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New York Times, Thursday, February 21, 2002

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Down : Cesar Chavez's org.
TotalDebutLatest
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QXZ} Grid has repeated answers. This is puzzle # 79 for Mr. Gordon. Thursday freshness: 77%
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© 2002, The New York Times2/21/2 ( No. 19,098 )
Across
1
Natl. Hot Dog Mo. : JUL
4
House of Commons members: Abbr. : MPS
7
Charged : RANAT
12
"Season of Glass" artist : ONO
13
Where football's Pro Bowl is played : OAHU
15
California wine town : SONOMA
16
Start of a quip by Alfred E. Neuman : BEWARYOF
18
Clowns : CUTUPS
19
Quip, part 2 : ANYONEWHOGIVES
21
"Tristram Shandy" author : STERNE
22
Half of a half-and-half : ALE
23
Poetic preposition : ERE
24
___ room : REC
25
Fruit in a mixed drink : PINA
27
Highlander : GAEL
28
Common place for a sprain : ANKLE
31
Titanic : ENORMOUS
33
Quip, part 3 : YOUADVICE
35
Railroad support : CROSSTIE
37
Wrung out : DRIED
41
Rust sprinkled with white : ROAN
42
"Deutschland ___ Alles" : UBER
43
Greenwich Village sch. : NYU
44
Three months from 1-Across: Abbr. : OCT
45
Mexico City Olympics prize : ORO
46
Degraded : ABASED
49
Quip, part 4 : THATBEGINSWITH
53
Star in Aquila : ALTAIR
54
End of the quip : BEWARYOF
56
Old Spanish coins : REALES
57
Statistics calculation : MEAN
58
Elton's john : LOO
59
Eastwood's "Rawhide" role : YATES
60
Human Genome Project topic : DNA
61
Laboriously make : EKE
Down
1
Old Testament book : JOB
2
Like leftovers : UNEATEN
3
Décolletage : LOWNECK
4
Fool : MORON
5
Dolley Madison's maiden name : PAYNE
6
Pump, e.g. : SHOE
7
Roulette bet : ROUGE
8
Not pro : ANTI
9
Beaujolais ___ : NOUVEAU
10
Current units : AMPERES
11
Fez attachment : TASSEL
14
Cesar Chavez's org. : UFW
15
Hanks's "Bosom Buddies" co-star : SCOLARI
17
Historic Scottish county : AYR
20
Queen Victoria's royal house : HANOVER
21
Sp. woman's title : SRA
25
Natural fuel source : PEATBOG
26
Film not made by a Hollywood studio : INDIE
27
Attendee : GOER
29
City on the Rhone : LYON
30
Daughter of Hyperion : EOS
32
Year that Chaucer died : MCD
34
Some sharks : USURERS
35
Part of the inner ear : COCHLEA
36
Knocking sound : RATATAT
38
Trendy : INSTYLE
39
Simple fastener : EYEHOOK
40
Turkey : DUD
41
Traffic circle : ROTARY
45
Tony's cousins : OBIES
46
Dam that formed Lake Nasser : ASWAN
47
Safari head : BWANA
48
Luxury car standard feature : AIR
50
Yarn that is spun : TALE
51
Deep Blue maker : IBM
52
Poverty : NEED
55
Adversary : FOE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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