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New York Times, Friday, June 11, 2004

Author:
Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Across : Flipper
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
534/11/20004/28/20075
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
179312111
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5221680%
Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 26 Missing: {BJQXZ} This is puzzle # 34 for Ms. Blackard. Friday freshness: 94%
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© 2004, The New York Times6/11/4 ( No. 19,939 )
Across
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Gets ready to play : ANTESUP
8
All done, as a movie : WRAPPED
15
Last stops : TERMINI
16
Billboard listing : HITTUNE
17
Adriatic port : TRIESTE
18
Close enough : INRANGE
19
Claim : AVER
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Having one's nose to the grindstone : ATIT
22
Org. that publishes Playback magazine : ASCAP
23
El ___ : CID
24
Reserve : ICINESS
26
Time abbr. : HRS
27
With 44-Across, part of a children's song refrain : KNICKKNACK
29
"___ Dinah" (1958 Frankie Avalon song) : DEDE
30
Determinedly following : SETON
31
Gist : MAINIDEA
33
Was a bad influence on : CORRUPTED
36
Cause of delirium in farm animals : LOCOWEED
39
TV station inventory : TAPES
43
"___ Cinders" of old funnies : ELLA
44
See 27-Across : PADDYWHACK
47
Fruity drink : ADE
48
Debut : ROLLOUT
49
Shrink : SHY
50
La ___, port near Buenos Aires : PLATA
52
College Park player, informally : TERP
53
Arise (from) : STEM
54
Dovetail (with) : FITINTO
56
Flipper : SPATULA
58
It might accompany a pan : ONESTAR
59
Unconventional delivery of supplies : AIRDROP
60
Candy counter selection : REDHOTS
61
Ebbs : LESSENS
Down
1
Staple of campaign oratory : ATTACKS
2
Soothing medicine : NERVINE
3
Emulated Mikey in the cereal ads : TRIEDIT
4
Kind of room at a hosp. : EMER
5
Family nickname : SIS
6
Remove, as a notice : UNTACK
7
Oven container : PIETIN
8
Big wave : WHITECAP
9
Thousandth of a yen : RIN
10
Popular razors : ATRAS
11
Mom-and-pop grps. : PTAS
12
Like tickets and some stomachs : PUNCHED
13
"Get ready!" : ENGARDE
14
Really far-out? : DEEPSEA
21
Confused : INAMUDDLE
24
"Yeah, you're right" : IKNOW
25
Funny business : SKIT
28
Medium brown : COCOA
29
"Well, lah-___!" : DIDAH
32
Cereal box stat. : NETWT
34
Certain preowned vehicle : REPO
35
Ones making house calls : REALTORS
36
Go after, as a rebound : LEAPFOR
37
Reactionary : OLDLINE
38
Suitable for gripping : CLEATED
40
It's uncultivated : PASTURE
41
Level : ECHELON
42
Sheets with stars : SKYMAPS
45
On the back : DORSAL
46
Up-and-coming type : YUPPIE
48
Totaled : RANTO
51
Cookbook author ___ Boyle : TISH
53
Benchmarks: Abbr. : STDS
55
Make a doily : TAT
57
They're rolled in Mexico : ARS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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