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New York Times, Monday, October 28, 2002

Author:
Randy Sowell
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Adolescent
TotalDebutLatest
224/28/19947/8/2013
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01263100
ScrabDebutFresh
1.575217%
Randy Sowell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Sowell. Monday freshness: 20%
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© 2002, The New York Times10/28/2 ( No. 19,347 )
Across
1
Test episode for a TV series : PILOT
6
Front's opposite : BACK
10
Yen : ITCH
14
Came up : AROSE
15
Israeli airline : ELAL
16
Actress Irene of "Fame" : CARA
17
Expensive fur : SABLE
18
Christie's "Death on the ___" : NILE
19
Diplomat Abba : EBAN
20
007's introduction : BONDJAMESBOND
23
Kind of sauce : SOY
25
Shipping magnate Onassis : ARI
26
Screwball : KOOKY
27
Thin 1960's supermodel : TWIGGY
29
Coil : HELIX
32
___ the Cow : ELSIE
33
Mathematician Descartes : RENE
34
"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" container : POD
37
Jungle declaration : METARZANYOUJANE
41
Main, Elm, etc.: Abbr. : STS
42
Sicilian volcano : ETNA
43
Turkic speaker : TATAR
44
Flower with colorful blotches : PANSY
46
"Peter Pan" playwright : BARRIE
47
Tasty : SAPID
50
Stadium cheer : RAH
51
Where Mindy's TV friend came from : ORK
52
First line of "Moby-Dick" : CALLMEISHMAEL
57
Spoken : ORAL
58
Poker payment : ANTE
59
President Nasser : GAMAL
62
Dog on the Yellow Brick Road : TOTO
63
On the double, in the O.R. : STAT
64
Get around : EVADE
65
Winter forecast : SNOW
66
Civil wrong : TORT
67
Spanish kids : NENES
Down
1
Mas' mates : PAS
2
Lyricist Gershwin : IRA
3
Capitol Hill wheeler-dealers : LOBBYISTS
4
Peace Prize city : OSLO
5
Adolescent : TEENAGER
6
Cinema canine : BENJI
7
Inter ___ : ALIA
8
Serene : CALM
9
Swiss artist Paul : KLEE
10
Fridge, old-style : ICEBOX
11
Forbidden : TABOO
12
How to start up a Model T : CRANK
13
Useful : HANDY
21
Moistureless : DRY
22
Hit the slopes : SKI
23
What roots connect to : STEMS
24
Young hooter : OWLET
28
Italian actress Scala : GIA
29
Youngman of one-liners : HENNY
30
"Orinoco Flow" singer : ENYA
31
Sign before Virgo : LEO
33
Followers of the Pied Piper of Hamelin : RATS
34
Officer on the beat : PATROLMAN
35
Studio sign : ONAIR
36
Bo of "10" : DEREK
38
Buddhist sect : ZEN
39
Tony-winning actress for "The Country Girl" : UTAHAGEN
40
Cookie holder : JAR
44
Feather-filled item : PILLOW
45
Navy bigwig: Abbr. : ADM
46
Crash sound : BAM
47
Glasgow residents : SCOTS
48
Composer Copland : AARON
49
Academy founder : PLATO
50
Scarlett's love : RHETT
53
Sunrise direction : EAST
54
Look ___ (study) : INTO
55
Constellation component : STAR
56
Icicle site : EAVE
60
Citrus drink : ADE
61
"___ Misérables" : LES

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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