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New York Times, Thursday, April 13, 2000

Author:
Matt Gaffney
Editor:
Will Shortz
19-Across : #1 song
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587/24/19949/6/20001
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ScrabblePGramFresh
1.61461%
Matt Gaffney

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 56 for Mr. Gaffney. Thursday freshness: 15%
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© 2000, The New York Times4/13/0 ( No. 18,419 )
Across
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Home of Organ Pipe Cactus Natl. Mon. : ARIZ
5
"Mamma Mia" pop group : ABBA
9
Abu ___ : DHABI
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Ways of Caesar : MODI
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Wrench : TURN
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How roast beef may be served : AUJUS
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"___ do" : ITLL
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Funny situation : HOOT
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#1 song : SMASH
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Oscar winner of '59 and '65 : SHELLEYWINTERS
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"Jurassic Park" mathematician ___ Malcolm : IAN
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Canal site : EAR
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City near the Cripple Creek gold field : COLORADOSPRINGS
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Interpreters are needed for them : OMENS
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I, to historians : ONEAD
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Big letters in cyberspace : AOL
37
Gym groupings : REPS
38
Part of a test prep : DRILL
39
Frank girl : ANNE
40
Secret, sometimes : AGE
41
Power : JUICE
42
Like a rainbow : ARCED
43
Robert Rubin's successor as Treasury Secretary : LAWRENCESUMMERS
46
Keyboard key : ESC
47
Kind of sauce : SOY
48
Tourist site at Goat Island : HORSESHOEFALLS
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"My Cousin Vinny" actress : TOMEI
57
Bowlers : HATS
58
First name in dictionaries : NOAH
59
Half-brother of Ishmael : ISAAC
60
Comment to a traitor : ETTU
61
W. S. Gilbert's "Princess ___" : TOTO
62
___ hand (support) : LENDA
63
High school course : SHOP
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Twist : SKEW
Down
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Hugo's friends : AMIS
2
"Goodbye Columbus" author : ROTH
3
Like some chatter : IDLE
4
A googol : ZILLIONS
5
Parthenon figure : ATHENA
6
Bay bobber : BUOY
7
It may be wiped : BROW
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Not pro : ANTI
9
Contemptible fellow : DASTARD
10
Arm bones : HUMERI
11
Close to closed : AJAR
12
Kiss : BUSS
13
Wishy-washy suffix : ISH
21
Sven's cousin? : LARS
22
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" locale : NEPAL
25
Key material : CORAL
26
Finale : OMEGA
27
Pepe ___ : LEPEW
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That's an order! : DORIC
29
Reserved : ONICE
30
1991 and '92 U.S. Open winner : SELES
31
1930's veep John ___ Garner : NANCE
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One who's doomed : GONER
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Goes downhill fast : SLEDS
38
Cap wearer : DUNCE
39
Fearsome marchers : ARMYANTS
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Actress Walter of "Play Misty for Me" : JESSICA
42
"I ___ the opinion..." : AMOF
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Check to make sure : REREAD
45
Exhausts : USESUP
48
Fire truck need : HOSE
49
Gulf war ally : OMAN
50
Hall & Oates's "___ Gone" : SHES
51
Possesses, old-style : HATH
52
German opera composer ___ Nicolai : OTTO
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"Over there!" : LOOK
54
With 55-Down, Insomniac's TV fare : LATE
55
See 54-Down : SHOW
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Up to, informally : TIL

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

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