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New York Times, Thursday, August 30, 2001

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Down : Moors
TotalDebutLatest
881/26/19925/15/2011
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211.58657442%
Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQV} This is puzzle # 67 for Ms. Allis. Thursday freshness: 64%
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© 2001, The New York Times8/30/1 ( No. 18,923 )
Across
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Greek's sixth : ZETA
5
"King Cotton" composer : SOUSA
10
Wax : GROW
14
Knee-slapper : HOOT
15
Void : ANNUL
16
Road condition? : RAGE
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After 34-Down, an order to a witch? : ONTHESTICK
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Leeds's river : AIRE
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Leads (in) : USHERS
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Stomped : TRAMPLED
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Mozart article : EINE
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Psalms interjection : SELAH
25
On the main deck : TOPSIDE
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It may be under your tongue : INSTEP
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Dropped a line : WROTE
33
Violent struggle : AGONY
36
Med. care group : HMO
37
Tennessee's state flower : IRIS
38
Shoe sole material : CREPE
39
Number after cinco : SEIS
40
Palindromic diarist : NIN
41
Game with a 40-card deck : MONTE
42
Rally creators : BULLS
43
Call for : ENTAIL
45
Like fan-tan and tangrams : CHINESE
47
Feather in Juan's cap? : PLUMA
50
Italy's Isola d'___ : ELBA
51
They're polar : EXTREMES
54
Residences : ABODES
57
Brandenburg trio : DREI
58
After 34-Down, an order to a chiropractor? : BACKTOWORK
60
Chutzpah : GALL
61
Husband of Bathsheba : URIAH
62
Fast sport : LUGE
63
Some are electric : EYES
64
Trimming targets : SAILS
65
Load : STOW
Down
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Mao contemporary : ZHOU
2
Almost forever : EONS
3
After 34-Down, an order to an arrowsmith? : TOTHEPOINT
4
Ones who might say, "God, no!"? : ATHEISTS
5
Mouthed off : SASSED
6
Neighbor of Man. : ONT
7
Modulars, e.g. : UNITS
8
Bolivian capital : SUCRE
9
High-pH : ALKALINE
10
Plots, in a way : GRAPHS
11
Fulminate : RAIL
12
Fiend : OGRE
13
Cig : WEED
18
Golf champ Els : ERNIE
22
Oodles : MANY
25
Strong string : TWINE
26
Hatch from Utah : ORRIN
27
Make : EARN
29
After 34-Down, an order to an E.P.A. administrator : THELEADOUT
30
Pianist Gilels et al. : EMILS
31
It's catching : POSSE
34
See 17- and 58-Across and 3- and 29-Down : GET
35
Kind of minister : OPEC
38
October honoree : COLUMBUS
39
Annual El Paso events : SUNBOWLS
41
Miss's equal : MILE
42
"The Hobbit" hero Baggins : BILBO
44
Periods of rain, often : APRILS
46
Moors : HEATHS
48
Half a comedy duo : MEARA
49
Computer acronym : ASCII
51
Sidle : EDGE
52
Picture of health? : XRAY
53
Prefix with com : TELE
55
Hence : ERGO
56
Misrepresent : SKEW
59
___ Kan : KAL

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

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