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New York Times, Friday, January 28, 2005

Author:
Eric Berlin
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Take up
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
436/23/200211/29/20203
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1413521521
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
361.5223969%
Eric Berlin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 33 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Berlin. Friday freshness: 72%
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R
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© 2005, The New York Times1/28/5 ( No. 20,170 )
Across
1
"Doonesbury" reporter Hedley : ROLAND
7
Chesterfield, e.g. : OVERCOAT
15
Where many jokes are set : INABAR
16
Small amount : PITTANCE
17
Take up : OCCUPY
18
Light : ETHEREAL
19
Scraps : SETTOS
20
___-Shan, ship in Conrad's "Typhoon" : NAN
21
___ City, Fla. : DADE
22
Grocery section : AISLE
23
Beside : ALONG
25
Title lady of a 1932 Ethel Merman song : EADIE
27
Simplifies : EASES
31
Berlin, for one : COMPOSER
35
Nun's wear : WIMPLE
36
Ferdinand III's daughter : ELEANOR
37
First one out on the track : POLECAR
38
Enter drop by drop : SEEPIN
39
Spring cleaning follow-up, perhaps : YARDSALE
40
He sat in front of Nimoy and Shatner : TAKEI
41
"The Lower Depths" playwright : GORKI
42
Inflexible : RIGID
44
Señor's speech : HABLA
48
Sky over the Seine : CIEL
51
It's picked : ORE
52
Mark who won the 1998 Masters and British Open : OMEARA
54
Generally : ALLINALL
56
No-good : ROTTEN
57
Tartish treat : LEMONPIE
58
Meandered : SNAKED
59
Pulitzer-winning William Kennedy novel : IRONWEED
60
Corsair, Ranger and Pacer : EDSELS
Down
1
Ebro y otros : RIOS
2
"___-Year Day" ("The Pajama Game" tune) : ONCEA
3
Milk: Prefix : LACTI
4
Neighbors : ABUTS
5
He was defeated and captured at Sedan : NAPOLEONIII
6
April to September, in southern Africa : DRYSEASON
7
Like some markets : OPENAIR
8
Sports analyst who wrote "Living a Dream" : VITALE
9
Prefix with -centric : ETHNO
10
Way: Abbr. : RTE
11
They often involve drawing : CARDGAMES
12
Most eligible, in a way : ONEA
13
Ens. producer : ACAD
14
Phony start? : TELE
24
Grammy winner for "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" : NEILDIAMOND
26
German article : DER
28
Shelter provider: Abbr. : SPCA
29
Big international carrier : ELAL
30
Like a desert : SERE
31
"___ la guerre" : CEST
32
Olive genus : OLEA
33
Unlikely to raise a ruckus : MEEK
34
George Plimpton book : PAPERLION
35
Productive one : WORKHORSE
37
Hole stat : PAR
39
Sang on high? : YODELED
41
Opposite of macho : GIRLIE
43
Snap : GOAPE
45
They're not final releases : BETAS
46
Applesauce-topped treat : LATKE
47
Dizzy : AREEL
48
Valle del Cauca's capital : CALI
49
Robert of "The Sopranos" : ILER
50
Zoe's friend, on "Sesame Street" : ELMO
53
Added stipulations : ANDS
55
Weather report abbr. : NNW

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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