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New York Times, Monday, July 23, 2001

Author:
Ethan Cooper
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Ask for a hand?
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Ethan Cooper

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QU} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Cooper. Monday freshness: 52%
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© 2001, The New York Times7/23/1 ( No. 18,885 )
Across
1
Small hindrance, as in plans : CRIMP
6
Actor Guinness : ALEC
10
Small-circulation publication for fans : ZINE
14
Fighting : ATWAR
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Much of Eur. is in it : NATO
16
Geraint's love : ENID
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"Swan Lake" piece : NEAPOLITANDANCE
20
Road curve : ESS
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Actress Dawber and others : PAMS
22
Watergate scandal figure Chuck : COLSON
23
Davenport : SOFA
24
First 007 flick : DRNO
25
Brunch dish with spinach : EGGSFLORENTINE
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Schedule : SLATE
32
Judge : RATE
33
Teachers' org. : NEA
34
Certain retrievers, for short : LABS
35
Khaki-like color : BEIGE
37
Taverns : BARS
38
From ___ Z : ATO
39
Explorer Hernando de ___ : SOTO
40
Paris newspaper, with "Le" : MONDE
41
Window covers : VENETIANBLINDS
45
1994 Jodie Foster title role : NELL
46
God : LORD
47
Maniacal : CRAZED
50
Coffee, slangily : JAVA
51
Old Ford : LTD
54
Charlemagne's domain : HOLYROMANEMPIRE
57
Electron's place : ATOM
58
Labor : WORK
59
Hammerin' Hank : AARON
60
Townshend of the Who : PETE
61
Loch ___ : NESS
62
Some dental records : XRAYS
Down
1
Walking stick : CANE
2
Blvds. and rds. : RTES
3
"___ a Teen-age Werewolf" : IWAS
4
Blueprint : MAP
5
Ask for a hand? : PROPOSE
6
Ox or fox : ANIMAL
7
Side muscles, for short : LATS
8
Hippocrates' H : ETA
9
Tangible : CONCRETE
10
Wild-eyed one : ZEALOT
11
Hostels : INNS
12
One-named singer/model filmed by Andy Warhol : NICO
13
Apple of temptation site : EDEN
18
___ riot (comedy review) : LAFF
19
"Death be not proud" writer : DONNE
23
Certain NCO's : SGTS
24
Big bore : DRAG
25
Gladden : ELATE
26
Cameroon neighbor : GABON
27
Hunter in the night sky : ORION
28
___ of itself : INAND
29
They're hardly hip : NERDS
30
Facility : EASE
31
Serb or Croat : SLAV
35
Essentially amount (to) : BOILDOWN
36
Bibliography abbr. : ETAL
37
007 : BOND
39
Direct : STEER
40
Disney studio : MIRAMAX
42
Pepsin, e.g. : ENZYME
43
False fire? : BLANKS
44
Score before 15 : LOVE
47
Fellow : CHAP
48
Learning by flashcards, e.g. : ROTE
49
Often : ALOT
50
Shakes up : JARS
51
Italian money : LIRA
52
"Troilus and Cressida" setting : TROY
53
Trophy rooms : DENS
55
A Stooge : MOE
56
Average : PAR

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

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