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New York Times, Monday, May 10, 2004

Author:
Joy M. Andrews
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : Neuters
TotalDebut
15/10/2004
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0100000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.63330%
Joy M. Andrews

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Andrews. Monday freshness: 76%
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© 2004, The New York Times5/10/4 ( No. 19,907 )
Across
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Likely : APT
4
Hot dish with beans : CHILI
9
Bridge maven Charles : GOREN
14
Justice Sandra ___ O'Connor : DAY
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Appealingly shocking : LURID
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Licorice flavoring : ANISE
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Antique auto : HUPMOBILE
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Frank of rock's Mothers of Invention : ZAPPA
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Vegetable oil component : OLEIN
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The "S" of CBS : SYSTEM
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Black currant : CASSIS
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Humiliated : ABASED
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Tea server's question : ONELUMPORTWO
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Out of one's mind : MAD
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Van Susteren of Fox News : GRETA
37
Alternative to a nail : SCREW
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"That's ___!" (angry denial) : ALIE
40
Conductor's stick : BATON
42
Long-eared hopper : HARE
43
Neuters : SPAYS
45
Danger : PERIL
47
Fashion inits. : YSL
48
Cause of an out : THREESTRIKES
51
Refuses : SAYSNO
52
Smoothed : EVENED
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Drops : LOWERS
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Baghdad resident : IRAQI
61
___ Mongolia : OUTER
64
Small frosted cake : PETITFOUR
66
Item confiscated at an airport : KNIFE
67
Goofy : INANE
68
Wrestler's locale : MAT
69
Seasoned sailors : SALTS
70
Parachute pulls : CORDS
71
They: Fr. : ILS
Down
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___ committee : ADHOC
2
Newswoman Zahn : PAULA
3
Varieties : TYPES
4
Asexual reproduction : CLONING
5
Where spokes meet : HUB
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Showy flower : IRIS
7
Showy flower : LILY
8
"Beware the ___ ..." : IDES
9
Park shelters : GAZEBOS
10
Parading ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme : ONAMARCH
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___ Van Winkle : RIP
12
Psychic's claim : ESP
13
Educator's org. : NEA
18
Japanese soup : MISO
22
Punch out, as Morse code : TAP
24
Kosovo war participant : SERB
26
Not stay on the path : STRAY
27
Pitchers : EWERS
28
Wooden pin : DOWEL
30
Bounded : LEAPT
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Absolute : UTTER
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New Zealand native : MAORI
33
A brig has two : MASTS
34
___ male (top dog) : ALPHA
35
Locked book : DIARY
39
Command to people who are 10-Down : EYESLEFT
41
"Just do it" sloganeer : NIKE
44
Gentlemen of España : SENORES
46
An original tribe of Israel : LEVITES
49
Scatter, as seeds : SOW
50
Feudal figure : SERF
53
Ashley's country-singing mother : NAOMI
54
Sweet'N Low rival : EQUAL
55
Mud, dust and grime : DIRTS
57
Like "The Lord of the Rings" : EPIC
58
It's north of Carson City : RENO
59
Movie rating unit : STAR
61
Approves : OKS
62
Spanish article : UNA
63
Up to, informally : TIL
65
Polit. maverick : IND

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

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