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New York Times, Saturday, November 6, 2004

Author:
Kyle Mahowald
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Across : Early bloomer
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
183/22/20042/10/20171
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2303262
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
111.608545%
Kyle Mahowald

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {FQY} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Mahowald. Saturday freshness: 21%
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© 2004, The New York Times11/6/4 ( No. 20,087 )
Across
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An unknown quantity : XAMOUNT
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Early bloomer : WHIZKID
15
Try to deal (with) : GRAPPLE
16
Serving suggestion : HAVEONE
17
Plaintiff : ACCUSER
18
Taconite, e.g. : IRONORE
19
Land of Opportunity? : MARS
20
One who deals with letters : RENTER
22
Clipboard alternative : LAP
23
Author LeShan : EDA
24
Bones to pick : ISSUES
25
Support provider : CANE
26
Finals preceder : SEMIS
28
Latin 101 word : AMO
29
Set straight : ALIGN
30
What to call un hombre : SENOR
32
Preschool activities : BUSRIDES
34
Jack accompanier : SPARETIRE
36
Draft holder : SCHOONER
39
Bright circle? : MENSA
42
Get ___ of : AHOLD
43
___ Lagos (region of Chile) : LOS
45
Subject of James Carville's "... And the Horse He Rode In On" : STARR
47
"Great" detective of children's lit : NATE
48
Incision maker : LANCET
50
Abbr. in some directions : RTE
51
Yearbook sect. : JRS
52
"Twelve Days of Christmas" group : PIPERS
53
Like Spanish "eyes," e.g.: Abbr. : MASC
54
Annual Egg Bowl participant : OLEMISS
56
"I did no such thing!" : ITSALIE
58
___ Pilots, original name of the Milwaukee Brewers : SEATTLE
59
Squirts : PEEWEES
60
They're left behind : ESTATES
61
Previews : TEASERS
Down
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Annual event that includes wakeboarding : XGAMES
2
Tokens are taken in them : ARCADES
3
Knotty activity : MACRAME
4
Symphony, say : OPUS
5
It was founded as American Messenger Co. : UPS
6
Cards, e.g. : NLERS
7
Blessed Mother : TERESA
8
Like some conditions : WHITEOUT
9
Fast runners : HARES
10
"War's Embers" poet Gurney : IVOR
11
Kind of state : ZEN
12
It's pitched by a pitcher : KOOLAID
13
Get-at-able : INRANGE
14
Dredges : DEEPENS
21
Big hit : NUMBERONE
24
Sow bug or wood louse : ISOPOD
25
Customer : CLIENT
27
Pump part : INSOLE
29
Record listing : ARREST
31
Functioned : RAN
33
___ City (Maxis game) : SIM
35
Backslides : RELAPSES
36
Sharks' home : SANJOSE
37
River crossed by the North Beacon Bridge : CHARLES
38
Uncomfortable position : HOTSEAT
40
Cake name : SARALEE
41
Relatively affected : ARTSIER
44
It has entrances and exits : SCRIPT
46
Break : RECESS
48
Stocking material : LISLE
49
Compact name : ESTEE
52
Two-time designee as People's Sexiest Man Alive : PITT
53
Big mouths : MAWS
55
Letters on some N.Y.C. maps : MTA
57
Main : SEA

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

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