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New York Times, Monday, October 25, 2004

Author:
Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Rules, shortly
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Jan-Michele Gianette

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Mengel. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Gianette. Monday freshness: 3%
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© 2004, The New York Times10/25/4 ( No. 20,075 )
Across
1
"So long!" : TATA
5
Burden : ONUS
9
Museo in Madrid : PRADO
14
Death notice : OBIT
15
It follows song or slug : FEST
16
Pine exudation : RESIN
17
Gets together in person : MEETSFACETOFACE
20
"Blondie" or "Beetle Bailey" : STRIP
21
Tennis champ Steffi : GRAF
22
Vegetable that rolls : PEA
23
Narrow street : LANE
26
Jannings of old movies : EMIL
28
Confronts, with "with" : STANDSTOETOTOE
34
"___ Baba and the 40 Thieves" : ALI
35
"Kiss me" miss : KATE
36
Tangle : SNARL
37
Dietary no-no for Mrs. Sprat : LEAN
39
Holds on to : KEEPS
42
Tiny weight : GRAM
43
Former Argentine dictator : PERON
45
Actress Patricia of "The Subject Was Roses" : NEAL
47
Drunkard's woe, for short : DTS
48
Returns a gaze : STARESEYETOEYE
52
Ugandan tyrant Idi ___ : AMIN
53
Rules, shortly : REGS
54
Pres. Lincoln : ABE
57
Urges (on) : EGGS
59
"Gesundheit!" preceder : ACHOO
63
Strolls, as with a sweetheart : WALKSHANDINHAND
67
1950's candidate Stevenson : ADLAI
68
B or B+, say : GOOD
69
Nobelist Wiesel : ELIE
70
Irish poet who wrote "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" : YEATS
71
Lambs' mothers : EWES
72
Soaks : WETS
Down
1
Big gobblers : TOMS
2
Aid and ___ : ABET
3
Layer : TIER
4
Famous Hun : ATTILA
5
Not at work : OFF
6
Teachers' org. : NEA
7
Grp. that patrols shores : USCG
8
Sound system : STEREO
9
Opposite of losses : PROFITS
10
Ump : REF
11
"Quickly!" : ASAP
12
Backgammon equipment : DICE
13
Prime draft status : ONEA
18
Not spare the rod : SPANK
19
Domesticate : TAME
24
Bismarck's state: Abbr. : NDAK
25
Toward sunrise, in Mexico : ESTE
27
Yearn (for) : LONG
28
Precipitation at about 32° : SLEET
29
Crown : TIARA
30
Itsy-bitsy : TEENY
31
Late : TARDY
32
Speak from a soapbox : ORATE
33
Stately shade trees : ELMS
34
Austrian peaks : ALPS
38
Comic Dunn formerly of "S.N.L." : NORA
40
Person of equal rank : PEER
41
Fill up : SATE
44
Unbeatable foe : NEMESIS
46
Boston airport : LOGAN
49
['Tis a pity!] : SIGH
50
Capture, as one's attention : ENGAGE
51
Shun : ESCHEW
54
Not home : AWAY
55
Requested : BADE
56
Fitzgerald, the First Lady of Jazz : ELLA
58
Precipitation below 32° : SNOW
60
Robust : HALE
61
"Don't bet ___!" : ONIT
62
Lyric verses : ODES
64
Krazy ___ : KAT
65
Mother deer : DOE
66
They're checked at checkpoints, in brief : IDS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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