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New York Times, Thursday, January 23, 2003

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : Part of growing up
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Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QX} Spans: 2 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 74 for Ms. Allis. Thursday freshness: 31%
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© 2003, The New York Times1/23/3 ( No. 19,434 )
Across
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Spanish eyes : OJOS
5
Jots : IOTAS
10
News anchor Paula : ZAHN
14
Hitchcock title : ROPE
15
Black-necked goose : BRANT
16
Award started by the Village Voice : OBIE
17
Reducing the autopsy staff? : CUTTINGCORONERS
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Crime for which one takes the heat : ARSON
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Barely flows : TRICKLES
22
Captain of science fiction : NEMO
25
Alias : AKA
26
Jokester : WAG
29
Dyed trick-or-treat costume? : REDSKELETON
35
Emotionally charged : ELECTRIC
37
Subject for il poeta : AMORE
38
___-Honey (candy name) : BITO
39
High-hats : SNOBS
42
Ovaltine ingredient : MALT
43
People travel only one way on them : TBARS
45
Permanent spot on a dress : POLKADOT
47
Lively state? : VITALOREGON
50
Spotter : SPY
51
Prefect ending : URE
52
Knock off : STOP
54
Growing post-W.W. II environs : SUBURBIA
59
Swing and a miss : WHIFF
63
Politician on a spree? : SHOPPINGSENATOR
66
Pipsqueak : RUNT
67
Many a McDonald's promotion : TIEIN
68
Stuff on slides : SERA
69
"Vamoose!" : SHOO
70
Famous bucktoothed dummy : SNERD
71
Longtime Susan Lucci quest : EMMY
Down
1
Sea World attraction : ORCA
2
Day at the Louvre : JOUR
3
Decides : OPTS
4
Decided about : SETON
5
"Son of," in Arabic names : IBN
6
Domain name suffix : ORG
7
Public relations need : TACT
8
Parka : ANORAK
9
Sound, as the hour : STRIKE
10
Stupefy, slangily : ZONK
11
Explorer Tasman : ABEL
12
Engage : HIRE
13
Role for Stack and Costner : NESS
18
Like helium : INERT
19
City SSE of Gainesville : OCALA
23
They lap France's coasts : MERS
24
God who gave up an eye to drink from the spring of wisdom : ODIN
26
Home entertainment option : WEBTV
27
Way out : ALIBI
28
Imply : GETAT
30
Ambit : SCOPE
31
Literary matchmaker : EMMA
32
Warty jumpers : TOADS
33
Fourth deck of a ship : ORLOP
34
Meshlike : NETTY
36
Mrs. Dithers in "Blondie" : CORA
40
Cranberries thrive here : BOGS
41
Place on a schedule : SLOT
44
Bad etiquette at the dinner table : SLURP
46
Famous : KNOWN
48
Flies around : ORBITS
49
Curb : REININ
53
Part of growing up : PHASE
54
Estonia et al., once: Abbr. : SSRS
55
Nope : UHUH
56
Rock star with many causes : BONO
57
Machinating : UPTO
58
Onetime Mets slugger Tommie : AGEE
60
Particular : ITEM
61
1040, for one : FORM
62
Scuffle : FRAY
64
Hardly an ordinary Joe : SIR
65
Apt answer for this clue : END

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

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