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New York Times, Friday, March 5, 2004

Author:
Gary Steinmehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
47-Across : Bothers
TotalDebutLatest
93/5/200411/26/2010
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.593243%
Gary Steinmehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: {KQ} Spans: 6, (2 triple stacks) This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Steinmehl. Friday freshness: 24%
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© 2004, The New York Times3/5/4 ( No. 19,841 )
Across
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Some hotel adjuncts : CAFERESTAURANTS
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Old plugboard plug-ins : ANALOGCOMPUTERS
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One may be decorated : MILITARYOFFICER
18
Pea jacket? : POD
19
1980's proposal: Abbr. : SDI
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Bounce : OUST
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Kind of job : SNOW
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Makes fast : MOORS
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Home of Jorge Luis Borges: Abbr. : ARG
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Mad modifier : HOPPING
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Purlieu : AREA
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San Joaquin Valley city : DELANO
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Cannes film festival's Camera ___ : DOR
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Small inventions : FIBS
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High place : EVEREST
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Low places : RAVINES
42
Vein site : LEAF
43
La lead-in : TRA
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Just : BARELY
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Stopping points : ENDS
47
Bothers : MOLESTS
49
Race sponsor : STP
50
Ancient manuscript : CODEX
51
They have tight headbands : TAMS
55
Arrow alternative : IZOD
57
Presidential appointee: Abbr. : AMB
60
With 30-Down, zero : NOT
61
It may be eaten with chopsticks : JAPANESECUISINE
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Browner : ELECTRICTOASTER
67
Home of the Cougars of college sports : WASHINGTONSTATE
Down
1
Barracks sites : CAMPS
2
Electrolysis particle : ANION
3
Three-time Masters winner : FALDO
4
Canadian poet Mandel : ELI
5
Breaks down, in a way : ROTS
6
Victorian outburst : EGAD
7
Save, and then some : SCRIMP
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Miniature : TOY
9
"Ti ___" (Pavarotti album) : AMO
10
Like a free agent : UPFORGRABS
11
Patriot Putnam of the American Revolution : RUFUS
12
Poisonous Asian plant : ATIS
13
Pit holder : NECTARINE
14
Quarter of dodici : TRE
15
Bygone pol. unit : SSR
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Landings : WHARFS
24
Fact follower? : OID
25
___ before : ONOR
27
Riot : REBEL
28
Bloated : GASSY
30
See 60-Across : ONE
31
Like New York City's Sony Building : POSTMODERN
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Something original : AFIRST
33
Removes : DELES
34
Something going on : EVENT
35
Potential sources of poisoning : LEADPIPES
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Well-___ : TROD
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Tannery sight : VAT
44
Tankard filler : ALE
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Precise, in Méjico : EXACTO
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"Rocky" score composer : CONTI
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One of the Pointer Sisters : ANITA
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"Haystack at Giverny" artist : MONET
54
About a quarter of a cord : STERE
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"Scrubs" co-star ___ Braff : ZACH
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Unstable particle : MUON
59
Objectivity spoiler : BIAS
61
Esther, notably : JEW
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Like : ALA
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Milano Mr. : SIG
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Outside, at the outset : ECT
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Retired cruiser : SST

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

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