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New York Times, Thursday, January 6, 2000

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
Capt. Hull who commanded Old Ironsides
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Nancy Salomon
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71.5246%
Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 44 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 45 for Mr. Estes. Thursday freshness: 54%
Jeff Chen notes:

TAB, CHECK, BILL, CHIT all hint at MY TREAT. Perhaps FOOT is related, as in FOOT the BILL?

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© 2000, The New York Times1/6/00 ( No. 18,321 )
Across
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Gists : NUBS
5
Forbes 400 list topper : GATES
10
#1 spot : ACME
14
Words said with a nod : ISEE
15
Summing up : INALL
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Kicker's target : SHIN
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Choir site : TABERNACLE
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Beat (off) : FEND
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Prison rebel, perhaps : RIOTER
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Haberdashers' items : TIETACKS
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Lover of Eurydice : ORPHEUS
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Baby bird? : STORK
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St. ___ fire : ELMOS
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Overloads : SWAMPS
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Bell ___ : LABS
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A purebred it's not : MUTT
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Capt. Hull who commanded Old Ironsides : ISAAC
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___ Lilly & Co. : ELI
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Title for this puzzle? : MYTREAT
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Certain cross : TAU
41
One of the Flintstones : WILMA
43
Safari : HUNT
44
Hair curler : PERM
45
Fliers' frustrations : DELAYS
47
"Ditto" : METOO
49
Genius : BRAIN
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Badly slandered : TRASHED
55
March sound : FOOTSTEP
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Number one Hun : ATTILA
59
Jai ___ : ALAI
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Full of small talk : CHITCHATTY
62
Laura of "Jurassic Park" : DERN
63
"Like it ___" : ORNOT
64
Proceed : GOON
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Scotch diluter : SODA
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Does a muffler's job : MUTES
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Politically incorrect suffix : ENNE
Down
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Funny-car fuel : NITRO
2
Name on jetliners, once : USAIR
3
Dizzy Gillespie's genre : BEBOP
4
Does a slow burn : SEETHES
5
Cause of some knocking : GINRUMMY
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Santa ___ winds : ANA
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Knowing when to be silent, e.g. : TACT
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___ Island National Monument : ELLIS
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Makes roads slippery, say : SLEETS
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To the extent that : ASFARAS
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Defeat : CHECKMATE
12
Fine fur : MINK
13
Pulls the plug on : ENDS
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Quaint dance : REEL
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Namely : TOWIT
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Bygone voting bloc, with "the" : SOUTH
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Make music, in a way : STRUM
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1950's-60's NBC star : PAAR
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Lowlife : SCUM
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Off-color : LEWD
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"I cannot tell ___" : ALIE
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Pitch off the road : BILLBOARD
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Believe it! : TENET
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Pioneers of a 365-day calendar : MAYAS
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Draws : ATTRACTS
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Tennis star Hingis : MARTINA
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Big catalog company expense : POSTAGE
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"Friends," e.g. : SITCOM
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It might be bleeped out : OATH
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Kind of jacket : NEHRU
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Make a pass at : HITON
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Pop's John : ELTON
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Singer Taylor ___ : DAYNE
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Teletubbies and others : FADS
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Nondairy spread : OLEO
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Ice cream purchase : PINT
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Little piggy : TOE

Answer summary: 1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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