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New York Times, Tuesday, January 6, 2004

Author:
Kent Lorentzen
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Down : Fine fur
TotalDebutLatest
311/8/19991/6/2004
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0111000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.621540%
Kent Lorentzen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 33 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Lorentzen. Tuesday freshness: 67%
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© 2004, The New York Times1/6/4 ( No. 19,782 )
Across
1
Be sweet on : ADORE
6
"Quiet!" : SHH
9
Boy Scout unit : TROOP
14
The Bates ___, in "Psycho" : MOTEL
15
Soccer star Hamm : MIA
16
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Combs : EARLE
17
Poolside wear : FLIPFLOPSANDALS
20
Flat formation : MESA
21
Harold Gray's Annie, for one : ORPHAN
22
Louse-to-be : NIT
23
Mountain debris : SCREE
25
Gate pivots : HINGES
27
Bird of 29-Down : RAPTOR
30
Smart-mouthed : SASSY
32
Prefix with -asian : EUR
33
A, B, C, D or E : WIDTH
35
Marsh plant : SEDGE
39
Giveaway: Var. : FREEBEE
41
Place for butts : ASHTRAY
43
Final authority : SAYSO
44
Copycat's words : METOO
46
Auction ending? : EER
47
Race marker : PYLON
49
Be a buttinsky : MEDDLE
51
Disco flasher : STROBE
54
Put a stop to : CEASE
56
Jackie's second : ARI
57
Available, as a doctor : ONCALL
59
Org. for Annika Sorenstam : LPGA
63
House wear : BEDROOMSLIPPERS
66
Kosher : LEGIT
67
Narc's grp. : DEA
68
Place for rouge : CHEEK
69
Idyllic places : EDENS
70
Map rtes. : RDS
71
Acts the stool pigeon : SINGS
Down
1
Radio letters : AMFM
2
1996 Republican standard-bearer : DOLE
3
Elevator maker : OTIS
4
Meal : REPAST
5
Polar helper : ELF
6
Campfire treat : SMORE
7
Maximally cool : HIPPEST
8
Truck stop fare : HASH
9
Court wear : TENNISSHOES
10
"Awesome!" : RAD
11
Sumatra swinger : ORANG
12
Pal of Kukla and Fran : OLLIE
13
Royal pains : PESTS
18
Country singer Morgan : LORRIE
19
Contented sighs : AAHS
24
Ranch wear : COWBOYBOOTS
26
Russian's refusal : NYET
27
Gridiron "zebras" : REFS
28
Heavenly glow : AURA
29
Mouse, to a 27-Across : PREY
31
At the drop of ___ : AHAT
34
Audition tape : DEMO
36
___ Scott Decision : DRED
37
Celt or Highlander : GAEL
38
Brontë's Jane : EYRE
40
Hockey great Phil, familiarly : ESPO
42
Mogadishu resident : SOMALI
45
Placed in a box, say : ENCASED
48
Late-night Jay : LENO
50
Oracle site : DELPHI
51
Fine fur : SABLE
52
In a tough spot : TREED
53
Chain of hills : RIDGE
55
Fitzgerald and others : ELLAS
58
U.S.N. rank below Capt. : CMDR
60
Hammer's end : PEEN
61
Cyclist LeMond : GREG
62
Questions : ASKS
64
___ Tin Tin : RIN
65
I.B.M.-compatibles : PCS

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

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