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New York Times, Wednesday, June 27, 2001

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Down : Little swab
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
552/13/200111/11/20176
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
336717694
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
521.6225255%
Michael Shteyman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BJV} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Shteyman. Wednesday freshness: 28%
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© 2001, The New York Times6/27/1 ( No. 18,859 )
Across
1
Clinch : SEWUP
6
Clinched : ICED
10
Yachter's woe : CALM
14
Milo or Tessie : OSHEA
15
Cause of an itch : FLEA
16
Girasol, e.g. : OPAL
17
Corset features : STAYS
18
Train locale : YARD
19
Opposite of "no no" : SISI
20
Muesli morsel : OAT
21
Replay option : SLOMO
23
Stradivarius's teacher : AMATI
24
Snapped out of it : WOKEUP
26
___ a good thing : INON
27
Attacked violently : TOREAT
28
"Yadda-yadda-yadda" : ANDSOON
31
God-awful : LOUSY
32
Whopping : HEFTY
34
Deer ma'am : DOE
35
Quisling's city : OSLO
36
Pronounce an "r" like a Scot : TRILL
37
Drift off : DOZE
38
Took the vanguard : LED
39
Where the action is : ARENA
40
Rats' hangout : SEWER
41
Knocks to the floor : LAYSLOW
43
Famous last words? : THEEND
45
Like some columns : OPED
46
Actress Plummer : AMANDA
47
They may be technical : FOULS
49
Pretty : QUITE
50
Crooks' methods, to cops : MOS
53
One of Chekhov's Three Sisters : OLGA
54
Abbr. on some letter headings : ATTN
55
Sacagawea, for one : GUIDE
57
Baloney : LIES
58
Calamitous : DIRE
59
Wing : ANNEX
60
Shakespearean verb : DOTH
61
Letters above 0 : OPER
62
Smelling a rat : LEERY
Down
1
Comme ci, comme ça : SOSO
2
This, in Toledo : ESTA
3
Start of a musical riddle : WHATWOULDYOUGET
4
180° turn, slangily : UEY
5
Opener of many doors : PASSKEY
6
Middle of the riddle : IFYOUTHREW
7
Surgery aid : CLAMP
8
Architect Saarinen : EERO
9
Pops : DAD
10
All there is : COSMOS
11
End of the riddle : APIANODOWNAMINE
12
Hang in there : LAST
13
Mid 11th-century date : MLII
22
Idyllic setting : LEA
23
Artist Warhol : ANDY
25
"... ___ they say" : ORSO
26
Like J.F.K. Airport: Abbr. : INTL
27
Out of port : TOSEA
28
Answer to the riddle : AFLATMINER
29
Moved like the Blob : OOZED
30
Not e'en once : NEER
31
Veg out : LOLL
33
German article : EIN
36
Walked over : TROD
37
Safe deposit box item : DEED
39
Schooner fillers : ALES
40
Dakar's land : SENEGAL
42
Bit of media hype : SPLASH
44
Pillbox or porkpie : HAT
46
Other, in Bordeaux : AUTRE
47
Go belly up : FOLD
48
Mélange : OLIO
49
Little swab : QTIP
51
River to the Baltic : ODER
52
Alluring : SEXY
54
Ruckus : ADO
56
Maupassant novel "___ Vie" : UNE

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

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