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New York Times, Saturday, October 6, 2001

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Across : Does, as a TV show
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {FJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 148 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 78%
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© 2001, The New York Times10/6/1 ( No. 18,960 )
Across
1
Blaze a trail : BUSHWHACK
10
Pipes : DUCTS
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Does, as a TV show : APPEARSON
16
1935 Triple Crown winner : OMAHA
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Like some park facilities : TRAILSIDE
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Singer with the 1993 multi-platinum album "Music Box" : CAREY
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Pitch heavily at anchor : HAWSE
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Vast extents : DEEPS
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Put : LAY
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Eyeglasses option : TINT
24
Clipped : TERSE
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Zipped : TORE
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Put to work : USE
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Some Japanese-Americans: Var. : NISEIS
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Tellers : RATS
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Hospital item : BEDPAN
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Locks up for a while : DETAINS
33
Food in a bowl : ALPO
35
Bell-shaped flower : SEGO
36
Tree also called an Indian bean : CATALPA
39
Unleisurely : RUSHED
43
Greenhorn : COLT
44
"As It Happened" memoirist, 1954 : ATTLEE
46
Edmonton-to-Regina dir. : ESE
47
Nearsighted : OWLY
48
Like some counters : TILED
49
Donald Duck, to his nephews : UNCA
50
Sticker datum, for short : MPG
51
Atlas, e.g. : HEMAN
52
Out of favor (with) : INBAD
53
Ontario river to James Bay : MOOSE
55
One way to be whipped : INTOSHAPE
57
"No surprise to me" : IKNEW
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They're painted at many intersections : STOPLINES
59
Bristles : TEEMS
60
Advertising staple : TASTETEST
Down
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Ring site : BATHTUB
2
Lift : UPRAISE
3
Begat : SPAWNED
4
Job : HEIST
5
Heavy plank on the side of a wooden ship : WALE
6
Store posting: Abbr. : HRS
7
Whispers, maybe : ASIDES
8
Serious warning : CODERED
9
Under-the-table activity : KNEESIES
10
Papers, briefly : DOCS
11
John's "Pulp Fiction" co-star : UMA
12
Request to a dealer : CARLOAN
13
Cultural section : THEARTS
14
Go along : SAYYES
21
Like older siblings, sometimes : PESTERED
24
Preplastic toy material : TINPLATE
25
Small bands : TRIOS
27
"The Lion King" lion : NALA
30
Ground round? : PATTY
32
Debilitating symptoms : AGUE
34
"A guy that has never had much experience": Don Marquis : OPTIMIST
36
Buckaroo : COWPOKE
37
Spent : ALLGONE
38
Site of Hank Aaron's 715th home run : ATLANTA
40
Plant of the nightshade family : HENBANE
41
Some magic tricks : ESCAPES
42
Least stimulating : DEADEST
43
Pledge : COMMIT
45
Slow passages : LENTOS
49
Missed : UNHIT
51
Cuts : HEWS
52
Key : ISLE
54
Luth. or Bapt. school : SEM
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Go (for) : OPT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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