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New York Times, Thursday, June 6, 2002

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Across : Problem for a "maniac"
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Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQUXYZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Merrell. Thursday freshness: 18%
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© 2002, The New York Times6/6/2 ( No. 19,203 )
Across
1
See 21-Across : OATER
6
Struggle for breath : GASP
10
See 23-Across : NESS
14
Pituitary, e.g. : GLAND
15
Promise, for one : OLEO
16
Prefix with logical : IDEO
17
Campus sites : HALLS
18
"___ not!" : FEAR
19
Varicolored : PIED
20
Mine, in Nîmes : AMOI
21
Clichéd crossword clue for 1-Across : HORSEOPERA
23
Clichéd crossword clue for 10-Across : MONSTERSHOME
25
Indonesian export : TIN
26
Egg producers : OVARIES
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Short subjects? : ELVES
33
Personnel director : HIRER
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"Who ___?" (slangy query) : DAT
36
Deep space, for the most part : VOID
37
God : MAKER
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Nothing special : SOSO
39
Problem for a "maniac" : EGO
40
Falls behind in the end : FADES
41
Lug: Var. : SHLEP
42
Tanning places : SOLARIA
44
B.O. sign : SRO
45
Clichéd crossword clue for 61-Across : FENCINGSWORD
51
Clichéd crossword clue for 63-Across : STARTSAPOT
54
2 + 1, in Germany : DREI
55
___ land : LALA
56
Amo, amas, ___ : AMAT
57
Sedate : SOBER
58
Utah city : OREM
59
Superlative ending : IEST
60
Checker's move? : TWIST
61
See 45-Across : EPEE
62
Get whipped : LOSE
63
See 51-Across : ANTES
Down
1
Ancient Irish alphabet : OGHAM
2
Failed mission? : ALAMO
3
Limb grabber : TALON
4
Joined the ranks : ENLISTED
5
Map lines: Abbr. : RDS
6
Fetch : GOFOR
7
Yanks and A's, e.g. : ALERS
8
Popular vacation locales : SEASHORES
9
Study : POREOVER
10
Dog in advertising : NIPPER
11
Adams of "The Jack Paar Show" : EDIE
12
Prescient one : SEER
13
Kind of bottle : SODA
21
Nester : HEN
22
Famed quatrain writer : OMAR
24
Frank McCourt title : TIS
27
Revered figure : IDOL
28
Slide (into) : EASE
29
Point on a bus map : STOP
30
Preparatory times : EVES
31
Firm image : LOGO
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Instrument played with a bow : VIOL
33
Acted briefly : HADACAMEO
34
Old White House nickname : IKE
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It's above a boom : MAINSAIL
38
Final fight : SHOWDOWN
40
Fingerboard ridge : FRET
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Most coll. applicants : SRS
43
House on a ski slope : AFRAME
44
___ Pepper : SGT
46
Bridge declaration : IPASS
47
Verdi aria "Tacea la ___ placida" : NOTTE
48
Path for Apollo : ORBIT
49
Actress Witherspoon : REESE
50
Grimes : DIRTS
51
Sour fruit : SLOE
52
Diamond covering : TARP
53
One way for a ship to turn : ALEE
57
Place for a platform: Abbr. : STA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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