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New York Times, Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Author:
Jim Hyres
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : Actress Witherspoon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2312/16/20021/29/20171
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
16632122
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.588052%
Jim Hyres

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQW} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Hyres. Wednesday freshness: 55%
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© 2004, The New York Times1/28/4 ( No. 19,804 )
Across
1
Ford or Chevrolet : MAKE
5
Far from cordial : ALOOF
10
Waffle House alternative : IHOP
14
Tel ___ : AVIV
15
Kind of toast : MELBA
16
In the altogether : NUDE
17
Event advertised in the classifieds : GARAGESALE
19
Clean Air Act target : SMOG
20
Constriction of the pupil : MIOSIS
21
Stumpers? : ORATORS
23
One of the Chipmunks : ALVIN
24
Spark plug, e.g. : IGNITER
26
Electrical glitch : VOLTAGESPIKE
30
Basilica part : APSE
33
Slippery ___ : ELM
34
Time piece? : ESSAY
35
Jungfrau is one : ALP
36
Fighters at Lexington : MILITIA
39
One past due? : TRE
40
Actress Witherspoon : REESE
42
Enjoy, with "up" : EAT
43
Part of Air France's fleet until 2003 : SSTS
44
Place to buy wine : PACKAGESTORE
48
Boarders : TENANTS
49
Crop up : ARISE
53
Sportscasting position : ANALYST
55
Web mags : EZINES
56
It has a pocket : MITT
57
Time appropriate for 17-, 26- and 44-Across? : MIDDLEAGES
60
Nebraska tribe : OTOE
61
Robin player of 1938 : ERROL
62
Rich source : LODE
63
"The King and I" co-star : KERR
64
Fits together : NESTS
65
Charon crossed it : STYX
Down
1
Source of igneous rock : MAGMA
2
Benefit : AVAIL
3
Bolshoi rival : KIROV
4
Hard to pin down : EVASIVE
5
Skunk River city : AMES
6
Guitar great Paul : LES
7
Commercial suffix with Rock : OLA
8
Shaped like a fish stick : OBLONG
9
Spenser's "The ___ Queene" : FAERIE
10
Parts of feet : INSTEPS
11
Will Rogers and others : HUMORISTS
12
A hound may pick it up : ODOR
13
Tent holders : PEGS
18
1992 Heisman winner ___ Torretta : GINO
22
Cruising : ATSEA
24
"___ never work!" : ITLL
25
Most off-tasting : GAMIEST
27
Gift that's hung around the neck : LEI
28
Go-___ : KART
29
Peepers : EYES
30
50+ org. : AARP
31
"Nolo," for instance : PLEA
32
Eventgoer : SPECTATOR
36
First A.F.L.-C.I.O. president : MEANY
37
Makes lace : TATS
38
1995 trial name : ITO
41
Helter-___ : SKELTER
43
Soaps, e.g. : SERIALS
45
Some meter readers : GASMEN
46
Unbroken : ENTIRE
47
Bulldoze : RAZE
50
Bullion unit : INGOT
51
Like a fleabag : SEEDY
52
Reo contemporary : ESSEX
53
Out of control : AMOK
54
Marquee time : NITE
55
Conduit bends : ELLS
58
E.R. workers : DRS
59
Ellipsis part : DOT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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