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New York Times, Monday, October 8, 2001

Author:
Monica Krausse
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Mess up
TotalDebutLatest
25/23/200010/8/2001
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0110000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5277%
Monica Krausse

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Krausse. Monday freshness: 43%
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© 2001, The New York Times10/8/1 ( No. 18,962 )
Across
1
Ex-leader of Iran : SHAH
5
"Look over here!" : PSST
9
Part of an act : SCENE
14
___ avail : TONO
15
Elevator inventor : OTIS
16
Light bulb gas : ARGON
17
On ___ (needing no human intervention) : AUTO
18
Diva Horne : LENA
19
If a = b and b = c, then a = c, e.g. : LOGIC
20
Scrabble space : TRIPLEWORDSCORE
23
Mess up : FLUB
24
Chatter : YAK
25
Put fizz in : AERATE
27
"___ Loves You" : SHE
29
Word after cream or powder : PUFF
33
Jeanne or Thérèse: Abbr. : STE
34
"___ la vista, baby!" : HASTA
36
Necessity for an organ transplant : DONOR
37
Clue space : THECONSERVATORY
40
Norelco product : RAZOR
41
Captured : TAKEN
42
Rd. or hwy. : RTE
43
Humdinger : ONER
44
Pop the question : ASK
45
Mother superior's charge : SISTER
47
Aye's opposite : NAY
49
Computer department : TECH
50
Monopoly space : READINGRAILROAD
58
___ salts : EPSOM
59
Step on a ladder : RUNG
60
Kind of hands that are "the devil's playthings" : IDLE
61
Neutral shade : BEIGE
62
Sheltered : ALEE
63
Rapid growth : BOOM
64
Have a hunch : SENSE
65
Kittens' cries : MEWS
66
Split personalities? : EXES
Down
1
Free throw percentage, e.g. : STAT
2
2:00 or 3:00 : HOUR
3
Winter engine necessity : ANTIFREEZE
4
Ado : HOOPLA
5
Vinelike vegetable : POLEBEAN
6
One-dish meal : STEW
7
___-American relations : SINO
8
Ex-leader of Russia : TSAR
9
Lively dance music : SALSA
10
Slow cooker : CROCKPOT
11
Breakfast food brand name : EGGO
12
Film ___ : NOIR
13
Suffix with refer : ENCE
21
Superman enemy Lex ___ : LUTHOR
22
Go blond, perhaps : DYE
25
Houston ballplayer : ASTRO
26
Patriot Allen : ETHAN
27
Porterhouse, e.g. : STEAK
28
"Listen!" : HARK
30
Hardly ordinary : UNORTHODOX
31
Strong point : FORTE
32
Tender chicken : FRYER
35
Fast fliers : SSTS
36
Lions' den survivor : DANIEL
38
Food items served on sticks : CORNDOGS
39
Remnants : VESTIGES
44
Author Rand : AYN
46
Writer for hire : SCRIBE
48
Evangelist ___ Semple McPherson : AIMEE
50
Soldiers in gray : REBS
51
Sporting blade : EPEE
52
Z ___ zebra : ASIN
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Tiny weight unit : GRAM
54
Reign : RULE
55
Over : ANEW
56
Soothing succulent : ALOE
57
G.O.P.'s rivals : DEMS

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2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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