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New York Times, Friday, September 28, 2001

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Across : Cutting
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {GJ} Scrabble average: 2.02 This is puzzle # 68 for Mr. Gordon. Friday freshness: 83%
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© 2001, The New York Times9/28/1 ( No. 18,952 )
Across
1
Steamy, say : RATEDR
7
Excuses : LETSOFF
14
Shelley poem : ADONAIS
16
Looked for : AWAITED
17
Stick over : REPASTE
18
Product originally called Dr. Bunting's Sunburn Remedy : NOXZEMA
19
Jack of "Rio Lobo" : ELAM
20
Sci-fi conventioneer, perhaps : TREKKIE
22
Trimmer : RAZOR
24
Quadrant separators : AXES
25
Manche's capital : STLO
29
Neighbor of N.Y. : QUE
30
"NO" follower : PQR
31
City on the Yangtze : WUHAN
32
Hangout : PURLIEU
34
State capital about 60 miles from Manhattan : TOPEKA
35
According to : ALA
36
Person who should know : INSIDER
38
Big ___ : BEN
39
Cutting : BARBED
41
1988 Heisman Trophy winner : SANDERS
43
Units of 0's and 1's : BYTES
44
___City (game) : SIM
45
"Can't Get It Out of My Head" grp. : ELO
46
Heckle : RAZZ
47
Stiff hair : SETA
48
"Shakespeare in Love" Oscar winner : DENCH
51
Most repulsive : ICKIEST
54
Grease gun's target : AXLE
55
Cosmo offering : SEXQUIZ
58
Angolan currency units : KWANZAS
60
Like NaNO2 in H2O : SOLUBLE
61
Grogshops : SALOONS
62
Gives away : REVEALS
63
Crew team member nearest the stern : STROKE
Down
1
More enticing, to a philatelist : RARER
2
"A Passage to India" woman : ADELA
3
Citrine : TOPAZQUARTZ
4
Fill with ardour : ENAMOUR
5
Some Security Council votes : DAS
6
"Norma Rae" director : RITT
7
Less fat : LANKER
8
Dwellers on the moon of Endor : EWOKS
9
One with a checkered past, possibly : TAXI
10
Judges : SIZESUP
11
Suffix with Capri : OTE
12
Like the Span. armada? : FEM
13
H.H.S. division : FDA
15
Bright wraps : SERAPES
21
Fine : EXQUISITE
23
Hangs (on) : RELIES
26
Place to find alligators in New York City : THEBRONXZOO
27
Limnologists study them : LAKES
28
John Synge poem "___ Anniversary" : ONAN
31
Expressed : WORDED
32
Costa del Sol attraction : PLAYA
33
Polit. label : IND
34
Taps time : TEN
35
Certain dict. entry : ABBR
37
Patterned fabrics : DAMASKS
40
Pinochle-like game : BEZIQUE
42
"Pollyanna" writer ___ H. Porter : ELEANOR
44
Confiscates : SEIZES
47
Trade : SKILL
49
Metal-on-metal sound : CLANK
50
1946 Literature Nobelist : HESSE
52
Santiago de ___ : CUBA
53
First word of "Jabberwocky" : TWAS
55
Azer. or Lith., once : SSR
56
Classified ad inits. : EOE
57
Year in Claudius's reign : XLV
59
High, in music : ALT

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

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