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New York Times, Friday, August 22, 2003

Author:
Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : "Unsung, the noblest deed will die" poet
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
534/11/20004/28/20075
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179312111
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5221680%
Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JKQXY} This is puzzle # 25 for Ms. Blackard. Friday freshness: 98%
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© 2003, The New York Times8/22/3 ( No. 19,645 )
Across
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Vets : OLDPROS
8
Suits : PLEASES
15
Like some apartments : FORRENT
16
Recommended safety limit : REDLINE
17
Crumbly : FRIABLE
18
Swelling reducers : ICEBAGS
19
Amender : REVISOR
20
Free : MANUMIT
21
Items on a 46-Down, perhaps : ALES
22
Big name in outdoor grills : WEBER
24
Word interpreted by Daniel : MENE
25
Getty Center architect Richard : MEIER
27
Blazer, e.g. : SUV
28
Transplanted, as a plant : RESET
29
"Unsung, the noblest deed will die" poet : PINDAR
31
Buffoonery : ZANINESS
33
Knocks the socks off : DAZZLES
35
Not regular : SPORADIC
39
Swabber : WETMOP
44
Grable's "The Dolly Sisters" co-star : HAVER
45
Where to find porters : PUB
47
Writer Alexander : SHANA
48
"And Morning ___ with haste her lids": Emerson : OPES
49
Like some number systems : OCTAL
51
Bavarian river : EGER
52
Sink : TORPEDO
54
Go back : REGRESS
56
Controlled : POLICED
57
Osgood Hall Law School locale : TORONTO
58
By and large : ASARULE
59
Thus spake Zarathustra : AVESTAN
60
Lifts, in a way : REPEALS
61
What Alfred E. Neuman has : BIGEARS
Down
1
Many an exit : OFFRAMP
2
Rock singer? : LORELEI
3
Like some restaurants : DRIVEIN
4
Beat the drum for : PRAISED
5
Side in gray : REBS
6
Set to keep warm, perhaps : ONLOW
7
Metric measures : STERES
8
Earliest : PRIMEVAL
9
Old Renault : LECAR
10
Origin of man : EDEN
11
Nutritive matter around a seed's embryo : ALBUMEN
12
Closely connected : SIAMESE
13
Fan sites : ENGINES
14
Some stanzas : SESTETS
23
Barbershop request : BUZZCUT
26
Shower shower? : RADAR
28
Slopes : RISES
30
Cooler than cool : RAD
32
Ad catchword : NEW
34
Numbers of places : ZIPCODES
35
Recovered from a bad stroke? : SHOTPAR
36
New arrival on a reservation : PAPOOSE
37
Have in common with : OVERLAP
38
Don't hold your breath : RESPIRE
40
1979 film loosely based on Janis Joplin's life : THEROSE
41
Shade close to plum : MAGENTA
42
Very poor, in a way : ONESTAR
43
Service aces? : PARSONS
46
A round may be added to it : BARTAB
49
Newbery-winning writer Scott : ODELL
50
John X's successor : LEOVI
53
Land in S.A. : ECUA
55
Norman with a club : GREG

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

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