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New York Times, Saturday, March 22, 2003

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Tricks
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQWX} This is puzzle # 167 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 32%
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© 2003, The New York Times3/22/3 ( No. 19,492 )
Across
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Temper : SHORTFUSE
10
Hardly close contests : ROMPS
15
It's obvious : NOBRAINER
16
Muzzle : SNOUT
17
Tricks : OUTSMARTS
18
Literally, "turned" : VERSA
19
Big Ten sch. : OSU
20
Help on the way up : STEP
21
Burnout consequence : APATHY
22
Spice : ZEST
24
Return requirements : SALESSLIPS
26
Tranquil spots : EDENS
28
Overtakes, in a way : LAPS
29
Riffraff : SCUM
30
Young follower? : UNS
32
In the middle: Abbr. : NEUT
34
Dockers' grp. : ILA
35
Reach : CONTACT
39
Kind of cut : EMERALD
41
Old-time actress Munson : ONA
42
Ocean spirits : GROG
44
"... the sun paused ___ it should alight": Shelley : ERE
45
Gush : RAVE
47
Long stretches : ERAS
49
Web site : ATTIC
53
Not perfectly balanced : ASYMMETRIC
56
Frontier nickname : DANL
57
Co. that got its own ZIP code in 1976 : LLBEAN
58
Sub builder : DELI
60
Actress Claire : INA
61
Illinois birthplace of William Jennings Bryan : SALEM
62
One with lots to think about : DEVELOPER
64
Harden : ENURE
65
Preview : SNEAKPEEK
66
Blast from the past : ATEST
67
Dismiss : CASTASIDE
Down
1
Drop off : SNOOZE
2
Protected : HOUSED
3
Blunt : OBTUSE
4
Where to find trainers?: Abbr. : RRS
5
Tartan items : TAMS
6
Orders : FIATS
7
"Can you believe it?!" : UNREAL
8
Fixed design : SETPLAN
9
Hosp. areas : ERS
10
Wedding count : RSVPS
11
Father-daughter actors : ONEALS
12
60's sitcom character whose maiden name was Frump : MORTICIA
13
Kind of toy : PUSHPULL
14
Isn't forgiving : STAYSMAD
21
Take on : ASSUME
23
Hardware item : TNUT
25
Its playing area is 2 x 14 meters : EPEE
27
Catch : SNAG
31
Hide : SCREEN
33
Prefix with hertz : TERA
35
It's east of the Great Barrier Reef : CORALSEA
36
Slightly biased : ONASLANT
37
Classic jacket choice : NAVYBLUE
38
Reason for pressing a suit : TORT
40
Like some I.R.A. owners: Abbr. : RETD
43
Suburb south of Los Angeles : GARDENA
46
Peers of caliphs : EMEERS
48
They're used in some searches : SIEVES
50
Capital of 2.6 million : TAIPEI
51
Poor : INNEED
52
"Earthlight" author, 1955 : CLARKE
54
"American Buffalo" playwright : MAMET
55
It can keep you from slipping : CLEAT
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Chase on stage : ILKA
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U.S. Army medal : DSC
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Covert ___ (army assignment) : OPS

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

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