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New York Times, Tuesday, December 16, 2003

Author:
M. Francis Vuolo
Editor:
Will Shortz
37-Down : Beeped
TotalDebutLatest
147/8/19994/15/2009
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0334220
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.597839%
Michael Vuolo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Vuolo. Tuesday freshness: 84%
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© 2003, The New York Times12/16/3 ( No. 19,761 )
Across
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Starting four : ABCD
5
Arm or leg : LIMB
9
Goes on the fritz : FAILS
14
Whopper maker : LIAR
15
Teen ___ : IDOL
16
River of Pakistan : INDUS
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Fill beyond full : SATE
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First name in scat : ELLA
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Bailout button : EJECT
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Horse-racing financial system? : STABLEECONOMY
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Dairy airs? : MOOS
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Striped antelope : KUDU
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Jean on the screen : HARLOW
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Young newts : EFTS
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Company that makes Wite-Out : BIC
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At full speed : AMAIN
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Lotion additive : ALOE
34
Actor's pursuit : ROLE
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Races horses to gain authority? : JOCKEYSFORPOWER
38
Music player, for short : JUKE
39
"What time ___?" : ISIT
40
Put up with : ABIDE
41
Receiver of many Apr. checks : IRS
42
Closely related : AKIN
43
Is on the same page, so to speak : AGREES
44
Gave lines to : CUED
45
Peter Fonda role : ULEE
46
Government support for horse-racing equipment? : CROPSUBSIDIES
51
Plant life : FLORA
52
Sharer's word : OURS
53
Abbr. before ZIP code 10001 : NYNY
55
Oscar winner Marisa : TOMEI
56
Word processor option : UNDO
57
Toledo's lake : ERIE
58
Primitive fishing tool : SPEAR
59
Comedic Laurel : STAN
60
Iron pumper's count : REPS
Down
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Rev. Sharpton and others : ALS
2
Prejudice : BIAS
3
Suffragist Carrie Chapman ___ : CATT
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Surrealistic : DREAMLIKE
5
Stay out of sight : LIELOW
6
Runs without moving : IDLES
7
Suburban tunneler : MOLE
8
Great Plains Indian : BLACKFOOT
9
Maniacs : FIENDS
10
Certain pear : ANJOU
11
The same, in bibliographies : IDEM
12
Desi loved her : LUCY
13
Retired speedster : SST
21
Trailblazing Daniel : BOONE
22
External : OUTER
25
Pilgrim to Mecca : HAJJI
26
Love in l'après-midi : AMOUR
27
Oven appurtenances : RACKS
28
Pixie-sized : ELFIN
29
Jim at the Alamo : BOWIE
30
___-France : ILEDE
31
First known asteroid : CERES
33
Hard-working : ASSIDUOUS
34
"All in the Family" co-star : ROBREINER
36
"Egads!" : YIKES
37
Beeped : PAGED
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Domestic from overseas : AUPAIR
43
Grammy winner Krauss : ALISON
44
Jazz's Chick : COREA
45
Abbr. on a food label : USRDA
46
Horse's footfall : CLOP
47
Seven Hills city : ROME
48
Minor hit : BUNT
49
Brontë heroine : EYRE
50
Short cut? : SNIP
51
Knox and Dix: Abbr. : FTS
54
"You bet!" : YES

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

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