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New York Times, Thursday, November 18, 2004

Author:
Charles Barasch
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Down : Scholarship founder
TotalDebutLatest
62/16/20045/24/2008
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.552774%
Charles Barasch

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Barasch. Thursday freshness: 57%
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© 2004, The New York Times11/18/4 ( No. 20,099 )
Across
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Situated away from the point of origin : DISTAL
7
Ecdysiast's accouterment : TASSEL
13
Stores : EMPORIA
15
Glacial deposit : MORAINE
16
Freeloader : SPONGER
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Solo : UNAIDED
18
Occasional furniture? : PERIODICTABLE
20
Pope piece : ODE
21
Hurdle for a graduate degree, maybe : ORALS
22
Reed or Harrison : REX
25
Magnetic unit : TESLA
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Drunk : SOT
29
Run through : GORE
30
Overstuffed furniture? : ENDOWEDCHAIR
34
Opportunities to swing : ATBATS
37
Weakens : ERODES
38
Vacation furniture? : TRAVELBUREAU
42
It may rain after a wedding : RICE
43
"Yecch!" : UGH
44
Lip cover : GLOSS
48
"Don't ___!" : ASK
49
___ Ponti, who produced "Doctor Zhivago" : CARLO
51
Profit : NET
52
Easy-to-assemble furniture? : SNAPPYDRESSER
57
Extra little gift: Var. : FREEBEE
59
Thin and slippery : EELLIKE
60
Concisely : INAWORD
61
Tips of the hat : SALUTES
62
Great one? : GATSBY
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Some brews : LAGERS
Down
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Tyrant : DESPOT
2
Throw up a roadblock in front of : IMPEDE
3
Plant reproducers : SPORES
4
Author Morrison : TONI
5
Large southern constellation : ARGO
6
Made stuff up : LIED
7
Employing pitch : TONAL
8
Some tent dwellers : ARABS
9
Breeze (through) : SAIL
10
Byway : SIDEROAD
11
Reno-to-Elko dir. : ENE
12
Was presidential : LED
14
Light melody : ARIOSO
15
What a gene might do : MUTATE
19
Boast : CROW
23
Port city or the lake it's on : ERIE
24
Gen-___ (young set) : XERS
26
Hit the road : LEAVE
27
Chip in : ANTE
29
Halloween costume : GHOUL
31
High-speed Internet inits. : DSL
32
Joey who sang "Peppermint Twist" : DEE
33
Rugged rock : CRAG
34
Blade brand : ATRA
35
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Speaker : TRIS
36
Kind of driver : BACKSEAT
39
Patted a baby, maybe : BURPED
40
Like a 29-Down : UGLY
41
Scholarship founder : RHODES
45
Like some inspections : ONSITE
46
One with a quest : SEEKER
47
Italicize : STRESS
49
Dish on a stick: Var. : CABOB
50
Imitation : APERY
53
NPR staple : NEWS
54
"Get ___!" : REAL
55
Poet ___ Wheeler Wilcox : ELLA
56
Fare beater? : SLUG
57
Something you might not give, with "a" : FIG
58
Genetic material : RNA

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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