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New York Times, Saturday, July 17, 2004

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : "Don't sweat it"
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 29 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 174 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 57%
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© 2004, The New York Times7/17/4 ( No. 19,975 )
Across
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National service : RENTACAR
9
Buggy : FLAWED
15
How some entrees are served : OVERRICE
16
Cut aid : IODINE
17
"Don't sweat it" : NOBIGGIE
18
Palace figures : GUARDS
19
Mass apparel : ALBS
20
Part of a column : ADDEND
22
Animal that Poseidon turned Theophane into, in myth : EWE
23
Year in Nero's reign : LVI
24
Land : ARRIVE
25
Unrest : STIR
26
Lamp sites : DESKS
28
All over : ANEW
29
Biblical verb : HAST
30
Bash : SHINDIG
32
Neutral shades : TAUPES
34
Fork-tailed bird : TERN
35
Ending of some plant names : WORT
36
Classic convertible name : CASTRO
39
Murphy's portrayer : CANDICE
42
Dredge (up) : RAKE
43
They're all for it : PROS
45
A month abroad : ENERO
47
Somalian-born supermodel : IMAN
48
Swinger : SIMIAN
50
"Cupid is a knavish ___": "A Midsummer Night's Dream" : LAD
51
Part of a footnote abbr. : CIT
52
Jewish village : SHTETL
53
Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko : SESE
54
One to watch in a pinch? : KLEPTO
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Matter of course : SYLLABUS
58
Attach securely : ENROOT
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Drinkers, at times : TOASTERS
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Magnetic induction units : TESLAS
61
Cruising : OUTTOSEA
Down
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Presidential first name : RONALD
2
Unfolds : EVOLVES
3
Wimp : NEBBISH
4
Speaker of note : TRIS
5
Cape Tres Puntas locale: Abbr. : ARG
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"... but no ___" : CIGAR
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Environmentalist's concern : ACIDRAIN
8
Grooves on a coin's edge : REEDING
9
Snack named for a Massachusetts town : FIGNEWTON
10
Like Hawaiian shirts : LOUD
11
Boise's county : ADA
12
Relative of a bug : WIRETAP
13
Back to back : ENDWISE
14
Takes off wrongly : DESERTS
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Period of darkening : EVE
24
"Rich Man, Poor Man" actor, 1976 : ASNER
25
Recluse : SHUTIN
27
Term of affection : KITTEN
31
Surprise court actions : DROPSHOTS
33
Warwickshire forest : ARDEN
35
Accusatory question : WASITYOU
36
Fair : CRICKET
37
"It's Too Late Now" autobiographer : AAMILNE
38
Camel performers : SKATERS
39
Totals : COMESTO
40
Former name of Sulawesi : CELEBES
41
Sign of a slip : ERASURE
44
Mus. slow-up : RIT
46
Texas city named by Russian immigrants : ODESSA
49
___ once : ALLAT
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Old gathering place : STOA
53
1960's-70's Japanese leader : SATO
55
NATO member since 1999: Abbr. : POL
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D-Day vessel: Abbr. : LST

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

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