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New York Times, Wednesday, October 16, 2002

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Across : Best, on the links
TotalDebutLatest
1338/27/19814/1/2024
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
2511253728151
RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
51.59618943%
Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 41 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Wednesday freshness: 20%
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© 2002, The New York Times10/16/2 ( No. 19,335 )
Across
1
Author Paretsky : SARA
5
"Mamma Mia!" group : ABBA
9
Dumb bunny : STUPE
14
Radical ___ : CHIC
15
Foundry form : MOLD
16
Early sitcom star : ARNAZ
17
Knife handle : HAFT
18
Way around London, once : TRAM
19
Rock bottom : NADIR
20
Like second or farm : BEFOREHAND
23
Stat for Clemens : ERA
24
Portfolio part, in brief : IRA
25
Dormitory annoyance : SNORER
27
Incite to anger : PROVOKE
31
Vistula River city : WARSAW
34
Talking bird of poetry : RAVEN
35
Actress Mazar : DEBI
38
European erupter : ETNA
39
Poetic paean : ODE
40
"Yikes!" : OMIGOSH
43
Adj. modifer : ADV
44
Lean and strong : WIRY
46
Siouan people : OTOS
47
"L.A. Law" lawyer : ARNIE
49
Best, on the links : LOWEST
51
Much-covered R & B song : CCRIDER
53
Beat the draft? : ENLIST
56
African serpent : ASP
57
"Boola Boola" singer : ELI
59
Like wave or treatment : AFTERSHOCK
63
Kosher : LEGIT
65
Mine, in Marseille : AMOI
66
Didn't have good traction : SLID
68
Slalom champ Phil : MAHRE
69
Reach across : SPAN
70
American Theatre Wing award : TONY
71
___ out (declined) : OPTED
72
Submarine : HERO
73
Just beat : EDGE
Down
1
Acad., e.g. : SCH
2
1956 Peck role : AHAB
3
Abundant : RIFE
4
When Macbeth meets his fate : ACTFIVE
5
Acela operator : AMTRAK
6
Yawner : BORE
7
Malaise, with "the" : BLAHS
8
Sloganeer of sorts : ADMAN
9
___ Day O'Connor : SANDRA
10
Song syllable : TRA
11
Like pat or still, reading down : UNDERSTAND
12
Ice dancing team : PAIR
13
Book before Nehemiah : EZRA
21
Maine college town : ORONO
22
"___ not the time!" : NOWIS
26
"... ___ he drove out of sight" : ERE
27
Search for prey : PROWL
28
Contact, in a way : RADIO
29
Like paper or light, reading down : OVERWEIGHT
30
Trim to fit : EDIT
32
Actress MacDowell : ANDIE
33
Be uncertain : WAVER
36
A star may have a big one : EGO
37
Pear variety : BOSC
41
Recurring theme : MOTIF
42
Like Siberian winters : HARSH
45
Asian capital? : YEN
48
Comeback : RIPOSTE
50
On the schedule : SLATED
52
Slot spot : CASINO
54
Secret supply : STASH
55
The Sun Devils' city : TEMPE
57
A Sesame Streeter : ELMO
58
Jeté, e.g. : LEAP
60
Crowd sound : ROAR
61
Doofus : CLOD
62
Double-decker checker : KING
64
Tick off : IRE
67
Do colorful work : DYE

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

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