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New York Times, Tuesday, February 11, 2003

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

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Callum. Tuesday freshness: 84%
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© 2003, The New York Times2/11/3 ( No. 19,453 )
Across
1
Hefty volume : TOME
5
Utah city : OREM
9
Hammett sleuth : SPADE
14
About half of binary coding : ONES
15
Zilch : NADA
16
Noncitizen : ALIEN
17
God wounded in the Trojan War : ARES
18
Observed : EYED
19
Fox comedy series : MADTV
20
"Hurry up!" to a person putting on a jacket? : MAKEITSNAPPY
23
French fine : AMENDE
24
"Timecop" actress : MIASARA
28
"Car Talk" airer : NPR
29
"Last one ___ a rotten egg!" : INIS
32
Short sock : ANKLET
33
Beyond tipsy : SOTTED
35
A Chaplin : OONA
36
"Hurry up!" to a person sharpening a pencil? : GETTHELEADOUT
40
Affright : FEAR
41
Peyote : MESCAL
42
Guinea pigs and kin : CAVIES
45
Under the weather : SICK
46
Attorneys' org. : ABA
49
Approached stealthily : CREPTUP
51
Military commando : RANGER
53
"Hurry up!" to a person assigning spies? : MOVEYOURTAIL
56
Island northwest of Oahu : KAUAI
59
Designer Gernreich : RUDI
60
To be, in Tours : ETRE
61
___ fours (crawling) : ONALL
62
Poker declaration : IMIN
63
Cold-shoulder : SHUN
64
Hostess Mesta : PERLE
65
Singer k. d. ___ : LANG
66
London gallery : TATE
Down
1
Without exception : TOAMAN
2
Highway entry : ONRAMP
3
More sheepish : MEEKER
4
Ruhr city : ESSEN
5
Tither's amount : ONETENTH
6
Tanners catch them : RAYS
7
Perfect place : EDEN
8
Palindromic title : MADAM
9
Far East boat : SAMPAN
10
Hasbro division : PLAYSKOOL
11
Helping hand : AID
12
L.A.P.D. investigator : DET
13
Ltr. holder : ENV
21
Dimwit : IDIOT
22
Zadora of "Butterfly" : PIA
25
Baseball's Moises : ALOU
26
Monthly bill, for many : RENT
27
___ loss for words : ATA
30
Gossip topic : ITEM
31
Monica of tennis : SELES
33
Suburban shopping area : STRIPMALL
34
Lucy's guy : DESI
36
PRNDL pick : GEAR
37
Gutter site : EAVE
38
Adding up, as interest : ACCRUING
39
Senegal's capital : DAKAR
40
TV watchdog: Abbr. : FCC
43
Prima ballerina : ETOILE
44
Isuzu Rodeo, e.g. : SUV
46
Dame of mystery writing : AGATHA
47
Lebanon's capital : BEIRUT
48
Actress Dahl : ARLENE
50
Danger : PERIL
52
Bikini experiment, for short : NTEST
54
Arizona city : YUMA
55
Chief Norse god : ODIN
56
Keystone lawman : KOP
57
Hydrocarbon suffix : ANE
58
Former Mideast alliance : UAR

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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