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New York Times, Saturday, January 5, 2002

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Down : Served
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Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 30 Missing: {QX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 153 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 16%
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© 2002, The New York Times1/5/2 ( No. 19,051 )
Across
1
Includes on one's route : SWINGSBY
9
Swindle : CONJOB
15
Joker : WISEACRE
16
See 21-Down : ANYONE
17
Environmental hazard : ACIDRAIN
18
Hot dog stand offering : RELISH
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Show need: Abbr. : TKT
20
Quite : PRETTY
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Not had by : ONTO
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Hesitations : HEMS
25
Ellery contemporary : ERLE
26
When Día de Reyes is celebrated : ENERO
27
Channel : STEER
29
Intelligence grp. established by Truman : NSA
31
A.L. East, e.g.: Abbr. : DIV
32
Orthodontic need : RETAINER
36
White House nickname : IKE
37
Ascetic : SELFDISCIPLINED
41
Big heart? : ACE
42
Some metallophones : CELESTAS
43
Kiwi cousin : MOA
44
Stir : ADO
45
Achilles' killer : PARIS
49
Turn out : ENDUP
51
Look : PEER
55
Track racer : KART
56
It may be subject to modification : NOUN
57
Adjusted : GEARED
59
Golden, in a Rimsky-Korsakov title : DOR
60
___ Day, former Canadian celebration : EMPIRE
62
Pacific, e.g. : TIMEZONE
64
Skip : SITOUT
65
It's not the real world : ACADEMIA
66
Light biscuits : SCONES
67
Auto buyer's option : TAPEDECK
Down
1
Cut strips : SWATHS
2
Small gate : WICKET
3
Introspective query : ISITME
4
James Fenimore Cooper's "___ Myers" : NED
5
John Irving character T. S. ___ : GARP
6
Start : SCARE
7
Pipe : BRIER
8
Film with the song "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" : YENTL
9
"The Horse's Mouth" novelist Joyce ___ : CARY
10
Inseparable : ONE
11
Brush material : NYLON
12
Took part : JOINEDIN
13
Not working : ONSTRIKE
14
Served : BEHOOVED
21
With 16-Across, a sporting offer : TENNIS
24
Drudge : SERF
26
Cap attachment : EARLAP
28
Dolly user : REDCAP
30
Cal. page : SEPT
33
Having no loose ends : TIED
34
Inclined : ASLOPE
35
Kind of jam : ICE
37
Source of boredom : SAMENESS
38
Financial : ECONOMIC
39
Precede : LEADUPTO
40
Writer Dinesen : ISAK
46
Antenna housing : RADOME
47
"Isn't it ___?" : IRONIC
48
Bolt stripped? : STREAK
50
Wedding : UNION
52
Bother a lot : EATAT
53
Noted soap vixen : ERICA
54
Revise a plot : REMAP
57
Follows : GETS
58
"___ Dinah" (Frankie Avalon hit) : DEDE
61
Sorrow : RUE
63
Finish overseas : ZED

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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