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New York Times, Monday, February 17, 2003

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Down : Actor Stamp
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RebusScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JVX} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 48 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Monday freshness: 16%
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© 2003, The New York Times2/17/3 ( No. 19,459 )
Across
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Book of maps : ATLAS
6
Lounge : LOLL
10
Lounge : IDLE
14
Milk purchase : QUART
15
Actress Falco : EDIE
16
Word before a verb, maybe : NOUN
17
Pain inside : ULCER
18
Taboo : NONO
19
Not timid : BOLD
20
Cruising : ASEA
21
1986 Detroit debut : FORDTAURUS
23
Refuses : SAYSNO
25
Tall tale : YARN
26
E.P.A. concern: Abbr. : ECOL
29
Paint over : RECOAT
33
Government subsidy : GRANTINAID
38
This-and-that dish : HASH
39
21-Across, e.g. : AUTO
40
Bruin Bobby : ORR
41
Singer ___ James : ETTA
42
Story line : PLOT
43
1998 Peter Weir film, with "The" : TRUMANSHOW
46
Group of 100 : SENATE
48
"No sweat" : EASY
49
Six years, in the 46-Across : TERM
51
Period of greatest success : HEYDAY
56
Amateurish : BUSHLEAGUE
61
Prefix with -naut : AERO
62
Aware of : ONTO
63
Without value : NULL
64
Express appreciation to : THANK
65
___ Clayton Powell Jr. : ADAM
66
Help for a detective : CLUE
67
"It's the truth!" : NOLIE
68
Region : ZONE
69
Renaissance Italian family name : ESTE
70
Carried with difficulty : TOTED
Down
1
Shades of blue : AQUAS
2
Oklahoma city : TULSA
3
Cagney's TV partner : LACEY
4
Regions : AREAS
5
Narrow waterway: Abbr. : STR
6
Late-night name : LENO
7
Olfactory stimulus : ODOR
8
Dance named after an aviator : LINDY
9
Dance class wear : LEOTARD
10
Grouped : INBUNCHES
11
It may get into a jamb : DOOR
12
Humdinger : LULU
13
They may be split or tight : ENDS
21
An ellipse has two of them : FOCI
22
"___ you sure?" : ARE
24
Take-home : NET
27
___ about (approximately) : ONOR
28
Lash ___, who played the Cheyenne Kid in old westerns : LARUE
30
Pledge : OATH
31
Concerning : ASTO
32
Unfreeze : THAW
33
Openings : GAPS
34
It may begin "Do not ..." : RULE
35
Lots : ATON
36
Out : NOTATHOME
37
"___ la Douce" (1963 film) : IRMA
43
Actor Stamp : TERENCE
44
Tennis's Arthur : ASHE
45
Bill ___, TV's Science Guy : NYE
47
No. on a business card : TEL
50
Manhandles : MAULS
52
"Hurray!" : YAHOO
53
Had control of the deck : DEALT
54
Golfer Palmer, informally : ARNIE
55
Like farm oxen : YOKED
56
Husband of Ruth, in the Bible : BOAZ
57
Take back : UNDO
58
Funnyman Laurel : STAN
59
Oversupply : GLUT
60
Peter Fonda title role : ULEE
64
Explosion maker : TNT

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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