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New York Times, Thursday, November 30, 2000

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : Doesn't stay in the bucket
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJVZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 119 for Mr. Nosowsky. Thursday freshness: 78%
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© 2000, The New York Times11/30/0 ( No. 18,650 )
Across
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Composition of some flakes : BRAN
5
Fetch : SHAG
9
Finish off, as operations : MOPUP
14
Thin tie with a clasp : BOLO
15
Foreign exchange : EURO
16
"If ___ you ..." : IWERE
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One who lifts a sack of Liberty coins? : QUARTERBAGSNEAK
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Queen of Persia, in the Bible : ESTHER
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#1 R&B hit for Little Richard : LUCILLE
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Bender of iron bars, maybe : HEMAN
24
Church lady : NUN
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Off-center : ASKEW
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Categorized as chicken? : HENPEGGED
33
Flowering shrub : SPIREA
35
___ Aviv : TEL
36
Skater Midori : ITO
37
Half-brother of Tom Sawyer : SID
38
Club in a Navy jail? : BRIGBAT
41
Measure of conductance : MHO
42
Out of production : OLD
43
Bambi's aunt : ENA
44
Uncritical one : YESMAN
46
Hinder short-wave transmission? : CLOGRADIO
50
Coeur d'___ : ALENE
51
Alway : EER
52
"Au contraire!" : NOTSO
54
Many a dot-com business : STARTUP
58
Is untruthful with : LIESTO
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Sign at a roach motel? : THEBUGSTOPSHERE
64
"Queen of the Hop" hitmaker, 1958 : DARIN
65
Exploratorium subject : IONS
66
Two out of sixty-six? : EXES
67
Realism, e.g. : STYLE
68
Like some turkey stuffing : SAGY
69
Direction at many a corner : STOP
Down
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Grilling, for short : BBQ
2
Rake : ROUE
3
"Ah, those were the days" : ALAS
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Stormy wintry blast : NORTHER
5
"I call 'em as I ___" : SEEEM
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Cry of triumph : HURRAH
7
Wall St. maven : ARB
8
Good shot : GOAL
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Bad shot : MISCUE
10
With title to : OWNING
11
Lose a layer : PEEL
12
River to the Caspian : URAL
13
Lap yapper : PEKE
18
Popular shopping place these days : THEWEB
19
Action in a western : GUNPLAY
23
Profit : NETGAIN
25
Part of A.M.A.: Abbr. : ASSOC
26
Coastline calamity : SPILL
27
Pal : KIDDO
29
S. Dak. neighbor : NEB
30
One-inch putt, e.g. : GIMME
31
Author Canin : ETHAN
32
Blackmore title name : DOONE
34
Floor cover : AREARUG
39
N.Y.C. subway : IND
40
Makes the hair stand on end? : TEASES
45
Doesn't stay in the bucket : SLOSHES
47
Burrowing pet : GERBIL
48
Adjust for pitch again : RETUNE
49
Alternative to black or green : OOLONG
53
Somewhat looped : TIPSY
54
F.C.C. concerns: Abbr. : STDS
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Just one of those things : THAT
56
Unsubstantial : AERY
57
Letters that look like tridents : PSIS
59
Just one's type? : TEXT
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It may be double-stuffed : OREO
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___ T : TOA
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Psychic's power : ESP

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

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