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New York Times, Friday, December 19, 2003

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Down : Liber ___ (Roman fertility god)
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 120 for Ms. Gorski. Friday freshness: 44%
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© 2003, The New York Times12/19/3 ( No. 19,764 )
Across
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Eastern competitor : TWA
4
Regrettably : ALAS
8
Dogma : TENET
13
"I figured it out!" : AHA
14
Huffy : SORE
15
Split off from the band : GOSOLO
16
Goes back to : REVISITS
18
He murdered his brother Bleda : ATTILA
19
Debussy recital piece : REVERIE
20
Research papers : THESES
21
Infuses with bubbles : AERATES
22
Blessed ___ : EVENT
23
Tchaikovsky ballet roles : SWANS
24
After-homework period : TVTIME
28
M. M. Kaye's "The Far Pavilions," e.g. : SAGA
29
Weirdo, in modern slang : FREAKAZOID
33
Peer Gynt's mother : ASE
34
Women, in old parlance : FAIRSEX
35
Austin-to-Dallas dir. : NNE
36
Tiananmen Square figures : DISSIDENTS
38
Antifur org. : PETA
39
Commercial property holder, often : LESSEE
40
Less dicey : SAFER
41
Neighborhood : LOCAL
44
Fixed engine parts : STATORS
46
Heroine of Arthurian romance : ISOLDE
48
"No more!" : IGIVEUP
49
Walked : STRODE
50
In 24 hours : TOMORROW
52
Friend of Dorothy : TINMAN
53
"Bon ___" : SOIR
54
Literary monogram : TSE
55
Talking trash : SASSY
56
Betting parlor subject : ODDS
57
New Testament book: Abbr. : HEB
Down
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Sully : TAR
2
Words heard after an interruption : WHEREWASI
3
Valedictorians have them : AAVERAGES
4
Liquid ___ : ASSETS
5
Tours locale : LOIRE
6
Puppetry and ventriloquism, e.g. : ARTISTRIES
7
Zaire's Mobutu ___ Seko : SESE
8
Without holding back : TOTHEMAX
9
"The Breakfast Club" actor : ESTEVEZ
10
Babble : NOISE
11
Columnist Goodman : ELLEN
12
Brown bread : TOAST
15
Gangster's gun : GAT
17
Trump with a cameo in "The First Wives Club" : IVANA
21
Syrian leader : ASSAD
25
"The Mysterious Island" author : VERNE
26
"Yum!" : TASTESGOOD
27
Turner and others : IKES
29
Crazes : FADS
30
Generous slice of the pie : ONEFOURTH
31
Throw in, as a question : INTERPOSE
32
Love objects : DEARS
34
Period of unrestricted activity : FIELDDAY
37
Goes downhill : SLALOMS
38
Liber ___ (Roman fertility god) : PATER
40
Relishes : SAVORS
41
Parts of "Dear Santa" letters : LISTS
42
Port of old Rome : OSTIA
43
Foot faults : CORNS
45
Yellowish : TIMID
47
Night of poetry : EEN
48
"Now, was ___ bad?" : ITSO
51
Fly catcher : WEB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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