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New York Times, Saturday, July 15, 2000

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
2-Down : Eulogist's activity
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 63 for Mr. Kahn. Saturday freshness: 7%
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© 2000, The New York Times7/15/0 ( No. 18,512 )
Across
1
In other words : THATIS
7
Ally on TV : CALISTA
14
Plain : HOMELY
15
Like some fine pottery : ORIENTAL
16
PANT : ENAMEL
17
CHEF : DOMINANT
18
Lively folk dance : HORA
19
Expensive car trips : TOWS
20
One of four Holy Roman emperors : OTTO
21
Surface : ARISE
23
Scandinavian money : ORE
24
Some nods : CUES
25
Jazz composer Evans : GIL
26
SPED : SAW
28
Coins with profiles of Nehru : RUPEES
31
Having no bounds: Abbr. : UNL
32
Pop music's Hanson, e.g. : TRIO
34
Vote in Québec : NON
35
Traits helpful in answering the eight capitalized clues : EGOCENTRICITIES
41
"...___ will!" : ORI
42
City on the Rhein : KOLN
43
Fuzziness : NAP
44
Kind of case : CLOSET
47
MOST : WET
48
Windy City transportation inits. : CTA
49
48-Across's specialty : RAIL
50
What some surrogates get : OVA
52
Air beyond the clouds : ETHER
54
1970's Vogue discovery : IMAN
55
Name for an Irish lass : ERIN
56
River known in ancient times as Obringa : AARE
57
DEFY : VENERATE
59
RUNS : DEBRIS
61
Strikeouts? : ERASURES
62
High point : APOGEE
63
Curtain decoration : TASSELS
64
Like the worst predictions : DIREST
Down
1
Place for diplomacy : THEHAGUE
2
Eulogist's activity : HONORING
3
City that's the title of an Emmylou Harris song : AMARILLO
4
Melodic subjects : TEMAS
5
Suffix with project : ILE
6
Lang. unit : SYL
7
Braggart : CROWER
8
Sights : AIMS
9
___ Day (May 1, in Hawaii) : LEI
10
NAVE : INNOCENT
11
David, e.g. : STATUE
12
Rouen relations : TANTES
13
Concert voices : ALTOS
15
Quality : ODOR
19
Specifically : TOWIT
22
Glycerides, e.g. : ESTERS
27
1970's sitcom : ARNIE
29
Result of some arm-twisting? : UNCLE
30
___ Claire (city near Montreal) : POINTE
33
Where Mork and Mindy honeymooned : ORK
36
POSE : COOLNESS
37
Herbert Hoover, for one : IOWAN
38
Responsible : INCHARGE
39
Bistros and the like : EATERIES
40
Gaunt : SPARESET
44
Land development : CAMERA
45
Rain forest sights : LIANAS
46
Just desserts : TORTES
49
Transfix : RIVET
51
Struggles : VIES
53
Accompaniment for a fife : TABOR
55
Title meaning "chieftain" : EARL
58
Wish nullified : RUE
59
Pop : DAD
60
Prefix with grammatical : EPI

Answer summary:
1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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