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New York Times, Thursday, September 13, 2001

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Across : Sack
TotalDebutLatest
833/6/19834/7/2012
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711.454362379%
Robert H. Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 33 Missing: {FJQWXZ} This is puzzle # 48 for Mr. Wolfe. Thursday freshness: 64%
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© 2001, The New York Times9/13/1 ( No. 18,937 )
Across
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Leader at Indy : PACECAR
8
Sender of monthly checks: Abbr. : SSA
11
Touch : TAD
14
Chic : ALAMODE
15
Sack : PILLAGE
17
Earwax : CERUMEN
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They may put you to sleep : OPIATES
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9, in a date: Abbr. : SEP
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Portray a scam victim? : PLAYTHEMARK
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Depressed : BLUE
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Unified : ATONE
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It may be passed down the line : TRAIT
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Tennis edge : ADIN
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Time for a big event : DDAY
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Herd stray : ROGUE
33
Spoilers : BANES
35
___ heure (afternoon time in France) : UNE
36
Gerund's tail : ING
37
Clear : RID
39
Suffix with green : ERY
40
Ewe in "Babe" : MAA
41
Hoosier humorist : ADE
42
Lies comfortably : SNUGS
44
Zenith's opposite : NADIR
46
"David Copperfield" woman : DORA
48
Zenith products : VCRS
49
Tie tightly : TRUSS
50
Spanish dice roll : SIETE
52
"Excuse me ..." : AHEM
53
Large deer-hunting group? : BUCKBRIGADE
57
Community competition : BEE
60
Lively : ANIMATO
61
50-50 chances : TOSSUPS
63
Not now : LATERON
64
Sapling : TREELET
65
Richmond-to-Norfolk dir. : ESE
66
Some high-schoolers: Abbr. : SRS
67
Like the children, in a holiday verse : NESTLED
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Campaign grps. : PACS
2
Sheltered, in a way : ALEE
3
Successful angler? : CARPBAGGER
4
Meat that tastes like chicken : EMU
5
Cyberneticist's study : COMPUTERS
6
Designer Simpson : ADELE
7
Sofer of "General Hospital" : RENA
8
Irregularity : SPOTTINESS
9
Gas thief, perhaps : SIPHONER
10
With 27-Down, sci-fi phenomena that help explain this puzzle's theme : ALIEN
11
"Later" : TATA
12
Golden-___ : AGER
13
With 62-Down, office worker's ensemble : DESK
16
Hit in the leg : LAMED
21
"And so on," when tripled : YADA
23
N.Y. school : LIU
25
C-E-G, e.g. : TRIAD
26
Sonata section : RONDO
27
See 10-Down : ABDUCTIONS
29
No bright bovine? : DUMDUMBULL
30
Writer Nin : ANAIS
31
A dog's age : YEARS
34
Amalgams : SYNTHESES
38
Muscle that turns a limb inward : INVERTOR
43
Baseball's Brock : GREG
45
"Chances ___" : ARE
47
Answer man's challenge : ASKME
51
Building supports : IBARS
52
Revere : ADORE
53
Hoedown sight : BALE
54
Italian articles : UNAS
55
Name : CITE
56
Memo abbr. : ATTN
58
It lacks a cutting edge : EPEE
59
Cornerstone abbr. : ESTD
62
See 13-Down : SET

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

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