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New York Times, Friday, December 20, 2002

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Across : Some old colonists
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 32 Missing: {KQZ} Grid has supersymmetry. This is puzzle # 168 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 88%
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© 2002, The New York Times12/20/2 ( No. 19,400 )
Across
1
Some old colonists : LEPERS
7
E-flat, on a Steinway : DSHARP
13
Juju and mojo : AMULETS
15
Still in the dark : NOWISER
16
California's capital, 1852-53 : VALLEJO
17
One way to stop : ONADIME
18
T or F: Abbr. : ANS
19
Predator-prey chain : FOODWEB
21
Nancy, in Nancy : NOM
22
Foe of Elijah : BAAL
24
Short Internet message : ENOTE
25
French bank : RIVE
26
Ready for drawing : ONTAP
28
Neighbor of Djibouti: Abbr. : ETH
29
Beaten : CANED
30
Common outboard motor spec : TENHORSEPOWER
33
Envelope direction : DONOTBEND
34
Unhappy result : BITTERHARVEST
38
Chocolate source : CACAO
39
Went ahead : LED
40
Place for a spinnaker : YACHT
42
___ Cross, James Patterson detective : ALEX
43
One who's, literally, good-natured : SAINT
45
MGM co-founder : LOEW
46
Org. with a college in Cranwell, England : RAF
47
Gem with a changing luster : CATSEYE
49
Cable co. that merged with AT&T : TCI
50
Coming along : ENROUTE
52
Contents of some buns : WIENERS
54
Golden rod? : SCEPTER
55
Show disrespect for : SNEERAT
56
Filtered : SEEPED
57
Manages : GETSBY
Down
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Ablution bowl : LAVABO
2
Flowing out : EMANANT
3
Beat : PULSATE
4
Add-on : ELL
5
Snorkeler's haunt : REEF
6
Missouri city, briefly : STJOE
7
Receiver : DONEE
8
Culture transferer : SWAB
9
Screened : HID
10
Dum-dum : ASININE
11
Manicurist's bottle : REMOVER
12
College course of study : PREMED
14
Inevitably : SOONERORLATER
15
"This you don't want to hear" : NOWTHEBADNEWS
20
Is punctilious : DOTSTHEIS
23
Property assessment : LANDTAX
25
Unfair treatment : RAWDEAL
27
Shot : PHOTO
29
Host of 1980's TV's "Super Password" : CONVY
31
A : ONE
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Part of i.p.s. : PER
34
Acrobat's skill : BALANCE
35
Clear, as winter windshields : ICEFREE
36
Diving ducks : SCOTERS
37
Zodiac sign : THECRAB
38
Nice touch : CARESS
41
Not straight : TWISTY
43
Full : SATED
44
Drawing : TYING
47
Precious : CUTE
48
Extra-large shoe spec : EEEE
51
Abbr. in street directions : OPP
53
Ball stopper : NET

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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