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New York Times, Saturday, September 15, 2001

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Life partner
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
552/13/200111/11/20176
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
336717694
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
521.6225255%
Michael Shteyman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 31 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Shteyman. Saturday freshness: 21%
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J
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U
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K
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E
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B
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O
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X
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T
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O
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A
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S
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R
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A
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U
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R
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P
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B
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D
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I
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A
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N
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D
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N
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A
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L
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S
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F
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L
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J
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U
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S
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C
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F
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H
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A
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© 2001, The New York Times9/15/1 ( No. 18,939 )
Across
1
It allows you to pick a number : JUKEBOX
8
Wedding reception V.I.P. : TOASTER
15
Take a good look at : ANALYZE
16
Catering to loaded people, perhaps : UPSCALE
17
One who may sign a book : VISITOR
18
Lay : RESIDED
19
Biblical suffix : ETH
20
Declare : ENOUNCE
22
Hole number : PAR
23
Life partner : LIMB
25
Big show : EXPO
26
Flank alternative : TBONE
28
Like some walls : IVIED
30
Prefix with posit : OVI
32
Under the decks : ALOW
33
Moon of Neptune : NEREID
35
Crystal healing proponent, e.g. : NEWAGER
37
It's 60% Buddhist : LAOS
39
Frequent means of entry : RAMP
40
Like an Afro : FRIZZED
43
One may be sparring : SAILOR
47
Skilled stalker : LION
48
With 62-Down, animal identifier : EAR
49
It may be blowing in the wind : SPORE
50
Fall composite : ASTER
52
Mexican peninsula : BAJA
55
Mr. Meddle creator Blyton : ENID
56
It's in the Security Council : USA
57
Legendary password user : ALIBABA
60
Angled: Suffix : GON
61
Relatively ridiculous : NUTTIER
63
Classified words : FORSALE
65
Like a fedora crown : CREASED
66
Tallith feature : FRINGES
67
Topiarists : HEDGERS
68
Puzzled : ATALOSS
Down
1
Track event : JAVELIN
2
Coalescent : UNITIVE
3
Where Srinagar is : KASHMIR
4
Shiloh resident : ELI
5
Tech magazine : BYTE
6
Thunderstorm product : OZONE
7
Copy : XEROX
8
Switch sides : TURNOVER
9
Iraq is in it : OPEC
10
Source of strength : ASSET
11
Kind of fair: Abbr. : SCI
12
Immature swimmer : TADPOLE
13
Biography subtitled "The Years Alone" : ELEANOR
14
Pulled over? : REDREW
21
Versed in : UPON
24
Go quickly and directly : BEELINE
27
Certain reed : BAGPIPE
29
"Charlie's Angels" co-star, 2000 : DIAZ
31
Elvis Presley's "___ the One" : IWAS
34
Spend some time out? : DOZE
36
Latin 101 verb : AMAS
38
Dock flock : SEABIRDS
40
Crack : FISSURE
41
Like a spit over a fire : ROTATED
42
Far from festive : DRAB
44
Not recently : LONGAGO
45
Browns, now : ORIOLES
46
Rash feature : REDNESS
47
Send up : LAUNCH
51
Put up : RAISE
53
Port captured by Napoleon in 1799 : JAFFA
54
Cut short : ABORT
58
Prurient peek : LEER
59
Price piece : ARIA
62
See 48-Across : TAG
64
TV inits. since 1975 : SNL

Answer summary:
2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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