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New York Times, Saturday, August 3, 2002

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : Large bell's sound
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 25 Missing: {JQXYZ} This is puzzle # 33 for Mr. Berry. Saturday freshness: 92%
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© 2002, The New York Times8/3/2 ( No. 19,261 )
Across
1
Sticker : CACTUS
7
Giants and Titans, e.g. : NFLTEAMS
15
Sunflower seed, botanically : ACHENE
16
Constituent of cryolite : ALUMINUM
17
Noisy opposition : STATIC
18
City on the Ganges where Buddha is said to have first preached : VARANASI
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King's work : HORROR
20
Parallel : AKIN
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Enemy of the Moors : CID
22
Artfully brought about : ENGINEERED
24
Large bell's sound : BONG
25
What a crowned head does? : SEESSTARS
26
Not stay in one place : RANGE
27
House of wax : HIVE
28
Apollo XII astronaut : GORDON
29
Pass : APPROVE
33
Egyptians of old : NUBIANS
34
Spaghetti western costume : SERAPE
35
Rooftop coop : COTE
36
Cheating aids, in slang : TROTS
37
Bicker vehemently : ALTERCATE
42
Mountain in Thessaly : OSSA
43
In position, as the British might say : ORIENTATED
44
Fear ___ : NOT
45
Palindromic magazine title : ELLE
46
Certain poplars : ASPENS
47
"The Comancheros" actress, 1961 : INABALIN
49
Rufus ___, Daniel Webster's successor in the Senate : CHOATE
50
Juvenal, for one : SATIRIST
51
Humperdinck opera hero : HANSEL
52
Foolhardy : HEEDLESS
53
Some professorial attire : TWEEDS
Down
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Takes one's profits, with "in" : CASHES
2
Prologue follower : ACTONE
3
Battlefield shout : CHARGE
4
Arcade sensation of the 90's : TETRIS
5
Laborites' preferred workplaces : UNIONSHOPS
6
Close-mouthed : SECRETIVE
7
Kingdom from which France's Henry IV hailed : NAVARRE
8
Total makeup? : FLAKES
9
Sensational : LURID
10
Counterfeiter catcher : TMAN
11
Kafka article : EIN
12
Montana mining town : ANACONDA
13
Idly pondering : MUSINGON
14
Dollops : SMIDGENS
23
Place for a wasp's nest : EAVE
24
Italian port on the Adriatic : BARI
26
Actor whose character is stung in "The Sting" : ROBERTSHAW
28
Parting words in Würzburg : GUTENACHT
29
Floor : ASTONISH
30
Fictional characters : PERSONAE
31
___ gland : PROSTATE
32
Pro ___ : RATA
33
One with a staff position : NOTE
35
Business needs : CLIENTS
37
TV title role for Robert Wuhl : ARLISS
38
Notorious Alcatraz inmate : CAPONE
39
Relaxed : ATEASE
40
Like some hospital beds : TENTED
41
Collectors' items from 1958 : EDSELS
43
Stan's pal : OLLIE
45
Person at court : EARL
48
Shout heard around the block? : BID

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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