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New York Times, Wednesday, October 23, 2002

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Nancy T. Shack
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : He debuted at the Met in 1903
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutCollabs
110/23/20021
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0001000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.52613%
Nancy T. Shack

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 39 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 96 for Ms. Salomon. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Shack. Wednesday freshness: 17%
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© 2002, The New York Times10/23/2 ( No. 19,342 )
Across
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Balance of October : LIBRA
6
Not ashore : ASEA
10
Pal in Sydney : MATE
14
Arm of the sea : INLET
15
Pooh, for one : BEAR
16
Yoked beasts : OXEN
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Hendrix biography "___ Me While I Kiss the Sky" : SCUSE
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2002 Literature Nobelist Kertesz : IMRE
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Decent, so to speak : CLAD
20
Start of a definition of "microsecond" : THETIMEITTAKES
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A, in Acapulco : UNA
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Suffix with xeno- : PHOBE
25
Padlock piece : HASP
28
Definition, part 2 : FORYOURNEW
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Like : ALA
34
"See ya!" : CIAO
35
Slender woman : SYLPH
36
Fam. member : REL
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Rhein feeder : AAR
38
Vigoda of "Barney Miller" : ABE
40
Legal conclusion? : ESE
41
Gloomy, in poetry : DREAR
43
"___, Our Help in Ages Past" (hymn) : OGOD
44
Twaddle : ROT
45
Definition, part 3 : COMPUTERTO
48
Philosophical subjects : ISMS
49
"Me too" : ASAMI
50
"Oh, brother!" : MAN
52
End of the definition : BECOMEOBSOLETE
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"Awright!" : YEAH
59
Janis's husband in the funnies : ARLO
60
Runs like a deer : LOPES
61
Facility : EASE
62
Creditor's claim : LIEN
63
What's happening : EVENT
64
"Darn it!" : NUTS
65
Choice word : ELSE
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"Touched By an Angel" co-star : REESE
Down
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___ price : LIST
2
Make a small move : INCH
3
Off-color : BLUE
4
What to do before a big race, maybe : RESTUP
5
Had a home-cooked meal : ATEIN
6
Rose lover? : ABIE
7
Like some athletes : SEMIPRO
8
Coarse : EARTHY
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Playground retort : ARETOO
10
Derision : MOCKERY
11
Rod in a hot rod : AXLE
12
Parts of a Victorian social schedule : TEAS
13
Wrap up : END
21
Secret society : MAFIA
22
Treated badly : ABUSED
25
Capital of Colombia? : HARDC
26
Car similar to a Grand Am : ALERO
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Oregon's capital : SALEM
29
Crew tool : OAR
30
Pirates and Padres, informally : NLERS
31
Kind of salts : EPSOM
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Puts an edge on : WHETS
34
He debuted at the Met in 1903 : CARUSO
38
Ten-percenter: Abbr. : AGT
39
Prosperous periods : BOOMS
42
Army helicopters : APACHES
43
Baltimore birds : ORIOLES
46
Steamed dish : TAMALE
47
TV chef Lagasse : EMERIL
48
Smitten : INLOVE
51
One who hears "You've got mail" : AOLER
52
Sweetheart : BEAU
53
Right on the map : EAST
54
Off-white shade : BONE
55
Blunted blade : EPEE
56
Gymnastic coups : TENS
57
53-Down, in Italia : ESTE
58
Kyoto currency : YEN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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