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New York Times, Tuesday, December 2, 2003

Author:
Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Words of confidence
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Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FHJQWXZ} This is puzzle # 80 for Mr. Estes. Tuesday freshness: 13%
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© 2003, The New York Times12/2/3 ( No. 19,747 )
Across
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Ocean motion : TIDE
5
Epistle apostle : PAUL
9
Get-go : ONSET
14
Words of confidence : ICAN
15
"Dirty" Cajun dish : RICE
16
Makes some music, like the Stones : ROCKS
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Tape for a music exec : DEMO
18
WWW addresses : URLS
19
Aerodynamically designed : SLEEK
20
Fish playing a woodwind? : BASSONBASSOON
23
"May ___ now?" : IGO
24
PBS funder : NEA
25
To no avail : INVAIN
28
Not relaxed : TENSE
30
Auctioneer's cry : GONE
33
Cube maker Rubik : ERNO
34
Unmannered sort : CAD
36
Outdated atlas abbr. : SSR
37
Pride member : LION
38
Looney Tunes horse-drawn conveyance? : CARTONCARTOON
42
___ Hari (spy) : MATA
43
La preceder : TRA
44
___ gratia artis (MGM motto) : ARS
45
Per unit : APOP
46
Banjoist Scruggs : EARL
48
Chance for a hit : ATBAT
52
Force : COMPEL
54
Will Smith biopic : ALI
56
Expose, in verse : OPE
57
Dirigible party? : BALLONBALLOON
61
Hillside : SLOPE
63
Prayer addressee : LORD
64
Look up and down : OGLE
65
Red Sea land : YEMEN
66
Score for Mia Hamm : GOAL
67
Cheery tune : LILT
68
Actress Winger : DEBRA
69
Fork over, with "up" : ANTE
70
Many August births : LEOS
Down
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Morsel : TIDBIT
2
Frigid time : ICEAGE
3
Plum variety : DAMSON
4
Slaughter of Cooperstown : ENOS
5
Danish filler : PRUNE
6
Crash cushioner : AIRBAG
7
The Bruins of the N.C.A.A. : UCLA
8
Not as much : LESS
9
Bean on the screen : ORSON
10
Ill feelings : NOLOVELOST
11
Screenwriter's creation : SCENARIO
12
Barely make, with "out" : EKE
13
"For shame!" : TSK
21
___ a time : ONEAT
22
___ Nevadas : SIERRA
26
Get ___ a good thing : INON
27
Prefix with profit : NON
29
Doodler's aid : SCRAPPAPER
31
Coveted statue : OSCAR
32
Fed. hush-hush group : NSA
35
"I'm all ears!" : DOTELL
38
Mafia bigwig : CAPO
39
Mushroom cloud producer : ATOMBOMB
40
Pro-gun rights org. : NRA
41
Bring up the rear : TRAIL
42
Brit's raincoat : MAC
47
Maze scurrier, maybe : LABRAT
49
Dance energetically : BOOGIE
50
Famed Harlem theater : APOLLO
51
Religious principles : TENETS
53
Spanish princess : ELENA
55
Soup scoop : LADLE
58
Gymnast Korbut : OLGA
59
"High" time : NOON
60
Take it easy : LOLL
61
Barrett of Pink Floyd : SYD
62
General in gray : LEE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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