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New York Times, Wednesday, March 7, 2001

Author:
Noah Dephoure
Editor:
Will Shortz
Line on a weather map showing equal temperatures
TotalDebutLatest
48/21/19983/7/2001
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.422336%
Noah Dephoure

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXYZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Dephoure. Wednesday freshness: 37%
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© 2001, The New York Times3/7/1 ( No. 18,747 )
Across
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Inventory's place : SHELF
6
Opposite of baja : ALTA
10
Singer Redding : OTIS
14
University in Beaumont, Tex. : LAMAR
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Wagered : LAID
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Polite encl. : SASE
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Like rams and lambs : OVINE
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Iris's locale : UVEA
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Religious image: Var. : IKON
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Figured out a British royal : PEGGEDMARGARET
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Word with drum or trumpet : EAR
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Good times : FUN
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Inventor Otis : ELISHA
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Make way : STEPASIDE
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Daisylike bloom : ASTER
32
PC key : ALT
33
Capp and Green : ALS
35
Hoped-for low number: Abbr. : ERA
36
Invoiced a British royal : BILLEDWILLIAM
41
Fictional detective ___ Pym : MRS
42
The Reagan boy : RON
43
Geologist's measure : EON
44
Food of the gods : MANNA
47
Aide's job : ASSISTING
52
Crosses the threshold : ENTERS
54
G-man: Abbr. : AGT
55
Land's end : SEA
56
Discarded a British royal : CHUCKEDCHARLES
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Celestial hammerer : THOR
61
Area code 801 area : UTAH
62
Is a bibliophile : READS
63
Prefix with globin : HEMO
64
Point of intersection : NODE
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Identification : TITLE
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First place : EDEN
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Hitch, e.g. : KNOT
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Show of contempt : SNEER
Down
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Isn't flat : SLOPES
2
Go for : HAVEAT
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Displaced person, maybe : EMIGRE
4
Country singer k. d. ___ : LANG
5
Skydiver's start : FREEFALL
6
Donors' group : ALUMNI
7
Hawaiian bubbly? : LAVA
8
Level : TIER
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Saw : ADAGE
10
Underworld leader : OSIRIS
11
Has an afternoon break : TAKESTEA
12
Line on a weather map showing equal temperatures : ISOTHERM
13
Clinton, e.g.: Abbr. : SEN
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1970's Plymouth : DUSTER
22
___ mode : ALA
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Coach Parseghian : ARA
28
Friend : PAL
29
Occurs to, with "on" : DAWNS
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Yalie : ELI
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Toy holder? : SLEIGH
36
Split : BRANCHED
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Avoids callers, say : ISNTHOME
38
1950 noir classic : DOA
39
Making daguerreotypes, and other things : LOSTARTS
40
Acct. earnings : INT
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Fr. woman : MME
45
Synapse neighbor : NEURON
46
Waterspout trajectory : ARC
48
Potpourri bag : SACHET
49
Makes others wait : ISLATE
50
Rib : NEEDLE
51
Quite a joke : GASSER
53
Shut out : SKUNK
57
Harrow's rival : ETON
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Carpenter's groove : DADO
59
Pull (in) : REIN
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Many a 65-Across starter : THE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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