHMS
2
Amo, amas, ___ : AMAT
3
Central points : FOCI
4
Speak to gruffly : BARKAT
5
Midwest university site : AMESIOWA
6
Having melody and harmony : TONAL
7
Noted small-plane maker : CESSNA
8
Much : ALOT
9
TV host with bandleader Eubanks : LENO
10
Ex-Mrs. Trump : IVANA
11
Celebrations : FETES
14
Sitcom set in a junkyard : SANFORDANDSON
16
Old Rambler manufacturer : NASH
18
Opera parts : ACTS
21
Most desperate : DIREST
24
Bridge declaration : PASS
25
Bar mitzvah, e.g. : RITE
26
Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
28
Unhealthy part of cigarettes : TAR
29
Yale student : ELI
32
Under control : INHAND
34
October's birthstone : OPAL
35
Roll call response : HERE
36
Questions : ASKS
38
Piña colada ingredient : RUM
39
Baden-Baden, for one : SPA
40
Less solvable : THORNIER
45
Bronx Bomber : YANKEE
47
Selects from the menu : ORDERS
48
Sunrise : DAWN
49
"Now!" : ASAP
50
Helicopter part : ROTOR
51
Unusual objet d'art : CURIO
53
Rowed : OARED
55
Spare items : PINS
56
___ spumante : ASTI
57
Roman way : ITER
58
Relinquish : CEDE
59
Modern RCA offering : HDTV

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

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