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New York Times, Thursday, March 11, 2004

Author:
Jeremy Thomas Paine
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Across : Inlets
TotalDebutLatest
65/10/19953/11/2004
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.532352%
Jeremy Thomas Paine

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JVWZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Paine. Thursday freshness: 40%
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© 2004, The New York Times3/11/4 ( No. 19,847 )
Across
1
Marking on an old MIG : CCCP
5
Some degs. : BAS
8
Item thrown on a barbecue : PATTY
13
Part : ROLE
14
___ Vista : ALTA
16
Team subset : SQUAD
17
Certain Protestant : UNITARIAN
19
They get into jams : AUTOS
20
Santa's wife? : DEPENDENTCLAUS
22
Lots : ATON
23
Once-popular street liners : ELMS
24
Marina sight : YACHT
26
Architecture critic Huxtable and others : ADAS
27
I.C.U. test : EEG
30
Library holding : FICHE
31
Inlets : RIAS
32
"The Egg ___" : ANDI
33
Utility's advice to an excavator? : REMEMBERTHEMAIN
36
Yank, e.g. : ALER
37
It comes from une tête : IDEE
38
Knife brand : XACTO
39
Bowl features, for short : TDS
40
Kind of mark : SKID
41
Western Australia's capital : PERTH
42
Round part : BEER
43
Host : ARMY
44
Make attractive requests? : SAYPRETTYPLEAS
50
Region famous for the blues : DELTA
51
Infinite : COUNTLESS
52
Oil holder : EASEL
53
Miss. neighbor : TENN
54
Writer Murdoch : IRIS
55
Dentist's advice : FLOSS
56
Understand : SEE
57
Word in many business names : SONS
Down
1
"Phooey!" : CRUD
2
Scoop holder : CONE
3
Cut short : CLIP
4
Director of exercises, in brief : PETEACHER
5
"... And God Created Woman" star, 1956 : BARDOT
6
Unfamiliar : ALIEN
7
Cartoonist Drake : STAN
8
Whence the line "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet" : PSALMS
9
Blues : AQUAS
10
1984 Peace Nobelist : TUTU
11
___ Ski Valley (western resort) : TAOS
12
QB's gains : YDS
15
Precede : ANTEDATE
18
Pregame ritual : ANTHEM
21
Conflict : CLASH
24
Produce : YIELD
25
High points : ACMES
26
Broadcast : AIRED
27
Opposite of vote down : ENACT
28
Head of Hollywood : EDITH
29
1970's-80's singer Vannelli : GINO
30
Group known for pranks, in short : FRAT
31
Steer elsewhere : REDIRECT
32
Showy bloom : AMARYLLIS
34
Cyclist : BIKER
35
Give a waiver : EXEMPT
40
Floral envelope parts : SEPALS
41
"The Scarlet Letter" woman : PRYNNE
42
Digital data : BYTES
43
Carry ___ (sing on pitch) : ATUNE
44
Stamp : SEAL
45
Additionally : ALSO
46
Low digits : TOES
47
Architect Saarinen : EERO
48
A ___ apple : ASIN
49
Flat tire indicator : SSSS
50
Telephone trio : DEF

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

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