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New York Times, Wednesday, October 1, 2003

Author:
A. J. Santora
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Down : Rich cakes, in Germany
TotalDebutLatest
2531/26/19565/22/2005
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A. J. Santora

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 35 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 249 for Mr. Santora. Wednesday freshness: 45%
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© 2003, The New York Times10/1/3 ( No. 19,685 )
Across
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Intensifies, with "up" : AMPS
5
Record : DISC
9
Sots' spots : PUBS
13
Of the flock : LAIC
14
Composer ___ von Webern : ANTON
16
About : INRE
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Without delay : ATTHEDROPOFAHAT
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Oil source : SHALE
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"On This Night of a Thousand Stars" musical : EVITA
22
Young ___ : UNS
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It follows a starter : ENTREE
25
Tuesday, in Tours : MARDI
27
"Be patient!" : KEEPYOURSHIRTON
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Riviera season : ETE
32
Caregivers, for short : RNS
33
Resembling : ALA
34
Agrees to : ACCEPTS
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"Who has an answer?" : ANYBODY
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Digital feature : TOE
42
Put on : ADD
43
Misery : WOE
44
In charge : WEARINGTHEPANTS
50
Colonial John : ALDEN
51
They may be red : ALERTS
52
Runny nose cause : FLU
53
Relating to tissue : TELAR
55
Trip planner's aid : ATLAS
59
Stepped in for another : FILLEDONESSHOES
62
Mother of Apollo : LETO
63
___ voce (softly) : SOTTO
64
Gas station adjunct : MART
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Old station name : ESSO
66
New Mexico skiing locale : TAOS
67
Book after Joel : AMOS
Down
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"'Tis a pity" : ALAS
2
S.A.T. part : MATH
3
Sandwich bread : PITA
4
Tote, slangily : SCHLEP
5
"Dear old" guy : DAD
6
How to see "L.A. Law" : INRERUNS
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Livestock feeds : STOVERS
8
Knockoffs : COPIES
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___ mater (brain cover) : PIA
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O.K. : UNHURT
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"Viva Zapata!" star, 1952 : BRANDO
12
Becomes established : SETSIN
15
"___ bad!" : NOT
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Start of a counting-out rhyme : EENY
19
G-rated : FAMILY
24
Rich cakes, in Germany : TORTEN
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The Black Stallion, for one : ARAB
27
Mauna ___ : KEA
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List abbr. : ETC
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Common Market letters : EEC
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Left-___ (southpaw) : HANDER
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Raison d'___ : ETRE
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Grosse ___, Mich. : POINTE
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Follow : ADHERETO
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His or her follower : OWN
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"i" lid : DOT
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Approval : YES
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Turner city : ATLANTA
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Aren't decisive : WAFFLE
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Prestigious magazine awards : ELLIES
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Full-price payers : ADULTS
47
Dumb ox : GALOOT
48
Fund-raising grps. : PTAS
49
Bronchodilator's target : ASTHMA
54
Wynn and others : EDS
56
Good earth : LOAM
57
Prefix with gramme : AERO
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Fast ones, for short : SSTS
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Card game with forfeits : LOO
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"Help!" : SOS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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