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New York Times, Monday, April 14, 2003

Author:
Janet R. Bender
Editor:
Will Shortz
65-Across : Cut into tiny pieces
TotalDebutLatest
3111/30/199211/3/2014
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1151111002
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5992215%
Janet R. Bender

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FKQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 20 for Ms. Bender. Monday freshness: 21%
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© 2003, The New York Times4/14/3 ( No. 19,515 )
Across
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Enjoy the taste of : SAVOR
6
Log home : CABIN
11
Yeshiva student : JEW
14
Baloney : TRIPE
15
Refrigerator brand : AMANA
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Air-quality monitoring org. : EPA
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Looks at lustfully : OGLES
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Incursion at a sorority : PANTYRAID
20
Where San Juan is : PUERTORICO
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Formerly : ONCE
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Hospital fluids : SERA
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Pipe player of myth : PAN
25
___ King Cole : NAT
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6-4, e.g., in tennis : SET
29
Classic Cadillac : DEVILLE
33
___ Na Na : SHA
36
Qaddafi's country : LIBYA
39
Diarist Nin : ANAIS
40
Media consultant's field : PUBLICRELATIONS
43
Shoelace tip : AGLET
44
Boxing venue : ARENA
45
Michigan's ___ Canals : SOO
46
Wobbles on the edge : TEETERS
48
Canine warning : GRR
50
Mao ___-tung : TSE
51
Pedal digit : TOE
53
Dashing style : ELAN
57
"Garfield" dog : ODIE
60
Colonial silversmith : PAULREVERE
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Substantial entrees : POTROASTS
65
Cut into tiny pieces : MINCE
66
Ripen : AGE
67
Likewise : DITTO
68
Like the walls at Wrigley Field : IVIED
69
Moon vehicle, for short : LEM
70
Center of a sink : DRAIN
71
Tears apart : RENDS
Down
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Comes to an end : STOPS
2
Bicker : ARGUE
3
Nastier : VILER
4
"Falstaff" and "Fidelio" : OPERAS
5
Take five : REST
6
Frank who directed "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" : CAPRA
7
With full force : AMAIN
8
Judges' seat : BANC
9
Chant : INTONE
10
"Aye" canceler : NAY
11
Artist Millet or Corot : JEAN
12
Homer's "Iliad," e.g. : EPIC
13
Ford a shallow stream, say : WADE
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Spiral pasta : ROTINI
21
Of the eye : OPTIC
26
Personification : AVATAR
28
Groups with influence : ELITES
29
Valley : DALE
30
Neighbor of Vietnam : LAOS
31
Prefix with type : LINO
32
Old "Happy motoring!" sloganeer : ESSO
33
Petty quarrel : SPAT
34
Bigger than big : HUGE
35
Competent : ABLE
37
Maidenform products : BRAS
38
Suffix with saw or law : YER
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Envelope's contents : LETTER
42
Make blood boil : ANGER
47
Fix : REPAIR
49
Bring back : REVIVE
51
___-frutti : TUTTI
52
Game show announcer Johnny who cried "Come on down!" : OLSON
54
Stalin's predecessor : LENIN
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Curve-shaped : ARCED
56
Requires : NEEDS
57
Silica gem : OPAL
58
Former Venetian magistrate : DOGE
59
Couple in a gossip column : ITEM
61
"The Thin Man" pooch : ASTA
62
Ruler of Qatar : EMIR
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Unmatched, as socks : ODD

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

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