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New York Times, Thursday, December 19, 2002

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Across : Distributes, as tasks
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2297/11/199911/4/20182
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
741241679512
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
981.541,84281%
Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 31 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 38 for Mr. Berry. Thursday freshness: 59%
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C
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H
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A
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M
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J
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L
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U
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L
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K
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C
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N
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A
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S
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M
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B
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O
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D
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C
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© 2002, The New York Times12/19/2 ( No. 19,399 )
Across
1
Big drops : CHASMS
7
Small intake : SIP
10
Rib : JOSH
14
British medical journal, with "The" : LANCET
15
One of the Aleutian Islands : UNALASKA
17
Debut of Sherlock Holmes : ASTUDYINSCARLET
19
Seeker's question : WHERE
20
Understands, slangily : GROKS
21
Need to pay : OWE
22
In ___ (isolated) : VACUO
24
1st, 2nd and 3rd, e.g.: Abbr. : STS
26
60's TV kid : OPIE
29
Henry James biographer Edel : LEON
31
Freezing : GELID
35
Headed : RAN
36
Debut of Kinsey Millhone : AISFORALIBI
38
Distributes, as tasks : ASSIGNS
40
Bun toppers : SESAMES
41
Debut of Philip Marlowe : THEBIGSLEEP
43
Haughty outburst : BAH
44
Fail ignominiously : EATIT
45
"Stop rowing" command : OARS
46
Comfortable, as accommodations : HOMY
47
Blue : SAD
49
World Cup legend Maradona : DIEGO
51
Milk source for Romano cheese : EWE
54
First capital of the kingdom of Italy : TURIN
56
"Camelot" composer : LOEWE
60
Debut of Lew Archer : THEMOVINGTARGET
63
Black Canyon carver, with "the" : COLORADO
64
Samuel Barber's "___ for Strings" : ADAGIO
65
Door fixture : HASP
66
Brown with His Band of Renown : LES
67
Render harmless, in a way : DEHORN
Down
1
Dig sans tools : CLAW
2
Work (out) : HASH
3
Table payment : ANTE
4
Winding road section : SCURVE
5
Daughter of King Aeëtes : MEDEA
6
Bay of pigs? : STY
7
Option not available in a convertible : SUNROOF
8
___ many words : INSO
9
Smokers' units : PACKS
10
Disturb : JAR
11
Christiania, now : OSLO
12
Bias : SKEW
13
More than antipathy : HATE
16
Closing moment : LASTGASP
18
Weak yes : IGUESSSO
23
React to some static : CLING
25
Ward on TV : SELA
26
Declaim : ORATE
27
Ottoman Empire governor : PASHA
28
Miniature photo, maybe : INSET
30
Leader's aid : NOSERING
32
Transitional state : LIMBO
33
Girder : IBEAM
34
Like good gossip columnists : DISHY
36
Bolshevik, e.g. : AGITATOR
37
Kyle ___, "The Terminator" hero : REESE
39
Wading bird : IBIS
42
Unmanageable horses, in the Southwest : LADINOS
46
Triumphant shout : HOORAH
48
2001 British Open champion David ___ : DUVAL
50
Clearing : GLADE
51
Do work on glass, say : ETCH
52
Shout from a coach : WHOA
53
Slender fish : EELS
55
Depend (on) : RIDE
57
Frozen food brand : EGGO
58
Peter who directed "The Truman Show" : WEIR
59
Town on the Thames : ETON
61
Heavy-duty locks? : MOP
62
Smidgen : TAD

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 5 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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