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New York Times, Monday, January 27, 2003

Author:
Stanley Newman
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Down : Crunchy vegetable
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Stanley Newman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QW} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Newman. Monday freshness: 45%
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© 2003, The New York Times1/27/3 ( No. 19,438 )
Across
1
Strike from a manuscript : DELE
5
Gomer Pyle's org. : USMC
9
Larger than extra-large : JUMBO
14
Summit : APEX
15
Talk show host Dr. ___ : PHIL
16
Maker of the Legend : ACURA
17
Mailed : SENT
18
Linoleum alternative : TILE
19
Amber or umber : COLOR
20
Joseph Conrad novel : HEARTOFDARKNESS
23
Slightly : ABIT
24
Ballgame spoiler : RAIN
25
Actress Brigitte : BARDOT
28
Discharge a cannon : FIRE
29
Make a choice : OPT
32
Once more : AGAIN
33
Pitchfork part : TINE
34
0 on a phone: Abbr. : OPER
35
Balance point : CENTEROFGRAVITY
38
In the past : ONCE
39
Examines closely : EYES
40
Carriers of heredity : GENES
41
To the ___ degree : NTH
42
Spit four-letter words : CUSS
43
Run in : ARREST
44
"___ la vie" : CEST
45
Matured : AGED
46
Neither liberal nor conservative : MIDDLEOFTHEROAD
53
Love, to Pavarotti : AMORE
54
Comedian Rudner : RITA
55
Concerning : ASTO
56
Stubble remover : RAZOR
57
Yale students : ELIS
58
Turkey, businesswise : FLOP
59
Antagonist : ENEMY
60
Religious offshoot : SECT
61
Heavy book : TOME
Down
1
Short run : DASH
2
Fencing weapon : EPEE
3
Melodious Horne : LENA
4
Obtain, as a suspect, from another state : EXTRADITE
5
Ready for the task : UPTOIT
6
Typewriter key : SHIFT
7
Not at all spicy : MILD
8
Forest gaps : CLEARINGS
9
Chan of action films : JACKIE
10
Storrs school, for short : UCONN
11
Stubborn beast : MULE
12
Warner ___ : BROS
13
Paddles : OARS
21
Steak cut : TBONE
22
Not as common : RARER
25
Breakfast sizzler : BACON
26
Ticket seller : AGENT
27
Salad dressing style : RANCH
28
Marching band instruments : FIFES
29
Share one's views : OPINE
30
"For ___ sake!" : PETES
31
Secret meeting : TRYST
33
Where Barbies are bought : TOYSTORES
34
Checking account woe : OVERDRAFT
36
Get more mileage from : REUSE
37
Be of one mind : AGREE
42
Crunchy vegetable : CELERY
43
Horrified : AGHAST
44
Modern encyclopedia medium : CDROM
45
Storage area : ATTIC
46
Colt's mother : MARE
47
One-named supermodel : IMAN
48
Take a nap : DOZE
49
Dossier : FILE
50
Norway's capital : OSLO
51
Unit of matter : ATOM
52
Chucklehead : DOPE

Answer summary:
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