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New York Times, Saturday, January 3, 2004

Author:
James M. and James C. Jenista
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Across : Flags
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Jenista. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Jenista. Saturday freshness: 1%
Jim Horne notes:

This minder bender (literally) is considered one of the toughest puzzles of the Will Shortz era. To read the answers correctly you have to follow the instructions and turn where indicated. So, for example, 4 Down is SATURN'S RINGS and 17 Across is LOW TURNOUTS.

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© 2004, The New York Times1/3/4 ( No. 19,779 )
Across
1
Sports column? : WINS
5
Standard deviation symbol : SIGMA
10
War fare? : SPAM
14
Like many a hurricane : ASEA
15
Allege in defense : PLEAD
16
Coat or skirt preceder : MAXI
17
Disappointing election results : LOWTURNOUTS
19
Seasoned : AGED
20
Help : TUTORIAL
21
Equal : ARE
22
Channeled : ROUTED
23
Resolute advice to the hesitant : DONTTURNBACK
27
Stuff for surfacing : TAR
28
He's found in the Prado : DALI
29
Community contest : BEE
30
Stumpers? : POLS
33
Flags : WANES
34
Hal Foster comic character : ARN
35
One associated with honesty : ABE
36
No one special : JOHNDOE
38
Castilian hero : CID
39
Expert on the rules : REF
40
Good relations : AMITY
41
Manages, with "out" : EKES
42
N.Y. minutes? : EST
43
Fountain in New Orleans : PETE
44
Word for word: Abbr. : SYN
46
1985 sequel to a classic 1939 film : RETURNTOOZ
48
Donny or Marie Osmond, e.g. : UTAHAN
51
Unit of nautical displacement : TON
52
Tall topper : OPERAHAT
54
Gee : THOU
56
Like bats : NOCTURNAL
58
Biblical book : AMOS
59
Available : ONTAP
60
Small animal shelter : COTE
61
Short time out? : DOZE
62
They follow cuts : DEALS
63
Dict. offering : ETYM
Down
1
First name in animation : WALT
2
"This ___ Youth" (Kenneth Lonergan play) : ISOUR
3
Just learning about : NEWTO
4
Discovery of Galileo : SATURNSRINGS
5
Comparatively quick : SPRIER
6
Long series of woes : ILIAD
7
Lee, e.g.: Abbr. : GENL
8
___ wheel : MAG
9
Plugs : ADS
10
Burn : SMART
11
Gripping read : PAGETURNER
12
Brutally destroy : AXE
13
Season opener? : MID
18
Miss, south of the border : SRTA
21
Parsley relative : ANISE
23
Fine accompaniment? : DANDY
24
Promise, e.g. : OLEO
25
À la Poe : EERIE
26
Fractures : RENDS
28
Exile of 1302 : DANTE
30
Kitchen gizmo : PARER
31
Really big : OBESE
32
Rights shouldn't be taken from it : LEFTTURNLANE
33
Frosty : WHITE
36
No performers are found here : JAPAN
37
Red sky, maybe : OMEN
41
Colorize, e.g. : ENHANCE
44
Immerses : STEEPS
45
Draper's unit : YARD
47
Cad : LOUSE
48
Slight indication? : UPTURNEDNOSE
49
"What ___!" ("Hilarious!") : AHOOT
50
Like some habits : NASTY
52
Numerical prefix : OCTA
53
Overflow : TEEM
54
Modicum : TAD
55
Insurance letters : HMO
56
Green-light indicator : NOD
57
Person : ONE

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

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