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New York Times, Tuesday, August 8, 2000

Author:
Joy L. Wouk
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Unable to escape
TotalDebutLatest
1332/15/19788/8/2000
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ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.521912422%
Joy L. Wouk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 133 for Ms. Wouk. Tuesday freshness: 53%
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© 2000, The New York Times8/8/0 ( No. 18,536 )
Across
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Two smackers? : LIPS
5
"___ la Douce" : IRMA
9
Is eliminated from competition : LOSES
14
Yearn (for) : ACHE
15
Contemptible one : TOAD
16
Take over : USURP
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Mason's wedge : SHIM
18
Italian lake : COMO
19
Hawaiian party site : LANAI
20
1932 novel of crime and race by 40-Across : LIGHTINAUGUST
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British biscuit : SCONE
25
Berlin bar need : EIS
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One-on-one sport : EPEE
27
From a personal standpoint : HUMANLY
30
Slump : SAG
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Genesis victim : ABEL
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Symbol of sturdiness : OAK
35
Mind terribly : RESENT
40
See 20- and 57-Across : WILLIAMFAULKNER
43
Hung around : STAYED
44
___-de-sac : CUL
45
Cutting part : EDGE
46
Q-U connection : RST
48
Kind of film : FEATURE
50
It may react with an acid : BASE
54
Swiss canton : URI
56
Fish that's split for cooking : SCROD
57
Fictional county, locale of 20-Across : YOKNAPATAWPHA
61
Hearty breakfast dish : GRITS
62
MOMA artist : DALI
63
"Bus Stop" playwright : INGE
66
Cheri of "Saturday Night Live" : OTERI
67
Dash : ELAN
68
Hoops tournament org. : NCAA
69
Bells the cat : DARES
70
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
71
Dinero : GELT
Down
1
___ Vegas : LAS
2
German pronoun : ICH
3
In myth she was changed into a nightingale : PHILOMELA
4
From the very beginning : SEMINALLY
5
Dermatologist's concern : ITCH
6
Kind of vegetable : ROOT
7
Ike's mate : MAMIE
8
Poster boy : ADONIS
9
Lollapalooza : LULU
10
___ orange : OSAGE
11
Dawn : SUNUP
12
Delete : ERASE
13
Maliciousness : SPITE
21
Washington, e.g.: Abbr. : GEN
22
Usually : ASARULE
23
Bandleader Artie and others : SHAWS
24
Biblical length : CUBIT
28
Packs a lot in : LOADSUP
29
Edible 6-Down : YAM
31
Hair goop : GEL
34
Popular fast-food chain : KFC
36
Outlining : SKETCHING
37
Marathoner's trait : ENDURANCE
38
The "N" of U.N.C.F. : NEGRO
39
Unable to escape : TREED
41
Ending with cash or bombard : IER
42
"___ Wiedersehen" : AUF
47
Swaps : TRADES
49
Nile reptile : ASP
50
"I swear...!" : BYGOD
51
Feeder of the body's organs : AORTA
52
Winter sight at Tahoe : SKIER
53
___ nous : ENTRE
55
Where Soave comes from : ITALY
58
Yard sale tag : ASIS
59
Ladd or Alda : ALAN
60
Soave, e.g. : WINE
64
Guy's honey : GAL
65
"Dig in!" : EAT

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

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