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New York Times, Saturday, October 16, 2004

Author:
Dana Motley
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Across : Doesn't crack under pressure
TotalDebutLatest
311/30/19978/16/2013
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1.5314867%
Dana Motley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 35 Missing: {FJQW} This is puzzle # 24 for Ms. Motley. Saturday freshness: 5%
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© 2004, The New York Times10/16/4 ( No. 20,066 )
Across
1
Grease : LARD
5
Move quickly, as clouds : SCUD
9
Doesn't crack under pressure : COPES
14
Big name in frozen confections : ICEE
15
Sushi selection : TUNA
16
Initials : OKAYS
17
They're concerned with shooting stars : PAPARAZZI
19
One might make arrangements for them : VASES
20
Site of some famous hangings : PRADO
21
Thoughts : CONCEPTS
23
Romantic interlude : IDYLL
24
Where the Dionne quints were born : ONTARIO
25
Land in le Pacifique : ILE
27
Yeats subject : EIRE
28
She played Mrs. Garrett on both "Diff'rent Strokes" and "The Facts of Life" : RAE
31
Dog treats : TBONES
34
Proof of purchase : DEED
35
Ritual garment : ALB
36
A motorist may drive in it : REVERSE
38
Home of the Missouri State Fair : SEDALIA
40
Ore ending : ITE
41
Minimal change : CENT
43
You may be stopped for doing it : NINETY
44
Boomer's kid, informally : XER
45
Not had by : ONTO
46
Old flying option : SST
47
Portable service station? : TEACART
50
Suspects in many murder mysteries : HEIRS
54
Moonshine : NONSENSE
55
Fin-de-siècle feeling : ENNUI
56
Really take to task : ROAST
57
April or May : GIRLSNAME
59
Bone of contention : ISSUE
60
Erudition : LORE
61
Within the hour, maybe : ANON
62
Title character of a Prokofiev favorite : PETER
63
Greek war goddess : ENYO
64
Some medicines : SERA
Down
1
15th-century painter of "The Adoration of the Magi" : LIPPI
2
"Pick ___ ..." : ACARD
3
Square things : REPAY
4
End point : DEADLINE
5
"Come ___?" (Italian greeting) : STA
6
It was largely destroyed by a 1650 earthquake : CUZCO
7
Free to do with as one wishes : UNZONED
8
Tasty tidbits : DAINTIES
9
Potluck array : COVEREDDISHES
10
Rain forest ruminant : OKAPI
11
Handel or Bach piece : PASTORALE
12
Choice meat cuts : EYES
13
Lottery runner: Abbr. : SSS
18
Scream elicitor : ROLLERCOASTER
22
Lurches : CAREENS
26
Lifeblood : ESSENCE
29
Hit the roof? : ALIT
30
You may bid on it : EBAY
31
Brand pitched by a rabbit : TRIX
32
Émile Zola's "La ___ humaine" : BETE
33
How bruschetta is served : OVERTOAST
37
Mat : ENTANGLE
39
Sensors in nature : ANTENNAS
42
Mechanical twisting : TORSION
48
Result : ENSUE
49
Comfy bathrobe : TERRY
51
Poppycockish : INANE
52
Reporter's starting point, perhaps : RUMOR
53
Italian province : SIENA
54
Identi-Kit selection : NOSE
56
Dead letters? : RIP
58
Home to Regulus : LEO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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