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New York Times, Friday, May 30, 2003

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
16-Across : Wired package
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2297/11/199911/4/20182
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981.541,84281%
Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FJX} This is puzzle # 48 for Mr. Berry. Friday freshness: 66%
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© 2003, The New York Times5/30/3 ( No. 19,561 )
Across
1
"The Fall" guy? : CAMUS
6
It's smaller than English : PICA
10
Temple of the Sun worshiper : INCA
14
___ barrel : OVERA
15
Load : ONUS
16
Wired package : BALE
17
Actress Ina : BALIN
18
Medieval armor-busting weapon : WARHAMMER
20
Printing capital : BLOCKLETTER
22
60's pop star Little ___ : EVA
23
Holy Roman emperor : LOTHAIR
24
Verb type: Abbr. : INT
25
Harden : SET
26
Suffix with despond : ENT
27
One with a round head : PAWN
29
Roar : BLARE
31
Italian painter Reni : GUIDO
33
Falsified : COOKED
34
It has drops and bolts : THUNDERSHOWER
37
Young pigs : SHOATS
38
Investment : STAKE
39
Helping theorem : LEMMA
40
Organ part : STOP
41
Taste : SIP
44
Simple ticket order : ONE
45
Meat in French cuisine : COQ
47
"Bathers" painter : CEZANNE
50
Equinox mo. : SEP
51
It's in your hand : KNUCKLEBONE
53
What each word in 18-, 20-, 34- and 51-Across could be considered : HEADSTART
55
Not at all quiet : VOCAL
56
Sharpness : EDGE
57
Filled treat : OREO
58
Like most planetary orbits : OVATE
59
Vat preparations : DYES
60
Striking end : PEEN
61
Famous : NOTED
Down
1
Save one's sole? : COBBLE
2
Toyota model : AVALON
3
Giant among Giants : MELOTT
4
"Spenser: For Hire" star : URICH
5
Kraft Foods brand : SANKA
6
Sport drink put out by Coca-Cola : POWERADE
7
___ the kill : INAT
8
Jane of "Coneheads" : CURTIN
9
Pallid : ASHEN
10
Dell competitor : IBM
11
One handled the same way? : NAMESAKE
12
Less dense : CLEVERER
13
Turned, as topsoil : AERATED
19
Coffee table tome, perhaps : ARTBOOK
21
Greasy organic compounds : LIPIDS
28
Most appalling : WORST
30
Brat Pack member : LOWE
31
Locale of some U.S. naval forces : GUAM
32
Takes down, as a poster : UNTACKS
33
Service area, say : CHAPEL
34
Alms recipients : THENEEDY
35
Modern place of entry : HOMEPAGE
36
California gold rush town : STOCKTON
37
Pie-eyed : SLOSHED
40
Plaza : SQUARE
41
Vehicle with caterpillar treads : SNOCAT
42
Not learned : INNATE
43
Like apples in pies : PEELED
46
Leading the pack : ONTOP
48
"Werewolves of London" singer, 1978 : ZEVON
49
From the beginning: Lat. : ABOVO
52
Canadian Indian : CREE
54
___ Peres (St. Louis suburb) : DES

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

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