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New York Times, Wednesday, March 5, 2003

Author:
Tyler Hinman
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : Instant
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Tyler Hinman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQZ} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Hinman. Wednesday freshness: 17%
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© 2003, The New York Times3/5/3 ( No. 19,475 )
Across
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Domini preceder : ANNO
5
___ prof. : ASST
9
Aisle walker : USHER
14
Penury : NEED
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Member of a bygone empire : INCA
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School assignment : THEME
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Approach the gate, say : TAXI
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Corner piece : ROOK
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Poison : TOXIN
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Roman rebuke : ETTUBRUTE
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Poet's Muse : ERATO
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A drawbridge spans it : MOAT
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Wrong : TORT
26
Selling very well : HOT
29
With 46-Across, an observation about the game in this grid : XISTHE
31
Folder labels : TABS
35
Jubilant : ELATED
37
Musical sensitivity : EAR
38
That Spanish girl : ELLA
39
Social : MIXER
40
Tel. no. addition : EXT
41
55-Down under a flame : BROIL
42
December 24 and 31, e.g. : EVES
43
Historical division : ERA
44
Instant : MOMENT
45
Viper's home : NEST
46
See 29-Across : WINNER
48
___-blue : SKY
49
Planning detail : SPEC
51
It's 5 for B and 6 for C: Abbr. : ATNO
53
Record company that rejected the Beatles : DECCA
56
Where dirty clothes go : INTHEWASH
61
Sag : DROOP
62
Inflict upon : DOTO
63
Montreal player : EXPO
64
Ancient marketplace : AGORA
65
"So I ___!" : LIED
66
63-Across, for short : NLER
67
Bumpkin : YOKEL
68
Goes off : ERRS
69
All wrapped (up) : SEWN
Down
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What you may do to get a hand : ANTE
2
Spiffy : NEAT
3
Waiting room call : NEXT
4
Execration : ODIUM
5
Cause of a W.W. II siren : AIRRAID
6
Porcine features : SNOUTS
7
Sean Connery, for one : SCOT
8
Cry during a duel : TAKETHAT
9
Total : UTTER
10
For the immediate future : SHORTTERM
11
Prefix with -gon : HEXA
12
Give off : EMIT
13
Gambler's destination : RENO
21
Arena antagonist : BOXER
25
"... ___ the fields we go" : OER
26
Macho guys : HEMEN
27
Oil source : OLIVE
28
Colonists' annoyances : TAXES
30
Bush, for one : TEXAN
32
Soothing plants : ALOES
33
Lose a staring contest : BLINK
34
Like pretzels, typically : SALTY
36
Datum for college applications : TESTSCORE
40
"Monty Python" player : ERICIDLE
41
Carried : BORNE
43
Woolly mama : EWE
44
Ways : METHODS
47
Yak : NATTER
50
Kind of court : PAPAL
52
Athlete Jesse : OWENS
53
40's turning point : DDAY
54
So : ERGO
55
Prepare : COOK
57
Black, as la nuit : NOIR
58
Wagon part : AXLE
59
Erupt : SPEW
60
It may be French : HORN

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

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