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New York Times, Tuesday, August 20, 2002

Author:
Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Down : Farsi speaker
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
392/11/20012/26/20116
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.5529785%
Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {BQZ} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Peoples. Tuesday freshness: 26%
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© 2002, The New York Times8/20/2 ( No. 19,278 )
Across
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Bit of street art : MURAL
6
Taken wing : FLOWN
11
Toast topping : JAM
14
Japanese automaker : ACURA
15
Part of a TV transmission : AUDIO
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Have ___ at : AGO
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Character actor in the Cowboy Hall of Fame : SLIMPICKENS
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Modern: Prefix : NEO
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Mandlikova of tennis : HANA
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A.A.A. suggestion: Abbr. : RTE
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Redecorate : DOOVER
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Actress Long or Peeples : NIA
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Jelly fruit : GUAVA
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After-hours pool use, maybe : SKINNYDIPPING
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"Phooey!" : FIE
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Regal headdresses : TIARAS
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Social misfit : NERD
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Pentium maker : INTEL
38
Fivescore yrs. : CEN
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Enter, as data : KEYIN
40
No longer working: Abbr. : RETD
41
Singer Twain : SHANIA
43
Number cruncher, for short : CPA
44
Boo-boo : SLIGHTMISTAKE
47
Cultural values : ETHOS
48
Big inits. on the Net : AOL
49
Like a habanero pepper : REDHOT
51
Nabokov novel : ADA
53
Agenda, for short : SKED
57
Dory need : OAR
58
Panhandler's request : SPARECHANGE
61
Joanne of "Abie's Irish Rose" : DRU
62
Guys' prom attire, informally : TUXES
63
Continental divide? : OCEAN
64
Shade tree : ELM
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Minute ___ (thin cut) : STEAK
66
Down and out : NEEDY
Down
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Moonshiner's mixture : MASH
2
Bruins' sch. : UCLA
3
Totally trash : RUIN
4
Cardin rival : ARMANI
5
Pool distance : LAP
6
It's the truth : FACT
7
Gospel writer : LUKE
8
Poetic homage : ODE
9
They start pitches : WINDUPS
10
"Uh-uh!" : NOSOAP
11
15th-century Flemish painter : JANVANEYCK
12
Pulitzer winner James : AGEE
13
Drop anchor : MOOR
18
Farsi speaker : IRANI
23
Like Dolly the clone : OVINE
25
Part of IHOP: Abbr. : INTL
26
Designer Versace : GIANNI
27
Trig figures : SINES
28
Orchestra percussion : KETTLEDRUM
29
Pleasure craft : YACHTS
30
Most of "The Wizard of Oz" : DREAM
31
Be crabby : GRIPE
32
Cone bearer : FIR
35
Kind of "fingerprint" : DNA
37
Designer Head : EDITH
39
Green Hornet's sidekick : KATO
41
Decathlon event : SHOTPUT
42
Stern or Hayes : ISAAC
45
Halloween characters : GHOSTS
46
___-Lorraine : ALSACE
49
Took a tram, e.g. : RODE
50
James ___ Carter : EARL
51
Square mileage : AREA
52
Place to work : DESK
54
"Trick" joint : KNEE
55
Dated expletive : EGAD
56
Refuse : DENY
59
Woodcutter's tool : AXE
60
Snookums : HON

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

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