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New York Times, Monday, May 8, 2000

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : Gear teeth
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 18 for Mr. Early. Monday freshness: 9%
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© 2000, The New York Times5/8/0 ( No. 18,444 )
Across
1
Hollywood favorite : IDOL
5
Dwelling : ABODE
10
Walk back and forth : PACE
14
Russian legislature : DUMA
15
Robert's ___ of Order : RULES
16
Roarer : LION
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E-mailed : SENT
18
Role for Charlie Chaplin : TRAMP
19
Work units : ERGS
20
On a long project, perhaps : TIEDUPFORDAYS
23
Monopoly properties: Abbr. : RRS
24
Extremity : END
25
Faddish 90's "art" : TATTOO
29
MasterCard alternative : VISA
31
Number cruncher, familiarly : CPA
34
San Antonio shrine, with "the" : ALAMO
35
Coal holders : BINS
36
Cries from creative people : AHAS
37
Needing a loan : STRAPPEDFORCASH
40
Daffy Duck or Donald Duck : TOON
41
Black-and-white cookie : OREO
42
Wed : UNITE
43
Superlative suffix : EST
44
"Les Misérables" novelist : HUGO
45
Parisian brothers : FRERES
46
Perfect Olympics score : TEN
47
Constrictor : BOA
48
1976 film about Woody Guthrie : BOUNDFORGLORY
55
Street/sidewalk separator : CURB
56
Seaweed : ALGAE
57
Rod, reel, tackle box, etc. : GEAR
59
Fairy tale opener : ONCE
60
"___ Park" (1981 best seller) : GORKY
61
Suburban green : LAWN
62
Asterisk : STAR
63
Tools for duels : EPEES
64
Sea eagles : ERNS
Down
1
Driver's licenses, in bars : IDS
2
Tune for two : DUET
3
Prefix with directional : OMNI
4
Missing a deadline : LATE
5
Maestro Toscanini : ARTURO
6
Pats on the back, say : BURPS
7
Elgar's "King ___" : OLAF
8
Showroom car : DEMO
9
Starbucks order : ESPRESSO
10
Make, as a case : PLEAD
11
Breezy : AIRY
12
Gear teeth : COGS
13
Printer's widths : ENS
21
Sag : DROOP
22
Genetic stuff : DNA
25
Kind of treat : TASTE
26
Choral section : ALTOS
27
Picture card : TAROT
28
I.R.S. worker : TMAN
29
Audio's partner : VIDEO
30
Data : INFO
31
Preside over : CHAIR
32
Hit, and how! : PASTE
33
Hearth waste : ASHES
35
Arctic floater : BERG
36
Teenage woe : ACNE
38
Weight : POUNDAGE
39
The "R" in R.F.D. : RURAL
44
Biddy : HEN
45
Old-fashioned ones : FOGEYS
46
Potato, for one : TUBER
47
"I ___ for animals" : BRAKE
48
Diamond sacrifice : BUNT
49
Killer whale : ORCA
50
Big failure : FLOP
51
Fairy tale villain : OGRE
52
Eye up and down : OGLE
53
Derrière : REAR
54
Indicate boredom : YAWN
55
Nasdaq list: Abbr. : COS
58
T.L.C. givers : RNS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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