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New York Times, Tuesday, April 11, 2000

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
13-Down : Golf club
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
1521.58132%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
534/11/20004/28/20075
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
179312111
ScrabblePGramFresh
1.52379%
Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JKQ} This is puzzle # 49 for Ms. Salomon. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Blackard. Tuesday freshness: 4%
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© 2000, The New York Times4/11/0 ( No. 18,417 )
Across
1
Big mess : SNAFU
6
Kind of awareness : SELF
10
Stick of gum, informally : CHEW
14
Kissinger's boss, once : NIXON
15
Composer Stravinsky : IGOR
16
Sport with mallets : POLO
17
Dead to the world : INERT
18
"Peter Pan" pooch : NANA
19
Folk singer Guthrie : ARLO
20
Fortuneteller's art : PALMREADING
23
In a funk : SAD
24
German car : AUDI
25
Big beer buy : CASE
27
City southeast of Rome : NAPLES
30
International trade spot : OPENPORT
34
Goofs : ERRS
35
Author Ferber : EDNA
37
Rubbernecker : GAPER
38
"Wheel of Fortune" buy : ANI
39
Theme of this puzzle : GLASSES
41
Bard's "before" : ERE
42
Its mouth is nowhere near its head : RIVER
44
Feline line : MEOW
45
High-fiber food : BRAN
46
Shoreline : SEACOAST
48
Martha's Vineyard, e.g. : ISLAND
50
Roger Rabbit, for one : TOON
51
___ B'rith : BNAI
52
"Norma ___" (Field film) : RAE
54
Summer arctic phenomenon : MIDNIGHTSUN
60
Actor Guinness : ALEC
62
Vegetarian's no-no : MEAT
63
Sky-blue : AZURE
64
It comes easily to hand : YOYO
65
Dismounted : ALIT
66
Hang loose : RELAX
67
Rung : STEP
68
Easter flower : LILY
69
Not for minors : ADULT
Down
1
Barber's motion : SNIP
2
La ___ (weather worry) : NINA
3
Figure skater's jump : AXEL
4
Black-tie affairs : FORMALS
5
"That's a lie!" : UNTRUE
6
Red Sea peninsula : SINAI
7
"Holy cow!" : EGAD
8
Burt's ex : LONI
9
Médoc wine source : FRANCE
10
Tax expert, for short : CPA
11
Oater : HORSEOPERA
12
First name in jazz : ELLA
13
Golf club : WOOD
21
Ford folly : EDSEL
22
The Jets and the Sharks : GANGS
26
Bathroom installation : SPA
27
Draws nigh : NEARS
28
Palmer with an "army" : ARNIE
29
Sam Spade, e.g. : PRIVATEEYE
30
Beginning : ONSET
31
El ___, Tex. : PASO
32
Showed again : RERAN
33
Poll revelation : TREND
36
Stops up : DAMS
39
Best man's best friend, often : GROOM
40
"Dallas" family name : EWING
43
Prefix with friendly : ECO
45
Charged the quarterback : BLITZED
47
Like some instincts : ANIMAL
49
Much of Niger : SAHARA
51
Teensy-weensy : BITTY
52
Tanners catch them : RAYS
53
Gobs : ALOT
55
Where to find a hero : DELI
56
It's at your fingertip : NAIL
57
"Star Trek" helmsman : SULU
58
Russian river : URAL
59
Doctor's office call : NEXT
61
Speeder stopper : COP

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

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