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New York Times, Saturday, May 22, 2004

Author:
Mark Diehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Across : Slower, musically
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
7711/11/19841/22/20233
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
31.57592888%
Mark Diehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 27 Missing: {FX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 42 for Mr. Diehl. Saturday freshness: 45%
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© 2004, The New York Times5/22/4 ( No. 19,919 )
Across
1
Possible source of big winnings : TVQUIZSHOW
11
Introductory text : ABCS
15
Words on some maps : YOUAREHERE
16
Hubbard of fiction : LRON
17
Where errors are seen : SCOREBOARD
18
Another white meat : TUNA
19
Bit of granola : OAT
20
One can't do this : DUET
21
Port on the Vistula : GDANSK
23
Brave, for instance : NLER
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Colony member : LEPER
27
Seoul's Kyung ___ University : HEE
28
Straight : HETERO
31
Sound off : OPINE
33
Slower, musically : MENOMOSSO
36
Buddy-buddy : PALSY
37
Slippery ones : EVADERS
38
Cleanup target : RESIDUE
40
Insane talker : RAVER
41
Unprofessional film quality : JERKINESS
43
Shop, for one : CLASS
44
Familiarize : ORIENT
45
Chris's player in "The Magnificent Seven" : YUL
46
Kind of acid : OLEIC
48
Money-losing proposition : SCAM
52
Texas/Louisiana border river : SABINE
54
When repeated, a child's plaything : CHOO
57
Treasure of the Sierra Madre : ORO
58
"Voice of Israel" writer : EBAN
59
They build bridges : NASALBONES
62
Further : ALSO
63
Extreme : INORDINATE
64
Archie or Veronica : TEEN
65
Sedimentary materials : SANDSTONES
Down
1
Chicken giant : TYSON
2
Not shy : VOCAL
3
Nasdaq listing : QUOTE
4
Nasser once led it: Abbr. : UAR
5
Put out : IRED
6
Indian bovine with a humped shoulder : ZEBU
7
Jackson moniker : SHOELESSJOE
8
Arms of the underworld : HEATERS
9
Skating legend : ORR
10
It can give a golfer a lift : WEDGE
11
Lady Bird's middle name : ALTA
12
Ringbearer of Scandinavian myth: Var. : BRUNHILDE
13
Meeting of the minds : CONSENSUS
14
Throw for a loss? : SNAKEEYES
22
Pays a visit : DROPSIN
24
Ancient Wonder site : RHODES
26
"Eat to live, not live to eat" penner : POORRICHARD
29
Boston college : EMERSON
30
Rocky prominence : TOR
32
Puts on a coat : PAINTS
33
Resting place of God, in the Bible : MERCYSEAT
34
Like the items shown on "Antiques Roadshow" : EVALUABLE
35
Guantánamo Bay, e.g. : NAVALBASE
39
Make, with "out" : EKE
42
Early American explorer : ERICSON
47
Weakly pronounced consonant, in phonetics : LENIS
49
Jay follower : CONAN
50
Rocky prominence : ARETE
51
One ordered to take two tablets : MOSES
53
Home ___ : INON
55
Cutlass maker : OLDS
56
Final farewell : OBIT
60
Santa ___, Calif. : ANA
61
Bed-In for Peace participant, 1969 : ONO

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

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