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New York Times, Friday, May 2, 2003

Author:
Dana Motley
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Across : Thrifty competitor
TotalDebutLatest
311/30/19978/16/2013
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
20001721
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5314867%
Dana Motley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 19 for Ms. Motley. Friday freshness: 27%
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© 2003, The New York Times5/2/3 ( No. 19,533 )
Across
1
Latin trio part : AMAS
5
Do or die : VERB
9
One standing in the wind, maybe : KITER
14
Abbr. at the bottom of a page : CONT
15
Parisian possessive : AMOI
16
Harden : INURE
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A student's place : HONORROLL
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Get out of the habit, maybe : STRIP
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Runs to become one : ELOPES
21
Source of some foot-stomping : FLAMENCO
23
"Now, hold on a minute here ..." : SAYWAIT
25
N.H.L. players, informally : ICERS
26
California's ___ Raceway Park : ALTAMONT
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Full complement of 41-Acrosses : TEN
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Rustic wood finish : KNOTTYPINE
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It may be a thriller : RIDE
35
1980's White House name : NANCY
36
She, in São Paulo : ELA
37
Corporate division : SALES
38
Dermatological concern : ITCH
39
Like God : OMNISCIENT
41
See 28-Across : TOE
42
Total alternative : CHEERIOS
43
Cooking evidence : AROMA
45
Italian Communist Berlinguer and others : ENRICOS
49
Chicago's Jane Byrne, once : MAYORESS
52
Swiss canton : GENEVA
53
It's spoken on Bering Island : ALEUT
54
Opposite of emote : UNDERPLAY
56
Cut out : CEASE
57
Overwhelming audience response : ROAR
58
Some are social : ILLS
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Thrifty competitor : HERTZ
60
Becomes less active : EBBS
61
It was associated with Humble Oil : ESSO
Down
1
Heart problems? : ACHES
2
Scratch : MOOLA
3
Get to : ANNOY
4
One seen on "60 Minutes" : STOPWATCH
5
Opposite of scrubs : VARSITY
6
Comic Philips : EMO
7
Massage, in a way : ROLF
8
One with lots of 2-Down : BILLIONAIRE
9
Fortune : KISMET
10
Sepulcher : INTER
11
Station rotation location : TURNSTILE
12
"The Little Mermaid" hero : ERIC
13
Defaulter's comeuppance : REPO
18
Investment option : REALTY
22
Adolescent development : ACNE
24
Tailoring aid : TAPEMEASURE
27
Heffalump's creator : MILNE
29
Fall setting : EDEN
30
Where stilts may be found : NEST
31
Tricot, for one : KNIT
32
The U.S. is in it : NATO
33
Regularly, but not too frequently : ONCEAYEAR
34
Recipe on a Sun-Maid box : RAISINPIE
37
One who makes it home : SCORER
39
Words said with a sigh : OHME
40
Choir : SINGERS
42
He accompanied Velázquez to Cuba : CORTEZ
44
Drive out : ROUST
46
Lockup lineup : CELLS
47
Racing paths : OVALS
48
Final decision : SAYSO
49
Physicist with an eponymous number : MACH
50
Helm heading : ALEE
51
Toffee-nosed type : SNOB
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Flounder's kin : DAB

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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