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New York Times, Friday, August 29, 2003

Author:
Gilbert H. Ludwig
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Cigarette holder: Abbr.
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Gilbert H. Ludwig

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Ludwig. Friday freshness: 42%
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© 2003, The New York Times8/29/3 ( No. 19,652 )
Across
1
Goddard of "Modern Times" : PAULETTE
9
Really succeed : GOFAR
14
Spots : TARNISHES
15
"Buenos Aires" musical : EVITA
16
Ravi Shankar was part of it : WOODSTOCK
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Prediction tool : TAROT
18
Evil : ILL
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Kind of lepton : TAU
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Tongues may cover them : INSTEPS
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Did farmwork : TILLED
24
Injures : SMITES
25
Flap : ADO
26
Hägar the Horrible's daughter : HONI
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Not just any : THE
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Both, at the start : AMBI
33
Pumped up, in a way : MADEPROUD
35
Subjects, say : NOUNS
37
Junho to junho, e.g. : ANO
38
Lightly brand : SINGE
39
Getting something in the eye? : THREADING
41
One going off to college, maybe : TEEN
42
East ender? : ERN
43
Out of the oven, say : DONE
44
Show ___ : BIZ
46
Ring bearer? : SATURN
48
"Thou canst not then be false to ___": Polonius : ANYMAN
52
New York City bridge, informally : TRIBORO
54
Cigarette holder: Abbr. : CTN
55
Cooler : ADE
56
Fair collection : RIDES
57
St. Lawrence Seaway port of entry : ASHTABULA
60
Hal Foster's Queen of the Misty Isles : ALETA
61
Redistributed : DEALTOVER
62
Like some divorces : MESSY
63
Airport worker : SCREENER
Down
1
Philadelphia suburb : PAOLI
2
On ___ (hot) : AROLL
3
Teutonic connector : UND
4
On the Big Board : LISTED
5
Nueva York, por ejemplo : ESTADO
6
Big chunk of moola : THOU
7
Case studier, slangily : TEC
8
One mushed : ESKIMODOG
9
What a waiter or a track bettor does : GETSTIPS
10
Like a violet leaf : OVATE
11
Rubber giant : FIRESTONE
12
Crowning : ATOP
13
Dumpsite sights : RATS
14
Needle : TWIT
21
A perfect square : NINE
23
"Mule Train" singer, 1949 : LAINE
24
Actress Doherty : SHANNEN
28
Extremely popular : HUGE
29
Early home : EDEN
30
Requirement for some games : ANTE
31
"Jerry Maguire" actor Jay : MOHR
32
Relative of muttonchops : BURNSIDES
33
Arteries : MAINROADS
34
Posh : RITZY
36
"Unfortunately ..." : SADTOSAY
40
Saturnine : DOUR
44
General effort? : BATTLE
45
There from the start : INNATE
47
Supports, in a way : ABETS
49
Dye obtained from aniline : MAUVE
50
Contemporary of Freud : ADLER
51
Future preceder : NEAR
52
Public transportation : TRAM
53
Stir up : RILE
54
Variety of trout : CHAR
58
Flash : SEC
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"___ chance!" : BON

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 6 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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