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New York Times, Friday, July 19, 2002

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : Runner Zatopek
TotalDebutLatest
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30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 94 for Ms. Gorski. Friday freshness: 93%
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© 2002, The New York Times7/19/2 ( No. 19,246 )
Across
1
E.T.O. commander : DDE
4
Go against : BUCK
8
Cool daddy : BOPPER
14
Connected sets of points, in math : CONTINUA
16
Builder of a hanging nest : ORIOLE
17
"Feed me!" : IMHUNGRY
18
Charge : ACCUSE
19
"Measure for Measure" villain : ANGELO
20
"Funny Girl" actor : SHARIF
21
Packer's employer : CANNERY
23
Chuckleheads : ASSES
24
Kitchen device : RICER
25
Prepares for frying, in a way : FLOURS
29
Runner Zatopek : EMIL
30
Police actions : CRACKDOWNS
34
Signature piece : PEN
35
Musical evenings : SOIREES
36
Do ground work? : HOE
37
"Women Ironing" artist : EDGARDEGAS
39
It was left on the Titanic : PORT
40
TV newswoman Beth : NISSEN
41
Like some ballerinas : PRIMA
42
"O Sanctissima," e.g. : CAROL
45
Tries to shoot : FIRESAT
47
Descent of a deity to earth : AVATAR
49
Peter who wrote "Live From the Battlefield" : ARNETT
50
Some 1990's music : TECHNO
51
54
Alabama and Georgia Indians of old : CREEKS
55
Gets : INHERITS
56
Tentacled sea creatures : HYDRAS
57
Keep in : STET
58
Soak (up) : SOP
Down
1
Early seventh-century year : DCI
2
Term of address in a monastery : DOM
3
Touching up : ENHANCING
4
Problem drinker : BINGER
5
Half of the Odd Couple : UNGER
6
Order that a cook never gets straight : CURLYFRIES
7
Huge hit : KAYO
8
Some burlesque props : BOAS
9
Picking places : ORCHARDS
10
Artist with many a self-portrait : PICASSO
11
Decants : POURS
12
"Gosford Park" role : ELSIE
13
Shortens, as a sail : REEFS
15
Dig : TUNNEL
21
Brunch serving : CREPE
22
Like guns : AIMED
26
Supersized : LARGE
27
Like some valuable property : OCEANFRONT
28
Cousins of banjos : UKES
30
Atlantic swimmers : CODS
31
Question to a crank caller : WHOISTHIS
32
Famed Callas role : NORMA
33
Cause to attack : SETAT
35
Land once known as Serendip : SRILANKA
38
Seconds : ANOTHER
39
Ancient Roman magistrate : PRETOR
41
Ready already : PRESET
42
"Here!" : CATCH
43
New York's ___ Fisher Hall : AVERY
44
Tore : RACED
46
Words with clear or air : INTHE
48
Friend in "Friends" : ROSS
49
Cuckoos : ANIS
52
Platte Valley native : OTO
53
Recipe amt. : TSP

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

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