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New York Times, Monday, August 14, 2000

Author:
Nancy Kavanaugh
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Across : Wear away
TotalDebutLatest
265/3/19996/25/2012
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ScrabblePGramFresh
1.58312%
Nancy Kavanaugh

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Kavanaugh. Monday freshness: 16%
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© 2000, The New York Times8/14/0 ( No. 18,542 )
Across
1
Hertz competitor : AVIS
5
Mature : RIPEN
10
Play parts : ACTS
14
1/500 of the Indianapolis 500 : MILE
15
Wear away : ERODE
16
___ cheese (salad topping) : BLEU
17
Animal skin : PELT
18
Valley ___, Pa. : FORGE
19
Wild pig : BOAR
20
Where to get scared : HAUNTEDHOUSE
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Org. with secrets : CIA
26
"___ a small world..." : ITS
27
Second of two : LATTER
28
Still rumpled, as a bed : UNMADE
30
Wineglass features : STEMS
32
Where to get jarred : BUMPERCARS
34
Insane : MAD
37
Child most likely to be spanked : BRAT
38
___ de Janeiro : RIO
39
Satisfy a hankering : SATE
40
Hankering : YEN
41
Where to get dizzy : TILTAWHIRL
44
Hoity-toity sorts : SNOBS
46
Debit's partner : CREDIT
47
"Little ___ Annie" : ORPHAN
50
Decorated war pilot : ACE
51
Place to recuperate : SPA
52
Gentle alternative to 20-, 32- and 41-Across : MERRYGOROUND
56
Shaking chill : AGUE
57
Computer operators : USERS
58
Greasy : OILY
62
Full house, e.g. : HAND
63
Crème de la crème : ELITE
64
Quote as an example : CITE
65
Bartenders tender them : ALES
66
Echolocation : SONAR
67
Baby goats : KIDS
Down
1
Piece of band equipment : AMP
2
Compete : VIE
3
Down with the flu : ILL
4
Son of Adam and Eve : SETH
5
Opponent in an argument : REFUTER
6
Shackles : IRONS
7
Harbor : PORT
8
Perimeter : EDGE
9
Christmas tree shedding : NEEDLES
10
Monastery heads : ABBOTS
11
Influence : CLOUT
12
Hardly the prim sort : TEASE
13
More certain : SURER
21
Campaign worker : AIDE
22
Boars Head product : HAM
23
Small compartment : CUBBY
24
Become accustomed (to) : INURE
25
Jordan's capital : AMMAN
29
Liable : APT
30
Leaves harbor : SAILS
31
Gait faster than a walk : TROT
33
Test taker's dirty secret : CRIB
34
Hotel cleaners : MAIDS
35
Just clear of the ocean floor : ATRIP
36
Altanta-based airline : DELTA
39
"What ___ Is" (1988 #1 country hit) : SHE
41
Languages : TONGUES
42
Plaintiff : ACCUSER
43
Carolina ___ (little songster) : WREN
44
Rips to bits : SHREDS
45
Opponent's vote : NAY
47
University of Nebraska campus site : OMAHA
48
Magnificent : REGAL
49
Wrinkly fruit : PRUNE
50
Major blood carrier : AORTA
53
Nobel Peace Prize city : OSLO
54
Bridle strap : REIN
55
Loading area : DOCK
59
Caesar's three : III
60
Inc., in Britain : LTD
61
"You bet!" : YES

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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