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New York Times, Friday, March 16, 2001

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : A Thomas from Wales
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2548/27/19928/13/20102
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2947154312630
RebusCircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
611.571,613877%
Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 127 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 58%
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© 2001, The New York Times3/16/1 ( No. 18,756 )
Across
1
Careless : SLAPDASH
9
Gardener's need : TROWEL
15
Gradually become part of : EASEINTO
16
City near Gulfport : BILOXI
17
Period of the first dinosaurs : TRIASSIC
18
Shanghai : ABDUCT
19
Panama claim : HATCHECK
20
24-Down player : RADNER
21
Leviathan : HULK
22
It may be found in a stew : LADLE
23
4-0 World Series win, e.g. : SWEEP
26
Jerry-built : SHODDY
30
1930's movie bowdlerizer : HAYS
31
Cartoons collected in "Cows of Our Planet" : THEFARSIDE
35
You may be struck with it : AWE
36
Cheap : CHINTZY
37
Iced, with "in" : DID
38
Smooth-running : HASSLEFREE
40
Safe harbor : COVE
41
Entered : WENTIN
42
A Thomas from Wales : DYLAN
43
Where some cabins are found : ATSEA
46
Magazine with dating tips : TEEN
48
Congratulates oneself : PREENS
50
Fictional island-dweller : GILLIGAN
54
Traveler's accessory : LAPTOP
55
"You fool!" : IMBECILE
56
'64 event for the Beatles : USTOUR
57
Acrobats' need : LEOTARDS
58
Poor housing : SHANTY
59
And : ASWELLAS
Down
1
___ Arnold's Balsam (old patent medicine) : SETH
2
Woman with a 1960's movie theme : LARA
3
___ were : ASIT
4
Picked fruit : PEACHES
5
Serve, as a meal : DISHUP
6
Longtime Sierra Club director Adams : ANSEL
7
Impediment to drive-in smooching, maybe : STICKSHIFT
8
Pawn : HOCK
9
Way up some hills : TBAR
10
Risquéness : RIBALDRY
11
Past times : OLDDAYS
12
Twisted : WOUND
13
Be outstanding : EXCEL
14
BP purchase, maybe : LITRE
23
Deposed leader : SHAH
24
Baba for 20-Across : WAWA
25
Views : EYES
27
Fashionable Bendel : HENRI
28
Quite a bit : OFTENTIMES
29
Fog : DAZE
31
And so : THEN
32
Fetishist's object : IDOL
33
Tosca is one : DIVA
34
Elysium : EDEN
36
Completely empty : CLEANOUT
39
Liking : SWEETON
40
Like Diogenes : CYNICAL
42
Drop : DELETE
43
Super-exceptional : APLUS
44
Criticize and how! : TRASH
45
Anatomical dividers : SEPTA
47
Bend : ELBOW
49
Lively : SPRY
50
Tributary of the Colorado : GILA
51
Miss : GIRL
52
1940's-80's actor Robert : ALDA
53
___ City, seat of a Kansas county of the same name : NESS

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

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