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New York Times, Monday, June 5, 2000

Author:
William A. Ballard
Editor:
Will Shortz
48-Down : Unit of light
TotalDebutLatest
102/24/19984/13/2004
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0342100
ScrabDebutFresh
1.573620%
Bill Ballard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Ballard. Monday freshness: 12%
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© 2000, The New York Times6/5/0 ( No. 18,472 )
Across
1
Place for a barbecue : PATIO
6
Magical being : ELF
9
One who's not out on called strikes : SCAB
13
Lessen : ABATE
14
Equine color : ROAN
16
Diva's song : ARIA
17
Strategic military advantage : SUPERIORNUMBERS
20
Wineglass part : STEM
21
___ man out : ODD
22
Indian home : TEEPEE
23
Suffix with serpent : INE
24
Touchdown makers : SCORERS
25
What a poor winner does : GLOATS
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Clarinetist Artie : SHAW
30
Cowboys' home : RANGE
31
Neck wraps : BOAS
32
Plummet : DROP
36
They're far from the coastline : INTERIORREGIONS
39
Boxing match results : TKOS
40
Dweeb : NERD
41
Eight-person band : OCTET
42
"___ funny. Ha, ha!" : VERY
43
Pot winners : TAKERS
44
Cats, informally : MOUSERS
48
It's a boy : LAD
49
Completely wrong : ALLWET
50
"___ Gang" comedies : OUR
51
Restaurant handout : MENU
55
Hidden agenda : ULTERIORMOTIVES
58
Italian money : LIRE
59
Wood cutter : ADZE
60
The Atlantic, e.g. : OCEAN
61
Officeholder's office : SEAT
62
Many, many years : EON
63
Italian food : PASTA
Down
1
"No bid" : PASS
2
Touch on : ABUT
3
3M product : TAPE
4
Any thing : ITEM
5
"___ the land of the free..." : OER
6
Wear away : ERODE
7
"___ of the Flies" : LORD
8
Auto engine part : FAN
9
Cavalry weapon : SABER
10
Brunch serving : CREPE
11
Broadcaster : AIRER
12
They're covered on diamonds : BASES
15
Weirdo : NUTCASE
18
Charged particles : IONS
19
Cat call : MEOW
23
Road to Rome : ITER
24
Pottery fragment : SHARD
25
Sand inside a shoe, e.g. : GRIT
26
Thin : LANK
27
"I'm ___ your tricks!" : ONTO
28
Many, many years : AGES
29
"Pardon me" : SORRY
31
Afrikaners : BOERS
32
Tracy of the comics : DICK
33
Learning system : ROTE
34
It has no comparison : ONER
35
Attention-getters : PSTS
37
Subject of a law of physics : INERTIA
38
Prod : GOAD
42
Go off in a new direction : VEER
43
Tropical root : TARO
44
Manhandles : MAULS
45
Half of an old comedy duo : OLLIE
46
The "U" in UHF : ULTRA
47
Chocolaty : SWEET
48
Unit of light : LUMEN
50
Kind of 63-Across : ORZO
51
Flaky mineral : MICA
52
After-dark times, in classifieds : EVES
53
Tidy : NEAT
54
Annapolis institution, for short : USNA
56
Flowery verse : ODE
57
Pinnacle : TOP

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

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