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New York Times, Wednesday, January 23, 2002

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
Whoopi's role in "The Color Purple"
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 37 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Wednesday freshness: 59%
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© 2002, The New York Times1/23/2 ( No. 19,069 )
Across
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Lively : PERT
5
"Get outta here!" : PSHAW
10
Shock : JOLT
14
Ruthless boss : AXER
15
Aromatic herb : ANISE
16
Sondheim's "___ Like That" : ABOY
17
Singer's football tackles? : TENORSACKS
19
Invitation letters : RSVP
20
Prognosis : OUTLOOK
21
Leavenworth and others: Abbr. : FTS
23
Souvenir shop item, for short : TEE
24
Completely : INALL
25
Prefix with terrorism : ECO
27
Reproductive needs : OVA
29
Cardinal's nest?: Abbr. : STL
30
Sounds of a broom-beating? : FLOORWHACKS
35
Play the host to : SEEIN
36
Scream : HOLLER
37
Moore of film : DEMI
40
Skip : ELIDE
42
1970's Chevy : VEGA
43
Person who switches lines? : EDITOR
45
Whoopi's role in "The Color Purple" : CELIE
47
Expensive carpeting supplies? : LUXURYTACKS
49
USA alternative : TBS
52
Pollution control grp. : EPA
53
2001 Will Smith title role : ALI
54
Mr. Moto portrayer : LORRE
56
Quirky : ODD
58
Test locale : LAB
60
Stone work : PLATOON
62
Globes : ORBS
64
Truckers' cry? : TOTHEMACKS
66
Passion : ZEAL
67
City on the Seine : ROUEN
68
First president of South Korea : RHEE
69
Tense : EDGY
70
Enron Field player : ASTRO
71
Pinings : YENS
Down
1
Dialect : PATOIS
2
Old-fashioned stage direction : EXEUNT
3
Blockbuster transaction : RENTAL
4
Sing : TROLL
5
El ___ : PASO
6
Traveling medicine show purchase : SNAKEOIL
7
Sot's sound : HIC
8
Requisition : ASKFOR
9
Wild ___ : WEST
10
Shake : JAR
11
Roadblock : OBSTACLE
12
15 preceder : LOVE
13
Sort : TYPE
18
Husband of Pocahontas : ROLFE
22
Manhattan neighborhood : SOHO
26
Like a tepee : CONICAL
28
Pipe feature : VALVE
31
Hesitant : LEERY
32
Marine snail : WHELK
33
It's tapped : KEG
34
Madrid Mme. : SRA
35
Exercise unit : SITUP
37
Atl. Coast state : DEL
38
Web address ending : EDU
39
Mélange : MIXEDBAG
41
Figure out : DECIPHER
44
Kind of argument : ORAL
46
53-Across's faith : ISLAM
48
Bans : TABOOS
49
Medicine lozenge : TROCHE
50
Kaput : BROKEN
51
Noted quintet : SENSES
55
Eared seal : OTARY
56
Sludge : OOZE
57
Harriet Beecher Stowe novel : DRED
59
Gillette product : ATRA
61
Late-night name : LENO
63
Tricky : SLY
65
His tomb was found in 1922 : TUT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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