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New York Times, Wednesday, May 9, 2001

Author:
Ethan Cooper
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Down : Circa
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Ethan Cooper

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQVY} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Cooper. Wednesday freshness: 25%
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Z
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E
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N
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O
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B
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E
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L
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T
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M
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A
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K
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E
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S
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A
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O
U
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A
L
A
I
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A
B
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T
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G
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T
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D
O
W
N
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L
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R
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X
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S
H
O
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P
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G
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M
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U
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S
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F
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R
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L
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P
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A
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U
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B
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A
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R
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R
S
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T
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A
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N
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A
S
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I
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S
M
U
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E
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C
O
L
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S
K
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N
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S
A
R
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I
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S
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E
W
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N
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S
E
L
E
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S
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A
B
C
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L
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M
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E
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H
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A
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U
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O
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N
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R
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P
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F
A
B
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H
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A
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T
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O
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A
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U
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L
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H
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P
E
W
S
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T
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A
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R
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I
W
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H
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I
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E
T
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U
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S
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A
S
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S
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S
S
© 2001, The New York Times5/9/1 ( No. 18,810 )
Across
1
Paradoxical fellow : ZENO
5
Boxing prize : BELT
9
Earns : MAKES
14
Diamond family name : ALOU
15
Half court game? : ALAI
16
Die down : ABATE
17
Central point : GIST
18
Gridiron scoreboard info : DOWN
19
Seuss title creature : LORAX
20
Beatings at Bloomingdale's, e.g.? : SHOPPINGMAULS
23
PETA peeve : FUR
24
Café partner : LAIT
25
Ones carrying an apostle? : PAULBEARERS
30
Whip but good : TAN
33
Bubbly source : ASTI
34
Dallas sch. : SMU
35
Dangerous strain : ECOLI
37
It's got you covered : SKIN
38
Madras wraps : SARIS
41
McGregor of "Trainspotting" : EWAN
42
1991-93 Australian Open winner : SELES
44
Disney division : ABC
45
Twist, sometimes : LIME
46
Farm female : EWE
47
Inspector at a trucking company? : HAULMONITOR
51
Neanderthal's wear : PELT
52
"Groovy!" : FAB
53
Is an old French landowner? : HASALOTOFGAUL
59
"The Planets" composer : HOLST
60
Seats with kneelers : PEWS
61
Abdicator of 1917 : TSAR
63
"Wouldn't that be nice!" : IWISH
64
Edison product : IDEA
65
Ides rebuke : ETTU
66
Winning craps roll, in Rome : SETTE
67
Like some D.A.'s : ASST
68
Lip : SASS
Down
1
Veer suddenly : ZAG
2
Crimson rivals : ELIS
3
Bag of chips, say : NOSH
4
Uncalled-for : OUTOFLINE
5
Reputation hurter : BADPRESS
6
Wells's oppressed race : ELOI
7
Place for an egg roll : LAWN
8
Excited feeling : TINGLE
9
Crummy feeling : MALAISE
10
Circa : ABOUT
11
Wallenda family patriarch : KARL
12
Cockpit guesses, for short : ETAS
13
Census datum : SEX
21
Place for a cold one : PUB
22
Uglify : MAR
25
No longer cool : PASSE
26
Crooked : ASKEW
27
Serviceable : UTILE
28
Doc bloc : AMA
29
Like Mayberry : RURAL
30
Namely : TOWIT
31
Santa Anna took it : ALAMO
32
West Coast gridder : NINER
36
Nuns, by vow : CELIBATES
39
DOS popularizer : IBM
40
Derides : SCOFFSAT
43
Encase : SHEATHE
48
Apiece, in scores : ALL
49
Sir Thomas More novel : UTOPIA
50
Back seat driver, e.g. : NAG
51
"Hey, buddy!" : PSSST
53
British commander at Bunker Hill : HOWE
54
Detrained : ALIT
55
Kennedy and others : TEDS
56
Is in the hole : OWES
57
Org. for 42-Across : USTA
58
Back muscles, for short : LATS
59
Hellos : HIS
62
Big chunk of Eur. : RUS

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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