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New York Times, Tuesday, April 20, 2004

Author:
Allan E. Parrish
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : General or major
TotalDebutLatest
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Allan E. Parrish

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Parrish. Tuesday freshness: 54%
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J
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© 2004, The New York Times4/20/4 ( No. 19,887 )
Across
1
Tupperware sound : BURP
5
Viva ___ (by word of mouth) : VOCE
9
Jazz genre : BEBOP
14
State firmly : AVER
15
Skeptic's scoff : IBET
16
Unescorted : ALONE
17
Where to get hitched in a hurry : RENO
18
Brummell or Bridges : BEAU
19
Laundry soap introduced in 1918 : RINSO
20
See 40-Across : BATTERYSIZE
23
Cozy room : DEN
24
Demagnetize, as a tape : ERASE
25
"Heads up!" and others : ALERTS
27
Run-of-the-mill : COMMON
30
Kingdom divisions, in biology : PHYLA
31
"What have we here?!" : OHO
32
Jill of "Diamonds Are Forever" : STJOHN
35
Stash : STOW
38
"Please," in Potsdam : BITTE
40
Clue to 20- and 55-Across and 11- and 29-Down : AAA
41
Paris's river : SEINE
42
Crude sort : BOOR
43
Acela Express runner : AMTRAK
45
17-Across's state: Abbr. : NEV
46
Breaks in relations : RIFTS
48
Hair snarl : TANGLE
50
Cloak's partner : DAGGER
52
Sudden outpouring : SPATE
54
Make a miscue : ERR
55
See 40-Across : MINORLEAGUE
60
Regional flora and fauna : BIOTA
62
___ Domini : ANNO
63
General or major : RANK
64
Run-of-the-mill : USUAL
65
Frees (of) : RIDS
66
X-rated : BLUE
67
Great Plains home : TEPEE
68
Ripken Sr. and Jr. : CALS
69
Thanksgiving dish : YAMS
Down
1
Cutting remark : BARB
2
Iris's place : UVEA
3
Patronize Hertz or Avis : RENT
4
Like some presidents : PROTEM
5
Pulsing with energy : VIBRANT
6
Takes orders from : OBEYS
7
Stop : CEASE
8
Needle case : ETUI
9
Just : BARELY
10
___ Lilly and Co. : ELI
11
See 40-Across : BONDRATING
12
Beginning : ONSET
13
Lowly workers : PEONS
21
Irregularly notched, as a leaf : EROSE
22
Paula of CNN : ZAHN
26
Ultimatum ender : ELSE
27
Ty of Cooperstown : COBB
28
Kent State state : OHIO
29
See 40-Across : MOTORGROUP
30
Rx dispenser: Abbr. : PHAR
33
Photocopier problems : JAMS
34
Cereal grain : OAT
36
Scott Turow title : ONEL
37
"___ Only Just Begun" : WEVE
39
H.S. math class : TRIG
41
Do figure eights, say : SKATE
43
Longfellow's bell town : ATRI
44
Totally baffled : ATALOSS
47
Like fillies but not billies : FEMALE
49
Close at hand : NEARBY
50
Coming-out : DEBUT
51
Get up : ARISE
52
Braga of film : SONIA
53
Gearshift sequence : PRNDL
56
Pusher's pursuer : NARC
57
Hearty party : GALA
58
E pluribus ___ : UNUM
59
Squeaks (out) : EKES
61
___-Bo (exercise system) : TAE

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

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