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New York Times, Tuesday, March 28, 2000

Author:
Fred Piscop
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Across : "Minnie the Moocher" singer
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Fred Piscop

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JX} This is puzzle # 72 for Mr. Piscop. Tuesday freshness: 60%
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© 2000, The New York Times3/28/0 ( No. 18,403 )
Across
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Atty.-to-be's exam : LSAT
5
Edith who sang "La Vie en Rose" : PIAF
9
Key of Mozart's Symphony No. 39 : EFLAT
14
Court records : ACTA
15
Stewpot : OLLA
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Said à la the Raven : QUOTH
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Feature of some shirts : TABCOLLAR
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"I give!" : UNCLE
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"Seinfeld" miss : ELAINE
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Bite, as the heels : NIPAT
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Crisscross pattern : LATTICE
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Catch in the act : NAB
26
Big goon : APE
29
Decade divs. : YRS
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"Minnie the Moocher" singer : CABCALLOWAY
33
See 13-Down : METRO
34
"Gil Blas" writer : LESAGE
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Neuter : SPAY
38
"Not ___ bet!" : ONA
40
Alkaline solutions : LYES
41
Help run, as a party : COHOST
44
Part of WASP : ANGLO
47
Qatar, for one : ARABCOUNTRY
49
Cone bearer : FIR
52
Fighter in gray : REB
53
Biddy : HEN
54
Fish in a can : SARDINE
56
Part of a TV feed : AUDIO
58
"The Devil's Dictionary" author : BIERCE
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In any respect : ATALL
62
Baltimore chef's specialty : CRABCAKES
64
Kindled anew : RELIT
65
Roof projection : EAVE
66
Get out of bed : RISE
67
Intense media campaign : BLITZ
68
Amscrayed : FLED
69
Tolkien tree creatures : ENTS
Down
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In recent days : LATELY
2
Like some variables : SCALAR
3
Times up : ATBATS
4
Unspoken : TACIT
5
Malodorous animal : POLECAT
6
Needing hospital care : ILL
7
Astronaut Shepard : ALAN
8
Hot breakfast dish : FARINA
9
Steady : EQUABLE
10
"Candid Camera" man : FUNT
11
___ cit. (footnote abbr.) : LOC
12
U.S./U.K. divider : ATL
13
With 33-Across, Montreal's subway : THE
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In a state of abeyance : ONICE
22
Heavy sheet : PALL
24
River of Aragón : EBRO
26
On vacation : AWAY
27
Web designer's creation : PAGE
28
Baby blues : EYES
31
Sir Arthur ___ Doyle : CONAN
32
Capital on a fjord : OSLO
33
"Butt out!," initially : MYOB
35
Surgery result : SCAR
36
Dermal opening : PORE
37
Ishmael's captain : AHAB
39
Tiny colonists : ANTS
42
Klink's aide in "Hogan's Heroes" : SCHULTZ
43
Two-___ sloth : TOED
45
Got one's mitts on : GRABBED
46
Ira Gershwin's contribution : LYRIC
48
Social welfare org. : UNICEF
49
Quarter-barrel : FIRKIN
50
Theme of "Oedipus Rex" : INCEST
51
___ Pieces : REESES
55
"The Wreck of the Mary ___" : DEARE
56
Touched down : ALIT
57
Like some vaccines : ORAL
59
Wall St. whiz : ARB
60
Bus. card abbr. : TEL
61
___ Baba : ALI
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Caesar's hello : AVE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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