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New York Times, Friday, August 8, 2003

Author:
Myles Callum
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Across : Gives freshman introduction, say
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Myles Callum

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Callum. Friday freshness: 56%
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© 2003, The New York Times8/8/3 ( No. 19,631 )
Across
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Acceptance as cool, to some : STREETCRED
11
Nuclear physics prefix : BETA
15
Pop choice : ORANGESODA
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Examination room sounds : AAHS
17
City on the Mahoning : YOUNGSTOWN
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Georgia and others, once: Abbr. : SSRS
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None too soon : ATLAST
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Royal borough of Greater London : KINGSTON
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Nail-biting sports events, briefly : OTS
24
Knuckle-headed gestures of affection? : NOOGIES
25
Lost it : WENTNUTS
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Subject, usually : NOUN
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"I'll speak a prophecy ___ go": Shak. : EREI
32
Headstrong one : BULL
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Failed to : DIDNT
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By and by : SOON
38
They're not too sharp : EPEES
40
Level : TIER
41
Memorable sidekick : TONTO
43
1999 Ron Howard film : EDTV
44
Saab model : AERO
45
Base of a crocus stem : CORM
47
Daubs : SMEARSON
49
University of Cincinnati player : BEARCAT
52
LAX abbr. : ETD
53
Irrationality : UNREASON
55
"Gil Blas" writer : LESAGE
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Cartoonist Walker : MORT
61
Base for some jellies : CRABAPPLES
63
Paranoiac's worry : PLOT
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Gives freshman introduction, say : ORIENTATES
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1974 Peace Nobelist Eisaku ___ : SATO
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Down
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___ bean : SOYA
2
Certain harness race : TROT
3
Outfielder Mondesi : RAUL
4
Sicilian resort : ENNA
5
Pushes : EGGSON
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Synthetic : TESTTUBE
7
Chi hrs. : CST
8
Corner piece : ROOK
9
Astronomer Hubble : EDWIN
10
Yoplait alternative : DANNON
11
Fender, perhaps : BASSGUITAR
12
Java locale : EASTINDIES
13
Pang : THROE
14
Leagues: Abbr. : ASSNS
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Yummy : GOOD
23
Bonehead : STUPE
25
Nathanael who wrote "Miss Lonelyhearts" : WEST
26
Suffix with smash : EROO
27
Crayola color introduced in 1990 : NEONCARROT
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Painter whose name means "little dyer" : TINTORETTO
29
Bobs, say : SLEDS
33
"I'd like to give it a try" : LETME
35
Role in Racine's "Britannicus" : NERO
36
Suffix with 11-Across : TRON
39
Joseph Stalin's daughter : SVETLANA
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Quint's boat in "Jaws" : ORCA
46
Animal on the field, perhaps : MASCOT
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Aces : ADEPTS
49
Some dermatological anomalies : BUMPS
50
Name on a famous B-29 : ENOLA
51
1998 World Series winning manager : TORRE
54
Hit hard : NAIL
56
Row : SPAT
57
Kind of recorder : ALTO
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Will of "Jeremiah Johnson" : GEER
59
Swedish actress Persson : ESSY
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___ and the Dragon (Apocryphal book) : BEL

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4 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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