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New York Times, Friday, December 14, 2001

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Capital of Eritrea
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1938/7/199612/22/202321
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
385152119522716
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
531.631,16472%
Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 28 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 53 for Mr. Quigley. Friday freshness: 72%
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L
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B
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F
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© 2001, The New York Times12/14/1 ( No. 19,029 )
Across
1
Hides out : LIESLOW
8
Line judge? : PALMIST
15
Grade : INCLINE
16
He played Mary Richards's boss : EDASNER
17
Like an eagle : TALONED
18
Clarion blast : TANTARA
19
Chain with stacks : IHOP
20
Capital of Eritrea : ASMARA
22
It often begins with "B." : DEG
23
Beersheba is in it : NEGEV
25
Ancient animal shelter : ARK
26
Bête noire : BANE
27
___ cross : TAU
28
Serengeti grazer : ELAND
31
Disconcerted : FAZED
32
Driver's love : OPENROAD
34
Mean : ORNERY
35
[Gasp!] : IMSHOCKED
37
"Key Largo" singer ___ Higgins : BERTIE
40
Type B : LAIDBACK
44
Part of a winter stash, maybe : ACORN
45
Swung : JIVED
46
Masefield play "The Tragedy of ___" : NAN
47
___ speak : SOTO
48
Vancouver daily : SUN
49
Matchmaker's moniker : YENTE
51
Old coin worth five francs : ECU
52
One down in the mouth : TONSIL
55
Porgy's woman : BESS
56
A poster may have one : PINHOLE
58
Prepares to return to sender, say : REBOXES
60
Dictionary section : ADDENDA
61
Look that means "Look out" : EVILEYE
62
Response to "Who, me?" : YEAHYOU
63
Performed awhile onstage : DIDASET
Down
1
Slammed : LITINTO
2
Like rubble after a razing : INAHEAP
3
Pastoral poem : ECLOGUE
4
It may be slippery : SLOPE
5
Fantasy novelist Carter : LIN
6
Service status : ONEA
7
Joins : WEDS
8
Loud firecracker : PETARD
9
"It was ___ and ..." : ADARK
10
Actress Wood : LANA
11
Colo. is on it : MST
12
Bewildered : INADAZE
13
Less flustered : SERENER
14
Hard blow : TRAGEDY
21
Some trattoria music : MANDOLINS
24
Mice and lice : VERMIN
26
Little inn? : BANDB
29
Shake : LOSE
30
"Won-der-ful!" : AAH
31
First name in horror films : FREDDY
33
Hot rod propellant : NITRO
34
Tom Joad, e.g. : OKIE
36
Certain N.B.A.'er : CAV
37
It doesn't include bonuses : BASEPAY
38
Greenpeace concern : ECOCIDE
39
Capitol feature : ROTUNDA
41
Wings : ANNEXES
42
Shooter's target : CATSEYE
43
It has 120 seats in Israel : KNESSET
45
Gold rush town of the late 1800's : JUNEAU
48
Old coin worth five centesimi : SOLDO
50
African scourge : EBOLA
52
Play accolade : TONY
53
Hot : IRED
54
Ford attorney general Edward ___ : LEVI
57
Bit of a chuckle : HEH
59
Two hearts, say : BID

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

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