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New York Times, Wednesday, May 31, 2000

Author:
M. Francis Vuolo
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Down : Meter leader
TotalDebutLatest
147/8/19994/15/2009
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0334220
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.597839%
Michael Vuolo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Vuolo. Wednesday freshness: 21%
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© 2000, The New York Times5/31/0 ( No. 18,467 )
Across
1
Frolic : ROMP
5
Asian expanse : GOBI
9
'92 campaign issue : NAFTA
14
Mideast bigwig : EMIR
15
Israeli foreign minister during the Yom Kippur War : EBAN
16
Kind of organizer : UNION
17
Neighbor of Guinea : MALI
18
Let : RENT
19
Movie for which Ernest Borgnine won an Oscar : MARTY
20
Cautionary reply #1 : IHAVEMYDOUBTS
23
Tucker who sang "Strong Enough to Bend" : TANYA
24
N.H.L. div. : ATL
25
Cable giant, for short : TCI
28
With 46-Across, cautionary reply #2 : TRYNOTTOGET
33
Some deli orders, briefly : BLTS
37
Driller's org. : ADA
38
"Gladiator" setting : ARENA
39
Nukes, say : REHEATS
41
Daddy-os : HEPCATS
43
Provinces : AREAS
44
1901 novel set in India : KIM
45
Some trills from Sills : ARIA
46
See 28-Across : YOURHOPESUP
50
Prefix with fuel : SYN
51
Confident solver's tool : PEN
52
Act badly : EMOTE
57
Cautionary reply #3 : DONTCOUNTONIT
62
On one's guard : LEERY
64
Pond dweller : ALGA
65
___ Hari : MATA
66
From the top : AGAIN
67
Guitarist Lofgren : NILS
68
Jazz musician Jackson : MILT
69
Evasive : DODGY
70
Complainer's state : SNIT
71
Son of Hera : ARES
Down
1
Invoice word : REMIT
2
D-Day beach : OMAHA
3
La Scala locale : MILAN
4
Outhouse : PRIVY
5
Disease cause : GERM
6
"You will ___" (hypnotist's phrase) : OBEY
7
Bit of gang attire : BANDANA
8
Fully : INTOTO
9
All tingly : NUMB
10
Sci. class : ANAT
11
Someone on a mountain may be in this : FIRSTGEAR
12
Little one : TOT
13
"___ luck?" : ANY
21
Have : EAT
22
Maximum: Abbr. : ULT
26
Meter leader : CENTI
27
Take ___ sign : ITASA
29
Turn state's evidence : RAT
30
N.F.L. gains : YDS
31
Cane's sound : TAP
32
Sighting in the North Pacific : ORCA
33
Donkeys' cries : BRAYS
34
"Bad, bad" Brown : LEROY
35
Zombies, collectively : THEUNDEAD
36
Purposely burn : SEAR
40
Silvery-gray : ASH
41
One of a matching set : HIS
42
It'll never get off the ground : EMU
44
"thirtysomething" co-star : KENOLIN
47
Choose : OPT
48
Popular pie filling : PECANS
49
Caress : PET
53
"Oh, ___!" ("Wow!") : MOMMA
54
Studio sign : ONAIR
55
Honorific : TITLE
56
Les ___-Unis : ETATS
58
Photocopier's need: Abbr. : ORIG
59
Part of a Manhattan address: Abbr. : NYNY
60
___ fruit : UGLI
61
Boss Tweed caricaturist : NAST
62
Boy : LAD
63
It may need a boost : EGO

Answer summary:
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