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New York Times, Saturday, October 5, 2002

Author:
Donald E. West
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : One in a balloon
TotalDebutLatest
412/19/200110/19/2002
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Donald E. West

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. West. Saturday freshness: 14%
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© 2002, The New York Times10/5/2 ( No. 19,324 )
Across
1
Exhibit vibrancy : CRACKLE
8
Diamond statistic : STEALS
14
One in a balloon : AERONAUT
16
No social butterfly : HERMIT
17
Part of the pectoral girdle : CLAVICLE
18
Cover up : ENROBE
19
Land on a high plateau : TIBET
20
Attack : ONSET
22
Thwack : RAP
23
Fermi or Faraday : UNIT
24
___ Heath ("The Return of the Native" setting) : EGDON
25
Member of the first family : SETH
26
Captain's domain : SEA
27
Utterance on the way out : ADIEU
28
Doll : CUTIE
29
Earlier : OLDER
30
Reed's partner in silverware : BARTON
31
Morning side : ENGLISHMUFFIN
34
Ancient meeting places : AGORAE
35
Moves slowly and carefully : EASES
36
See 24-Down : MONEY
37
Game in which players play one at a time : DARTS
38
More, in Málaga : MAS
41
Half of a 50's TV duo : AMOS
42
Stripes : SORTS
43
Barber's supply : TALC
44
Ring ___ (marbles game) : TAW
45
Family member, informally : AUNTY
46
From : SINCE
47
It consists of a top and a bottom : INNING
49
Cataclysmic occurrence : ERUPTION
51
Gustav Klimt's birthplace : VIENNA
52
Godforsaken : DESOLATE
53
One who's taxed : EARNER
54
Senses : DETECTS
Down
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Natural sticker : CACTUS
2
Fix, as brakes : RELINE
3
Home of Ishmael's descendants : ARABIA
4
Desire badly? : COVET
5
Jersey, e.g. : KNIT
6
Érié, e.g. : LAC
7
Deliveries for the departed : EULOGIES
8
Radiance : SHEEN
9
Nomadic home : TENT
10
Stumble : ERR
11
Botticelli figures : AMORETTI
12
Drink : LIBATION
13
His feast day is December 26 : STEPHEN
15
Gentle : TENDERHEARTED
21
Pittance : SOU
24
With 36-Across, "Take Me Home Tonight" singer : EDDIE
25
"___ up!" (beach cry) : SURFS
27
Dispel : ALLAY
28
Champs-Élysées sights : CAFES
29
Some giants : OGRES
30
Exceeds 21, in a way : BUSTS
31
Many a dictator's problem : EGOMANIA
32
One without a 43-Down : NONOWNER
33
Like 13-Down : MARTYRED
34
In the mood : AMATIVE
37
Get into : DON
38
Psycho : MANIAC
39
Marches' creator : ALCOTT
40
Some people work behind them : SCENES
42
Doll : SUGAR
43
Deed : TITLE
45
British royal : ANNE
46
Kind of announcement : SPOT
48
Overnight letter? : INN
50
Consume : USE

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

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