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New York Times, Thursday, August 9, 2001

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : Low ground
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {BJQX} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 22 for Mr. Berry. Thursday freshness: 65%
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© 2001, The New York Times8/9/1 ( No. 18,902 )
Across
1
Church name opener : OUR
4
Vacation plan, maybe : TOUR
8
Door fixture : HASP
12
Application : USE
13
Famous squire of Spanish lit : PANZA
14
Farm letters? : EIEIO
16
High ground : THEPROMISEDLAND
19
Emblem of the House of Lancaster : REDROSE
20
Made a fool of : HAD
21
Gave, as lines : FED
22
One of the Durants : ARIEL
23
High ground : PARADISE
25
High ground : CITYOFGOD
28
Love inspirer : EROS
29
Typography units : ENS
30
Amble or shamble : GAIT
31
Harped (on) : DWELT
32
Middle ground : PURGATORY
35
1966 Michael Caine role : ALFIE
38
Big do : GALA
39
Walther ___ (007's gun) : PPK
42
Former capital of Nicaragua : LEON
43
Low ground : PERDITION
45
Low ground : TARTARUS
48
Immediate occasion : NONCE
49
Bearer of the Commandments : ARK
50
Discontinuity : GAP
51
Athelstane's romantic rival : IVANHOE
53
Low ground : INFERNALREGIONS
56
Compact stuff : ROUGE
57
Fluff up, as hair : TEASE
58
Bud of Bud : LOU
59
Arctic sight : FLOE
60
It's right on the map : EAST
61
Talent that defies sci. : ESP
Down
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Get there before : OUTRACE
2
Mark the beginning of : USHERIN
3
Adapts for a new audience : REEDITS
4
Where Kit Carson is buried : TAOS
5
"Lean ___" : ONME
6
Automatic : UZI
7
Mrs. Huxtable's portrayer : RASHAD
8
Tinseltown gossip Hopper : HEDDA
9
Trouble : AIL
10
Marine bioluminescence : SEAFIRE
11
Clorox Company product : PINESOL
13
Speech that opens a play : PROLOGUE
15
Least explicable : ODDEST
17
Hunted : PREY
18
Corn serving : EAR
23
Creamy soups : POTAGES
24
___-eyed (naive) : DEWY
26
Substantially : FAR
27
Small carriage : GIG
31
It's poor on the moor : DRAINAGE
32
Pub order : PINT
33
Creosote source : TAR
34
Word before school or master : OLD
35
Brightest star in the Aquila constellation : ALTAIR
36
Find out about : LEARNOF
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Big bite of spaghetti : FORKFUL
39
Tiny aperture : PINHOLE
40
Pennsylvania resort area : POCONOS
41
British dance party : KNEESUP
43
Enter a nonfeeding state : PUPATE
44
Actress Collette of "The Sixth Sense" : TONI
46
Jibe : AGREE
47
Bolted : RAN
51
Long-term finan. plans : IRAS
52
Buttoned item : VEST
54
___ ideal : EGO
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Grassy tract : LEA

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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