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New York Times, Friday, October 29, 2004

Author:
Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
2-Down : Quick look
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
534/11/20004/28/20075
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
179312111
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5221680%
Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 64, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JKQWXZ} This is puzzle # 36 for Ms. Blackard. Friday freshness: 95%
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© 2004, The New York Times10/29/4 ( No. 20,079 )
Across
1
Where hailing isn't necessary : CABSTAND
9
Cast out : BANISH
15
Number finder : OPERATOR
16
Social breakdown : ANOMIE
17
Musical sampler : DEMOTAPE
18
Bringing along : TOTING
19
Arrow shooter : EROS
20
Alternative to rhyme : ASSONANCE
22
Color TV pioneer : RCA
23
Arrow application : POISON
25
Mr. Miniver in "Mrs. Miniver" : CLEM
26
Like some runs : UNEARNED
28
A-to-Z, briefly : THORO
29
Lake Kyoga locale : UGANDA
30
Safety zone : HAVEN
31
Transplanted mariachi, maybe : CHICANO
34
Pteridologist's display : FERNERY
36
Cheng-chou's province : HONAN
37
Lined with crystals, perhaps : GEODIC
39
Omani money : RIALS
40
Pop star who was a 1990's Mouseketeer : AGUILERA
43
Suburb of Paris : ISSY
44
Company with a short track record? : LIONEL
45
Suffix with Shakespeare : ANA
47
Gets moving : STEPSONIT
49
Reply to "That so?" : ITIS
50
Like some windows : TINTED
51
Marine aquarist's concern : SALINITY
54
Have covered : INSURE
55
Evening outcome? : TIESCORE
56
Gets rid of : EGESTS
57
Warns maliciously : SNARLSAT
Down
1
Microsoft employee, e.g. : CODER
2
Quick look : APERCU
3
Sing the blues about : BEMOAN
4
Some cheap hotels: Abbr. : SROS
5
Work with a shuttle : TAT
6
___ price : ATA
7
Saw in a gym : NOPAINNOGAIN
8
Got into the habit, say : DRESSED
9
Stick with the beat? : BATON
10
Briefly unknown? : ANON
11
"You wish!" : NOTACHANCE
12
Cry while swooning : IMINLOVE
13
Less affected : SINCERER
14
Domination : HEGEMONY
21
Where one can get the shakes : SODAFOUNTAIN
23
Polytheists : PAGANS
24
Pivotal port in W.W. II : ORAN
27
Source of heavy timber wood : EUCALYPTUS
28
Goal for some seekers : THRILL
31
Creator of many crime cases : CHRISTIE
32
Block-and-tackle work : HOISTING
33
Somehow : INASENSE
35
Actress Falco : EDIE
38
They're legends in their own minds : EGOISTS
41
Secants and cosecants : RATIOS
42
"Peer Gynt" dancer : ANITRA
44
Valuable veins : LODES
46
To date : ASYET
48
Spanish muralist : SERT
49
With: Abbr. : INCL
52
Rural expanse : LEA
53
El Al destination: Abbr. : ISR

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

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