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New York Times, Friday, April 19, 2002

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Across : Optometrist's concern: Abbr.
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QW} This is puzzle # 90 for Ms. Gorski. Friday freshness: 50%
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© 2002, The New York Times4/19/2 ( No. 19,155 )
Across
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Some "Rigoletto" performers : BASSOS
7
Kashmir royal : MAHARAJA
15
One heading to the cape? : ELTORO
16
Baseball stats : AVERAGES
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Loaded : STINKO
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Paté pottery : TERRINES
19
Chinese political party : TONG
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Austen's Jane Fairfax, for one : NIECE
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Petty of "Point Break" : LORI
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Lowly worker : COG
24
Barbara who wrote "Quartet in Autumn" : PYM
25
"No ___" : MSG
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Le Monde article : UNE
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Elate : LIFTUP
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Sturdy cloth : JEAN
32
Foot bones : TARSI
34
Bulbs, e.g. : ORNAMENTS
36
Journeying : INTRANSIT
38
Some drivers' hang-ups? : FUZZYDICE
41
Kind of cortex : RENAL
45
60's TV tyke : OPIE
46
Sound purchase : STEREO
48
"Strange Magic" band, for short : ELO
49
Archipelago unit: Abbr. : ISL
50
Optometrist's concern: Abbr. : VIS
51
Mouths: Lat. : ORA
52
Toni Morrison novel : SULA
54
Potters' products : VASES
57
Not quite yet : ANON
58
In superlative shape : TRIMMEST
60
Easy-to-prepare, say, as cookies : NOBAKE
62
It may produce "I" strain : EGOMANIA
63
Duke of ___ in "Henry VI, Part 1" : EXETER
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Meaning : DENOTING
65
Some rental trucks : RYDERS
Down
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Butcher's prize : BESTCUT
2
City near Horseshoe Curve : ALTOONA
3
Drink of brandy and crème de menthe : STINGER
4
Dance partner? : SONG
5
TV alien's home : ORK
6
Woody's wife : SOONYI
7
Wife : MATE
8
Word on la carte : AVEC
9
"Try this!" : HERE
10
Sheet music abbr. : ARR
11
Track : RAIL
12
Nickname : AGNOMEN
13
Mocks : JEERSAT
14
Gives out : ASSIGNS
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"Count me in!" : IMFORIT
24
Roman naturalist : PLINY
28
Harness strap : TRACE
29
Faze : UNNERVE
30
They may be "grand" : PAS
31
Grand ___ : JETE
33
Label info : SIZE
35
"Blue II" and "Red Sun," e.g. : MIROS
37
N.F.L. stats : TDS
38
Put (on) : FOISTED
39
Jump : UPSURGE
40
Whole slew of : ZILLION
42
Incubator occupant : NEONATE
43
Emmy-winning weathercaster : ALROKER
44
Auto shop autos : LOANERS
47
Michael of Hollywood : EISNER
53
Magazine section? : AMMO
54
Part of a famed boast : VENI
55
Speller's words : ASIN
56
Kind of show : STAG
57
Tucked in : ABED
59
Yoga class need : MAT
61
Prefix with tetracycline : OXY

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

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