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New York Times, Friday, February 27, 2004

Author:
Myles Callum
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : It's hard to handle
TotalDebutLatest
223/17/19997/12/2008
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5012568%
Myles Callum

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Callum. Friday freshness: 46%
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© 2004, The New York Times2/27/4 ( No. 19,834 )
Across
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Little people : MUNCHKINS
10
In-box filler : MEMOS
15
Black Sea borderer : ASIAMINOR
16
Kind of group, in chemistry : AMINO
17
It's hard to handle : HOTPOTATO
18
Montana, e.g., once : NINER
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Credit card disclosure: Abbr. : APR
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Half of quatorze : SEPT
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Bounded : FINITE
22
Island rings : LEIS
24
Vets, once : SERVICEMEN
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As expected : ONCUE
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When to vote, often: Abbr. : TUES
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Mule feature : MANE
30
M.'s opposite : MME
32
Chow : EATS
34
Football positions: Abbr. : RTS
35
Hunters' representation in "Peter and the Wolf" : TIMPANI
39
Running times : LENGTHS
41
Kind of Dr. : ENT
42
Clique : GANG
44
Unhelpable in the E.R., maybe : DOA
45
Pit-___ : APAT
47
Thin fastener : BRAD
49
Seventh heaven : BLISS
53
Supporter of Victoria's Secret : MIRACLEBRA
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Sports figure : STAT
57
Ear of Indian corn : MEALIE
58
Experienced : FELT
60
Canny : SLY
61
Landed : ACRED
62
Popular weight-loss program with colored food cards : DEALAMEAL
64
Ride : TEASE
65
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" woman : ESMERALDA
66
Banana oil, e.g. : ESTER
67
"Almost there!" : ITSNOTFAR
Down
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Hawaiian thank you : MAHALO
2
Annual sports event : USOPEN
3
___ acid : NITRIC
4
Part of some uniforms : CAP
5
Humana and others, for short : HMOS
6
Ones that are strung along? : KITES
7
Sulky : INAPET
8
"You're lying!" : NOTTRUE
9
Letters of success : SRO
10
Enthusiastic to a fault : MANIC
11
2002 Oscar winner for the song "Lose Yourself" : EMINEM
12
Gas station adjunct, often : MINIMART
13
Part given by the pious? : ONETENTH
14
Cause for a massage : SORENESS
21
Two-___ : FISTED
23
Water hole : SUMP
25
Fricandeau, e.g. : VEAL
27
Webzine : EMAG
31
Empower : ENABLE
33
Supercilious sort : SNOB
35
One wearing the same colors, perhaps : TEAMMATE
36
Apart : INPIECES
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Notable ancient landfall : MTARARAT
38
Topic lead-in : INRE
40
Misses : GALS
43
Confab : GABFEST
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"Fame and Obscurity" author : TALESE
48
Wishful thinking : DREAMS
50
In ___ (per se) : ITSELF
51
Twinings alternative : SALADA
52
Pen-shaped : STYLAR
54
Hot or cold drink : CIDER
55
He co-founded Microsoft with Gates : ALLEN
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Member of the arum family : TARO
62
Of the, in Venice : DEI
63
Pin cushion? : MAT

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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