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New York Times, Thursday, May 4, 2000

Author:
Richard Hughes
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Down : Female with a showy mate
TotalDebutLatest
3511/8/19944/2/2007
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5113622%
Richard Hughes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {KQWZ} This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Hughes. Thursday freshness: 24%
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© 2000, The New York Times5/4/0 ( No. 18,440 )
Across
1
Water collector : SUMP
5
Even a bit : ATALL
10
Battleground of July 1944 : STLO
14
Winged : ALAR
15
The sixth part of 7-Down : JUNIO
16
Shade of blue : TEAL
17
About : INRE
18
See 22-Across : ABOVEBOARD
20
Child's need, maybe : DAYCARE
22
Part of an American plan, at a hotel : BOARD
23
Examine : ASSAY
24
No-no's opposite? : SISI
26
Closed : UNOPEN
29
Patty Hearst's name in the S.L.A. : TANIA
34
Conclusive : LAST
37
See 34-Across : NEXTTOLAST
39
Jai ___ : ALAI
40
San ___, Calif. : MATEO
41
Suffix with my- : OPIA
42
See 44-Across : BEFOREHAND
44
Member of a crew : HAND
45
Part of a script : SCENE
46
"Bewitched" role : ENDORA
48
Source : FONT
50
Writers' org. : ASCAP
54
Pits : MINES
57
11 p.m., for some : BEDTIME
59
See 54-Across : UNDERMINES
62
"Fort Apache" actor, 1948 : AGAR
63
Dover specialty : SOLE
64
Ticket category : ADULT
65
British poet laureate Nahum : TATE
66
Made like : APED
67
Exalted : NOBLE
68
Discordia's Greek counterpart : ERIS
Down
1
"You ___ mouthful!" : SAIDA
2
Arm twisters? : ULNAS
3
St. ___ College, in Indiana : MARYS
4
Sensible step : PRECAUTION
5
Like some doors : AJAR
6
Surfing site, with "the" : TUBE
7
2000, e.g., in Spain : ANO
8
Actress Ullmann : LIV
9
"Marshall ___ Money Guide" : LOEBS
10
Portico : STOA
11
Spree : TEAR
12
Cooking aid : LARD
13
Previously heard : OLD
19
"Otello" librettist : BOITO
21
Author Rand : AYN
24
Sailor's aid : SEXTANT
25
Mean : INTEND
27
"The joke's ___" : ONME
28
Female with a showy mate : PEAHEN
30
Hawaii : ALOHASTATE
31
Big auto parts company : NAPA
32
"The doctor ___" : ISIN
33
Slightly : ATAD
34
Handsome dogs, informally : LABS
35
"Smart" one : ALEC
36
Out of reach : SAFE
38
Uproar : TODO
43
Have a connection (to) : REFER
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Fine, slangily : RAD
49
Ottoman Empire founder : OSMAN
51
Obsolescent carnival prize : CIGAR
52
Treasured instrument : AMATI
53
Netanyahu's predecessor : PERES
54
Alphabet run : MNOP
55
Unused : IDLE
56
Straits : NEED
57
Bicycle adjunct : BELL
58
Isabella d'___ : ESTE
59
Traditional Olympics basketball powerhouse : USA
60
Committed reply : IDO
61
Gist : NUB

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

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