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New York Times, Monday, July 30, 2001

Author:
Nancy Kavanaugh
Editor:
Will Shortz
"___ Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001 movie)
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Nancy Kavanaugh

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 7 for Ms. Kavanaugh. Monday freshness: 4%
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© 2001, The New York Times7/30/1 ( No. 18,892 )
Across
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Lump : GLOB
5
Emeralds and diamonds : GEMS
9
Kind of decongestant : NASAL
14
"___ Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001 movie) : LARA
15
On : ATOP
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"La Bohème," e.g. : OPERA
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Consumer : USER
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Unaccompanied : LONE
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Mail a payment : REMIT
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Source of continual suffering : THORNINONESSIDE
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Lamprey ___ : EEL
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Colorant : DYE
25
Kind of pliers : NEEDLENOSE
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Hospital capacity : BEDS
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Off-road traveler: Abbr. : ATV
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Saturate : SOAK
36
Turn in a chair : SWIVEL
38
Material for uniforms : CHINO
40
Dog's "hand" : PAW
42
Overhead : ABOVE
43
Where rods and cones are : RETINA
45
Boston ___ Orchestra : POPS
47
Young goat : KID
48
Panache : ELAN
49
Features of some women's shoes : SPIKEHEELS
52
Important loan info, for short : APR
53
Carpet alternative : RUG
54
Possible title for this puzzle : DOYOUSEEMYPOINT
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Flip over : UPEND
64
Run away : FLEE
65
Inkling : IDEA
66
LaBelle or LuPone : PATTI
67
"The Thin Man" dog : ASTA
68
Doctor's action to a newborn's bottom : SLAP
69
T. S., the poet : ELIOT
70
Grizzly : BEAR
71
Use a keyboard : TYPE
Down
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Market oversaturation : GLUT
2
Whip : LASH
3
Popular cookie : OREO
4
Like a prison window : BARRED
5
Classic Italian astronomer : GALILEO
6
Thames school : ETON
7
Pre-stereo : MONO
8
Uses money : SPENDS
9
Like Eric the Red : NORSE
10
Gorillas and chimps : APES
11
Big rig : SEMI
12
Parched : ARID
13
Running behind : LATE
21
South Africa's Mandela : NELSON
22
Looks at : EYES
25
Mother-of-pearl : NACRE
26
Neighbor of Lucy and Ricky : ETHEL
27
Madonna title role : EVITA
28
Short snooze : NAP
29
Cousin of a giraffe : OKAPI
30
Baby's tie-on : BIB
31
Elicit : EVOKE
32
Man with horns : DEVIL
33
Toys attached to ropes : SLEDS
37
Prepare for dinner : WASHUP
39
Writer Anaïs : NIN
41
Stir-frier : WOK
44
Poisonous snakes : ASPS
46
Annually : PERYEAR
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Like some inexpensive homes : PREFAB
51
Altruist's opposite : EGOIST
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I.R.S. agent's task : AUDIT
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Fool : DUPE
55
Milky gem : OPAL
56
The Abominable Snowman : YETI
57
Aware of : ONTO
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In any other way : ELSE
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Prefix with morphosis : META
60
Lazily : IDLY
61
Kind of tide : NEAP
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VCR insert : TAPE

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

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