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New York Times, Monday, December 30, 2002

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
12-Down : "Wise" bird
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQX} This is puzzle # 102 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 55%
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© 2002, The New York Times12/30/2 ( No. 19,410 )
Across
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Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth) : SWAT
5
Gaming table stacks : BETS
9
Tease : RAGON
14
Roof's edge : EAVE
15
Leave out : OMIT
16
Performer with a painted-on smile : CLOWN
17
Bygone times : ERAS
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Conceal : HIDE
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HBO deliverer : CABLE
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"You said it!" : YESSIRREEBOB
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September bloom : ASTER
24
Royal residences : PALACES
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Knave : ROGUE
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Tex-Mex snack : TAMALE
33
"Stop right there!" : WHOANELLY
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Dry-as-dust : ARID
38
Short flight : HOP
39
Oceanographic charts : SEAMAPS
42
Comedian's bit : GAG
43
Currier's partner in lithography : IVES
45
"Uh-uh!" : NOWAYJOSE
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Mother ___ (Nobel-winning nun) : TERESA
50
Siesta sound : SNORE
51
Stretchy, as a waistband : ELASTIC
53
Notre Dame's Fighting ___ : IRISH
57
"I'm afraid not!" : SORRYCHARLIE
61
Madcap : ANTIC
64
Seep (out) : OOZE
65
Smidgen : IOTA
66
Apple laptop : IBOOK
67
Eve's man : ADAM
68
Demonic : EVIL
69
Hollywood's DeVito or Glover : DANNY
70
Ballfield cover : TARP
71
Byrd and Hatch, e.g.: Abbr. : SENS
Down
1
"Ta-ta" : SEEYA
2
Merchandise : WARES
3
"Halt!," at sea : AVAST
4
Mosaic piece : TESSERA
5
Physicist Niels : BOHR
6
Mideast prince : EMIR
7
An almanac lists its highs and lows : TIDE
8
Prepare, as tea : STEEP
9
Pepsi competitor : RCCOLA
10
Mobile home? : ALABAMA
11
Big hunk : GOB
12
"Wise" bird : OWL
13
SSW's reverse : NNE
21
Leg shackles : IRONS
22
Cave dweller : BAT
25
It goes in the hold : CARGO
26
Sewing machine inventor Howe : ELIAS
27
Everglades grass : SEDGE
29
"You could've knocked me over with a feather!" : GEE
30
___ Bator, Mongolia : ULAN
31
St. ___ fire : ELMOS
33
Snowlike : WHITE
34
It's no mansion : HOVEL
35
"Tosca," e.g. : OPERA
36
Sign of boredom : YAWN
40
Kung ___ shrimp : PAO
41
Neighbor of Israel : SYRIA
44
College period : SESSION
46
Axis soldiers : JERRIES
48
Thickset : STOCKY
49
Lungful : AIR
52
Zagreb resident : CROAT
54
1974 Tom T. Hall hit : ILOVE
55
Peaceful protest : SITIN
56
Gets better, as a wound : HEALS
58
Mentor for Luke Skywalker : YODA
59
Ivan, for one : CZAR
60
Rope material : HEMP
61
Grant-in-___ : AID
62
Org. for the Nets and Nuggets : NBA
63
Ship's weight unit : TON

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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