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New York Times, Saturday, December 20, 2003

Author:
Myles Callum
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Butts
TotalDebutLatest
223/17/19997/12/2008
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1144165
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5012568%
Myles Callum

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {QUVXZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Callum. Saturday freshness: 44%
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© 2003, The New York Times12/20/3 ( No. 19,765 )
Across
1
Hit man's hit : WHACKJOB
9
Loafs on the job : DOGSIT
15
Have a table for one : EATALONE
16
Knows about : ISONTO
17
Big name in footwear : THOMMCAN
18
Specialty : METIER
19
Cause of misery : BANE
20
"Mahoning" painter : KLINE
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It may be a lot : ACRE
23
Time and ___ : AHALF
25
___ pickle : INA
26
"My Way" lyricist : ANKA
27
Old sponsor of Tom Mix : RALSTON
29
Butts : TARGETS
32
"Forgot About ___" (1999 rap song) : DRE
33
Stick in a paint can : STIRRER
34
Stadium snack : NACHOS
38
Has the authority : SAYSSO
39
Something to fight for : FREEDOM
41
Mont Blanc, e.g. : PEN
42
Layered dish : LASAGNA
43
Delivers for a price : RANSOMS
48
Crown : PATE
49
South Korea's Roh ___ Woo : TAE
51
Get ready to shoot : AIMAT
52
Anthony Eden, e.g. : EARL
53
Figures in detective fiction : PERPS
55
Literally, "numbered" : MENE
56
"I can't believe it!" : SHEESH
58
Writer Rawlings : MARJORIE
60
Warm : TOASTY
61
Monopoly avenue : ORIENTAL
62
Divines : SENSES
63
Stop stewing : RESTEASY
Down
1
Potation location? : WETBAR
2
Sound of feigned amusement : HAHAHA
3
Like much of Webern's work : ATONAL
4
"___ are milder" (old ad slogan) : CAMELS
5
Flying Dutchman's choice : KLM
6
Letter getter : JOCK
7
Waiting one's turn : ONALINE
8
Neighbor of Nigeria : BENIN
9
10-year sentence, in slang : DIME
10
Sugar suffix : OSE
11
Flew off the handle : GOTANGRY
12
Alternative to 5th Avenue : SNICKERS
13
Emphasizes, in a way : ITERATES
14
Rent : TORE
21
Turner and others : NATS
24
Seat of Webster County, Ia. : FTDODGE
26
1608 Monteverdi opera : ARIANNA
28
Sci-fi writer ___ Scott Card : ORSON
30
Experiencing swelling, maybe : ATSEA
31
Sign of a smash : SRO
34
Grp. concerned with clipping : NFL
35
Old Colorado Indian : ARAPAHOE
36
Special delivery? : CESAREAN
37
Like some dryers : HEATLESS
40
Pal : MATE
41
Whip up : PREPARE
44
"I Loves You, Porgy" singer, 1959 : SIMONE
45
Code of silence : OMERTA
46
Rages : MANIAS
47
Hard : STEELY
50
It may render an arrow harmless : ARMOR
52
Some attendance figs. : ESTS
53
M.D. : PHYS
54
Hindu honorifics : SRIS
57
Julie or Marie: Abbr. : STE
59
Raven : JET

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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