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New York Times, Tuesday, September 2, 2003

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : Black cuckoo
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. Early. Tuesday freshness: 21%
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© 2003, The New York Times9/2/3 ( No. 19,656 )
Across
1
Swiftly : APACE
6
Leading the pack : FIRST
11
Programming problem : BUG
14
"M*A*S*H" clerk : RADAR
15
Hawaiian hello : ALOHA
16
William Tell's canton : URI
17
Subject of a parable of Jesus : PRODIGALSON
19
New IBM hire, maybe : MBA
20
___ Victor : RCA
21
Play for a sap : USE
22
Bridge : SPAN
23
Take off the books : REPEAL
26
Squandered : MISSPENT
28
Major work : OPUS
29
"___ had it!" : IVE
31
Rich tapestry : ARRAS
32
A sib : SIS
33
Tankard filler : ALE
34
Set of principles : ETHIC
36
Conniving sort : SCHEMER
38
ABC or XYZ : TRIGRAM
41
Serving on a spit : KABOB
42
Bar bill : TAB
43
Comedian Olsen : OLE
44
Greet the day : ARISE
46
Run smoothly : HUM
47
Level on the evolutionary ladder : APES
48
Produce, as heat : GENERATE
51
Villain's epithet : CURSES
53
Nile cobras : ASPS
54
Long-jawed fish : GAR
55
Black cuckoo : ANI
56
Two liters, e.g.: Abbr. : VOL
57
Lewis Carroll poem : JABBERWOCKY
62
Big time : ERA
63
Encyclopedia section : ATLAS
64
Actor Milo : OSHEA
65
Sloppy digs : STY
66
Barn dances : REELS
67
Whinny : NEIGH
Down
1
Artist Jean : ARP
2
Something to try to shoot : PAR
3
Fuss : ADO
4
Core groups : CADRES
5
Novelist Jong : ERICA
6
J.F.K. overseer : FAA
7
Shed light on : ILLUME
8
Martini's partner : ROSSI
9
Pumps and clogs : SHOES
10
Beachgoer's goal : TAN
11
Farm abundances : BUMPERCROPS
12
University of Illinois locale : URBANA
13
Mel Ott's team : GIANTS
18
Telescope pioneer : GALILEO
22
Bit of mistletoe : SPRIG
23
Katharine of "The Graduate" : ROSS
24
DeMille production, e.g. : EPIC
25
"Boris Godunov," for one : PUSHKINPLAY
27
Sir, in old India : SAHIB
30
"Make" or "break" : VERB
33
Honey-colored : AMBER
34
Ides rebuke : ETTU
35
Mine transport : TRAMCAR
37
Lets up : EASES
39
Away from the wind : ALEE
40
Leathernecks' lunch : MESS
44
Century plants : AGAVES
45
Vacation spot : RESORT
46
Like some tea : HERBAL
47
Melodious : ARIOSE
49
Playing marble : AGATE
50
Put off, as a motion : TABLE
52
Not achieved : UNWON
57
Shake up : JAR
58
Pothook shape : ESS
59
Sorority letter : CHI
60
Fraternity party staple : KEG
61
Derisive cry : YAH

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

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