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New York Times, Monday, October 9, 2000

Author:
Teresa M. Hackett
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Down : Eggs
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24/7/199710/9/2000
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Teresa M. Hackett

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Hackett. Monday freshness: 56%
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© 2000, The New York Times10/9/0 ( No. 18,598 )
Across
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Long-limbed, as a model : LEGGY
6
Sunrises : DAWNS
11
Rotating piece in a machine : CAM
14
Dean Martin's "That's ___" : AMORE
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AOL delivery : EMAIL
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Honest ___ : ABE
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Hefty, doubled : BIGANDBURLY
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French sea : MER
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Cease and desist : STOP
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Hoarseness : RASP
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Duck in a pond : TEAL
23
Domicile doubled : HOUSEANDHOME
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Shorten : ABRIDGE
30
Get misty-eyed : TEAR
31
It helps you stand up straight : BRACE
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Feast of Lights : CHANUKAH
36
52, in old Rome : LII
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Apparition : GHOST
39
Opposite SSW : NNE
40
Like old newspaper clippings, often : YELLOWED
43
Fern leaf : FROND
45
Eternally : EVER
46
It's not pay-as-you-go : FREEWAY
48
Secure, doubled : SAFEANDSOUND
52
Come from ___ : AFAR
53
Elisabeth of "Leaving Las Vegas" : SHUE
54
Stay in the shallow end of the pool : WADE
58
Idiosyncrasy : TIC
59
Pep, doubled : VIMANDVIGOR
62
"What ___ our chances?" : ARE
63
Stockpile : HOARD
64
As a whole : INALL
65
Butterfly catcher's need : NET
66
Money to use : FUNDS
67
See eye to eye : AGREE
Down
1
Places for experiments : LABS
2
Send off : EMIT
3
Always-moving : GOGO
4
Vivid : GRAPHIC
5
Longing : YEN
6
Pollute : DEBASE
7
Divert : AMUSE
8
Angry tribes may be on them : WARPATHS
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Nonexistent : NIL
10
Not-to-be-trusted : SLY
11
Small part played by a big name : CAMEO
12
Lying port-to-starboard : ABEAM
13
___ Norman cosmetics : MERLE
18
The "D" in F.D.A. : DRUG
22
Not exiting, as traffic : THRU
24
Poem of praise : ODE
25
Tidy : NEAT
26
Former veep Quayle : DAN
27
With skill : ABLY
28
Cheese on crackers : BRIE
29
Part of a scenic overlook : RAIL
32
Atlantic catch : COD
33
Be positive about : KNOW
34
Tolstoy's "___ Karenina" : ANNA
35
Actress Lamarr : HEDY
37
Newswoman Ifill : GWEN
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Abel, by profession : HERDSMAN
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Salacious glance : LEER
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Eggs : OVA
43
Wetland : FEN
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Detroit N.H.L.'er : REDWING
46
Establishes : FOUNDS
47
Lamented : RUED
48
Man with horns : SATAN
49
Burning : AFIRE
50
Aspect : FACET
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Archaeologist's bit : SHARD
55
Gelatinlike base : AGAR
56
1996 candidate Bob : DOLE
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Writer ___ Stanley Gardner : ERLE
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Channels 2-13 : VHF
60
Debtor's note : IOU
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Itinerary word : VIA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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