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New York Times, Wednesday, January 21, 2004

Author:
Barry Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Down : Like holy water
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121.6540277%
Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Silk. Wednesday freshness: 14%
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© 2004, The New York Times1/21/4 ( No. 19,797 )
Across
1
Nerd : DWEEB
6
"When it's ___" (old riddle answer) : AJAR
10
Corp. money managers : CFOS
14
Midway alternative : OHARE
15
Fix up : REDO
16
In ecstasy : SENT
17
See 36-Across : LARGEBIRDOFPREY
20
Modem termini? : EMS
21
Icky stuff : GOOK
22
No-goodnik : MEANIE
23
Smoked delicacies : EELS
24
One of the Gulf States : OMAN
25
See 36-Across : TWOBELOWPAR
29
Ridge in Washington : TOM
32
Feet, of sorts : IAMBS
33
Take in : EAT
34
Helen, to Menelaus : WIFE
35
Ancestry record : TREE
36
Clue for 17-, 25-, 43- and 55-Across : EAGLE
38
Weight : HEFT
39
Impart : LEND
40
Shine, in ad-speak : GLO
41
Jack ___ ("24" agent) : BAUER
42
Relative of -trix : ESS
43
See 36-Across : FOOTBALLPRO
46
Starlet's dream : FAME
47
Winner of a posthumous Pulitzer : AGEE
48
Sydney señorita : SHEILA
51
Son of Seth : ENOS
52
Jazz grp. : NBA
55
See 36-Across : TOPRANKINGSCOUT
58
Is addicted to, maybe : USES
59
Actress Skye : IONE
60
Steve of country music : EARLE
61
Swiss chard, e.g. : BEET
62
Did a sendup of : APED
63
Golden Hind captain : DRAKE
Down
1
North Carolina senator : DOLE
2
"Kapow!" : WHAM
3
Canal sites : EARS
4
Fraction of a joule : ERG
5
"Night Fever" group : BEEGEES
6
Melodic passage : ARIOSO
7
Yo-yo : JERK
8
Put on : ADD
9
Utility bill sharer : ROOMMATE
10
Debate airer : CSPAN
11
Spore producer : FERN
12
"That's ___ haven't heard" : ONEI
13
Sebaceous gland woe : STYE
18
Flax pod : BOLL
19
Cause of cold sweat : FEAR
23
Fell away : EBBED
24
Shimmering stone : OPAL
25
Dame, e.g. : TITLE
26
Things to hawk : WARES
27
Signs to heed : OMENS
28
"___ the Beat" (1982 Go-Gos hit) : WEGOT
29
Highway headache : TIEUP
30
Have for sale : OFFER
31
Big-city newspaper department : METRO
34
One known for spouting off : WHALE
36
Many a dictator's problem : EGOMANIA
37
Balm ingredient : ALOE
41
Like holy water : BLESSED
43
Onetime White House pooch : FALA
44
Prohibited : BANNED
45
Wide-eyed : AGOG
46
Mark McGwire's position : FIRST
48
Much-used pencil : STUB
49
Engine attachment : HOSE
50
Abbé de l'___ (pioneer in sign language) : EPEE
51
German article : EINE
52
Writer Ephron : NORA
53
Like some mail : BULK
54
To ___ (exactly) : ATEE
56
Keystone ___ : KOP
57
DeSoto, e.g. : CAR

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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