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New York Times, Thursday, May 11, 2000

Author:
Peter Abide
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Down : Squeezed
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Peter Abide

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {VX} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Abide. Thursday freshness: 56%
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B
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I
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H
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O
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C
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K
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W
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A
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C
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Y
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H
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S
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U
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P
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M
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P
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S
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F
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H
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K
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© 2000, The New York Times5/11/0 ( No. 18,447 )
Across
1
Kind of lettuce : BIBB
5
What a gambler may be in : HOCK
9
Dangerous toy : BBGUN
14
Code preceder : AREA
15
Taylor boy, in 60's TV : OPIE
16
Obliterate : ERASE
17
9000 automaker : SAAB
18
61-Across medium : ARTE
19
Promising one : COMER
20
"Blue" boxer : EQUALRAYLEONARD
23
Clothes in a basket, say : WASH
24
"Sketches by ___" (1836 satires) : BOZ
25
Mustang holder : GARAGE
28
Sends back to Washington : REELECTS
33
"___ having fun yet?" : AREWE
34
Millennium unit : YEAR
35
With it : HIP
36
Theme of this puzzle : SUGARSUBSTITUTE
40
Ancient query : UBI
41
Small game, e.g. : PREY
42
Actress Gibbs : MARLA
43
Basic grading system : PASSFAIL
46
Whoop : HOLLER
47
Glass shooter : TAW
48
Bankrupt, so to speak : SUNK
49
"Pink" 1979 Broadway musical : SWEETNLOWBABIES
57
It's "more than beauty," in a Yiddish proverb : CHARM
58
Not quite shut : AJAR
59
"Times of Your Life" singer : ANKA
60
Prudential competitor : AETNA
61
"Christ of St. John of the Cross" producer : DALI
62
All hands on deck : CREW
63
1980's-90's ring champ : TYSON
64
Isn't a natural : DYES
65
Product once touted with the slogan "They feel good" : KEDS
Down
1
Barracks site : BASE
2
Subject of U.N. sanctions : IRAQ
3
Steady : BEAU
4
Gilda Radner character : BABAWAWA
5
Like Brando's Godfather : HOARSE
6
First name in TV talk : OPRAH
7
___ hall : CITY
8
Fall (over) : KEEL
9
"Hang in there" : BECOOL
10
Like many a lifeguard : BRONZE
11
Vasco da ___ : GAMA
12
Cybercafe patron : USER
13
Dateless sort : NERD
21
Bar order : LAGER
22
"I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie" author : EBERT
25
Fill the tank : GASUP
26
Caribbean isle : ARUBA
27
College in Weston, Mass. : REGIS
28
Ole Miss mascot : REBEL
29
Readily persuadable : EASY
30
Boor : CHURL
31
King's conferral : TITLE
32
Stab : SPEAR
34
Soviet leader Andropov : YURI
37
Give rise to : SPAWN
38
"___ roll!" (winner's cry) : IMONA
39
Be fresh : TALKBACK
44
Buffet table staple : STERNO
45
Old Dashiell Hammett radio series, with "The" : FATMAN
46
Arrogance : HUBRIS
48
Wet lowland : SWALE
49
Word to a tabby : SCAT
50
Miss Muffet spillage : WHEY
51
Diner sign : EATS
52
Great Gatsby player, 1949 : LADD
53
One of a 70's R&B group : OJAY
54
About : INRE
55
Squeezed : EKED
56
Trunk openers? : SAWS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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