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New York Times, Saturday, December 13, 2003

Author:
Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Show affection from a distance
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Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JXZ} This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Peoples. Saturday freshness: 79%
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© 2003, The New York Times12/13/3 ( No. 19,758 )
Across
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Diagnostic aid : MRISCAN
8
Leaves stranded : BEACHES
15
Mundane : EARTHLY
16
Fit : INSHAPE
17
2003 Broadway musical whose name is an address : AVENUEQ
18
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" duettist, 1976 : KIKIDEE
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Thimbleful : NIP
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Roughed up : MAULED
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It's cast : PART
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Takes care of : DOES
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Dashboard item : DIAL
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Trio to the right of the D on a keyboard : FGH
27
Animal that may be striped : ELAND
29
Emblem of St. Mark : LION
31
Reddish purple : WINE
32
Marriage, for one : RITUAL
34
Three-time Major League Soccer champs : DCUNITED
36
Show affection from a distance : BLOWAKISS
38
Bun holder : BOBBYPIN
41
Ready for a drive : TEEDUP
45
Comrade in arms : ALLY
46
1987 Pulitzer critic Richard : EDER
48
Pox : CURSE
49
Controversial 1980's proposal: Abbr. : SDI
50
"Yipe!" : EGAD
52
Fishing locale : PIER
53
"What ___?" : ELSE
55
Kennel club's interest : DOGDOM
57
Auto protector : BRA
58
Pause that refreshes : PITSTOP
60
Circling : INORBIT
62
Buttercup family member : ANEMONE
63
Puccini aria : UNBELDI
64
Armenia's capital : YEREVAN
65
Noncommittal reply : MAYBESO
Down
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Snake : MEANDER
2
Cheese holder : RAVIOLI
3
"Again ..." : IREPEAT
4
Term. : STN
5
Fish bait : CHUM
6
Follow ___ (do detective work) : ALEAD
7
Vicks product : NYQUIL
8
It's put on the rack : BIKELOCK
9
In literature, the personification of purity : ENID
10
"Don't ___" : ASK
11
Flake : CHIP
12
Flipped : HADAFIT
13
Decorative dining table piece : EPERGNE
14
Was hot : SEETHED
21
Bombed : LAIDANEGG
24
Short and thick : SNUBBY
28
John ___, 1995 British Open winner : DALY
30
___ de Noël (Christmas Eve): Fr. : NUIT
31
Get smart : WISEUP
33
Run : LOPE
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Instant: Abbr. : NSEC
37
Available for a pass : WIDEOPEN
38
Compensation package amount : BASEPAY
39
Traditional : OLDLINE
40
Criticize harshly : BLISTER
42
Slowly come (in) : DRIBBLE
43
Info that may be stored with passwords : USERIDS
44
Important Wall St. number : PERATIO
47
Discovery of 1898 : RADIUM
51
Title girl in a Ritchie Valens hit : DONNA
54
Salinger girl : ESME
55
Courtesy title overseas : DONA
56
Popular techno musician : MOBY
59
Erev ___ (Hebrew good evening) : TOV
61
Fighter at Chancellorsville : REB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 8 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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