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New York Times, Wednesday, May 2, 2001

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
2-Down : Spirit
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
11612/29/199311/26/200845
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2015151219278
RebusScrabDebutFresh
71.5252247%
Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 32 Missing: {KQZ} This is puzzle # 72 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Estes. Wednesday freshness: 86%
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© 2001, The New York Times5/2/1 ( No. 18,803 )
Across
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Radio switch : AMFM
5
Personality asset : CHARM
10
Charles Lamb, pseudonymously : ELIA
14
Vincent Lopez hit of 1922 : NOLA
15
Television sans picture : AUDIO
16
Brewski : SUDS
17
Terrific place to buy lemonade? : GRANDSTAND
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Give off : EMIT
20
Sharp surgical instrument : LANCET
21
Mermaid's home : SEA
23
A.C. measure : BTU
24
Chicago suburb : ELGIN
25
Terrific leader? : SWELLHEAD
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Spotted : SEEN
29
Exemplars of twinship : PEAS
30
Peter of "Casablanca" : LORRE
31
Spot in a 21-Across : ISLET
33
Spoil, maybe : DOTEON
34
There are eagles in it: Abbr. : BSA
37
Terrific layer of paint? : TOPCOAT
39
Danger in the water supply : DDT
40
Become depleted : RUNDRY
42
Like Siberian winters : HARSH
44
Winter pear : ANJOU
45
Skillful : DEFT
46
"___ Dawn I Die" (Cagney/Raft flick) : EACH
50
Terrific T-man? : GREATNESS
52
Mrs. Bush : LAURA
53
Hodges of the Dodgers : GIL
54
Fa follower : SOL
55
Prepare : GETSET
56
"Yeah, right!" in teenspeak : ASIF
58
Terrific sun blocker? : SUPERVISOR
61
In-basket stamp: Abbr. : RECD
62
Uncredited actor : EXTRA
63
"Cleopatra" backdrop : NILE
64
Boris Godunov, for one : TSAR
65
Honeybun : DEARY
66
Turned right : GEED
Down
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Some are right : ANGLES
2
Spirit : MORALE
3
Projecting part : FLANGE
4
"Days of Wine and Roses" composer : MANCINI
5
Fracture fixer : CAST
6
Snap preceder : HUT
7
Nabokov novel : ADA
8
Hosings, maybe : RINSES
9
Make's partner : MODEL
10
Legal conclusion? : ESE
11
Plodded along : LUMBERED
12
1,100-mile run : IDITAROD
13
Teacher's joy : ASTUDENT
18
Place for a nap, maybe : DEN
22
Parcels out : ALLOTS
25
Ooze through the cracks : SEEP
26
Sentries' jobs : WATCHES
27
In : HOT
29
Stratagem : PLOY
32
Parades : STRUTS
33
It has feathers and flies : DART
34
Horn tooter? : BRAGGART
35
They involve light lifting : SUNRISES
36
Huston of "Prizzi's Honor" : ANJELICA
38
Klutzes : OAFS
41
___ good deed : DOA
43
Kind of pad : HEATING
45
With all the bells and whistles : DELUXE
47
2000 Olympics host : AUSSIE
48
Spicy cuisine : CREOLE
49
Cause of some warfare : HATRED
51
Nudged, dog-style : NOSED
52
O.T. book : LEV
55
Like many a winter sky : GRAY
57
New Deal pres. : FDR
59
School org. : PTA
60
Suffer a "brain cramp" : ERR

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

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