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New York Times, Friday, June 25, 2004

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Hug, maybe
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 23 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 200 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 84%
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© 2004, The New York Times6/25/4 ( No. 19,953 )
Across
1
Barefaced : BLATANT
8
Some air lines : INTAKES
15
Greasy kid stuff : OILYGOO
16
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, by birth : CAIRENE
17
Where to get in on the ground floor : WALKINAPARTMENT
19
Equate, in a way : LIKEN
20
Staff notes? : TONES
21
Tidy sum : POT
22
Mother of Horus : ISIS
23
Some hats : FELTS
24
Innocent : BABE
25
Affirmative action? : NOD
26
Fields : AREAS
27
Swiss canton or its capital, old-style : BASLE
28
Stick out : ENDURE
30
Goes back over : REHASHES
32
Now unemployed : IDLED
34
___ hole in (corrodes) : EATSA
35
Got off topic : WANDERED
38
Great desire : THIRST
41
Late actress Uta : HAGEN
42
Twists in a bar : LIMES
44
"___ favor, amigo" : POR
45
Mullah Muhammad ___ : OMAR
46
Four Holy Roman emperors : OTTOS
47
He loved Lucy : DESI
48
"___ for Innocent" (Grafton novel) : IIS
49
Bang up : SMASH
50
Monopolize : BUYUP
51
Hard to grasp : SLIPPERYASANEEL
54
The Crossroads of America : INDIANA
55
Hug, maybe : WELCOME
56
Itty-bitty : TEENTSY
57
Soft tissue : KLEENEX
Down
1
Knot that won't slip : BOWLINE
2
Link : LIAISON
3
"Seriously ..." : ALLKIDDINGASIDE
4
Small fry : TYKES
5
Not accepting nohow : AGIN
6
Security Council vote : NON
7
Just so : TOATEE
8
Short parade-goer's complaint : ICANTSEE
9
Nostrils : NARES
10
Little birds : TITS
11
Ready for combat : ARM
12
Watch closely : KEEPASHARPEYEON
13
Dignify : ENNOBLE
14
Living room furniture : SETTEES
18
Like the end of the world : POLAR
23
Liberator : FREER
24
Boito's Mefistofele and others : BASSI
26
"I Love a Parade" composer : ARLEN
27
They may be drawn : BATHS
29
Dairy outlet? : UDDER
31
Not just aversions : HATES
33
Alpha particle's emission : DELTARAY
35
Reply to a knock : WHOISIT
36
He wrote "You and I have brains. The others have fluff" : AAMILNE
37
Lightheaded : DITSY
39
"Big deal ... I was wrong" : SOSUEME
40
Multiscreen cinema : TRIPLEX
43
De Niro's do in "Taxi Driver" : MOHAWK
46
Warning signals : OMENS
47
Class underachiever : DUNCE
49
Cross words : SPAT
50
Make a bundle : BALE
52
Sticker : PIN
53
Salt, in Sauternes : SEL

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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