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New York Times, Saturday, May 4, 2002

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
59-Across : Nitrogen compound
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQVX} This is puzzle # 156 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 42%
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N
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O
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F
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W
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C
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M
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K
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© 2002, The New York Times5/4/2 ( No. 19,170 )
Across
1
Restricted area : NOFLYZONE
10
Summers in the Far East? : ABACI
15
Settle : AGREEUPON
16
Molly of Yiddish theater : PICON
17
Some EEG users : SLEEPLABS
18
"___ luck!" : LOTSA
19
Heels : CADS
20
Eskimo knife : ULU
21
Round numbers : AUGHTS
22
Munic. legislator : ALD
23
They may have bullets : ITEMS
25
Draft pick : ALE
26
Marine fish : RAYS
28
Altogether : INSUM
29
Fast eddy : SPIN
30
Entertain, in a way : WINE
32
Sets of instructions : RECIPES
34
Autoharp, e.g. : STRING
37
"___ here" (classic line from "Poltergeist") : THEYRE
38
Bar orders : CHASERS
40
Imply : MEAN
41
1970's N.L. powerhouse : REDS
42
8 1/2-pound statue : OSCAR
44
Calls (for) : ASKS
48
Prefix with cardium : EPI
49
Like some cycles : LUNAR
50
Cool, man : HEP
51
End : WRAPUP
53
Be up : BAT
55
Certain surgery, for short : LIPO
56
Traffic cop, at times : CITER
57
Excoriates : LACESINTO
59
Nitrogen compound : AZOLE
60
Hot : ONASTREAK
61
Rabin's successor : PERES
62
It may follow an opening : CASTPARTY
Down
1
Track overseer : NASCAR
2
Crazy Horse, for one : OGLALA
3
First name in horror : FREDDY
4
Virginia clan : LEES
5
"Sure" : YEP
6
One of about nine million South Africans : ZULU
7
Iridescent : OPALINE
8
Parental admonition : NOBUTS
9
An antenna has four : ENS
10
Mark of excellence : APLUS
11
Bookstore sect. : BIOG
12
Try not to look down : ACTHAPPY
13
More dear : COSTLIER
14
Only partly : INASENSE
21
Current gadget : AMMETER
24
Source of about 20% of U.S. imports: Abbr. : EUR
27
Deli order : SWISS
28
Clique : INGROUP
29
Tuscan tourist city : SIENA
31
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 ___ minor : INE
33
Chinese tea : CHA
34
Bottle top : SCREWCAP
35
1963 Paul Newman film : THEPRIZE
36
Engine component : RADIATOR
39
It has two dashes: Abbr. : SSN
40
Rattles : MARACAS
43
Site of many changes : CABANA
45
Sock production? : SHINER
46
Persisted with : KEPTAT
47
Hair-raising : SPOOKY
49
Attractive things : LURES
52
Cosmos star : PELE
54
Probe : TEST
55
Old money : LIRA
57
___ cit. (term paper abbr.) : LOC
58
Big name in auto products : STP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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