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New York Times, Friday, March 28, 2003

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Across : Extra-lively tune
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Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 76 for Ms. Allis. Friday freshness: 85%
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U
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© 2003, The New York Times3/28/3 ( No. 19,498 )
Across
1
King Arthur's father : UTHER
6
Peace Nobelist group of 1947 : FRIENDS
13
Oil source : SHALE
14
Bests, say, in a duel : OUTDRAWS
16
___ Blanc (wine) : CHENIN
17
Steady : UNSHAKEN
18
Racer's edge : HEADSTART
20
Souvenir shop offering : TEE
21
With petulance : IRRITABLY
22
Metal in Montana's motto : PLATA
24
"National Velvet" horse : PIE
25
New Guinea port in W.W. II fighting : LAE
26
Like chromosomes : PAIRED
27
Creeper : SNAIL
30
Imprint of Holtzbrinck publishers : STMARTINS
32
Custodian : CARETAKER
34
Rest : REMAINDER
37
Actor Johnny and family : DEPPS
41
Time line stuff : EVENTS
42
Cleansed : RID
44
Erode, with "into" : EAT
45
Subtly spiteful : CATTY
46
Admitted : OWNEDUPTO
49
A silent butler may hold it : ASH
50
Extra-lively tune : TOETAPPER
51
Membrane around the brain : PIAMATER
55
Put away in the country : ENSILE
56
Oscine : SONGBIRD
57
Kind of wool or mill : STEEL
58
"Star Trek: ___" : NEMESIS
59
Prefix with fluoride : TETRA
Down
1
Mark the beginning of : USHERIN
2
What drop-in visitors may claim to have been in : THEAREA
3
Convenient, commercially : HANDI
4
Tool for some group mailings : ELIST
5
Realtor's listing : RENTAL
6
What this crossword completely lacks : FOURLETTERWORDS
7
Pint-sized : RUNTY
8
Certain seekers : ITS
9
Phonetic alphabet symbol for "th" as in "the" : EDH
10
Rod squad?: Abbr. : NRA
11
1960's TV series based on "Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion" : DAKTARI
12
Make more attractive : SWEETEN
15
Golf's Sam and J. C. : SNEADS
16
China problems : CHIPS
19
Took down a peg : ABASED
22
Cut back : PARED
23
Bath water unit : LITRE
26
Neighbor of Iran: Abbr. : PAK
28
"No way!" : ICANT
29
Flock, so to speak : LAITY
31
Leatherneck : MARINE
33
IV league? : RNS
34
Sportscast wrap-ups : RECAPS
35
Waffling, e.g. : EVASION
36
Natural gas constituent : METHANE
38
More affected by Dexedrine : PEPPIER
39
Cap not found on one's caput : PATELLA
40
Treasury : STORE
43
Abominate : DETEST
46
Cheri of "Scary Movie" : OTERI
47
"In His will is our peace" writer : DANTE
48
Knock down : UPSET
52
Its films have roaring starts : MGM
53
Presidential nickname : ABE
54
"___ So Sweet" (gospel song) : TIS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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