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New York Times, Wednesday, February 5, 2003

Author:
Ron O'Hair
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Down : Meager
TotalDebutLatest
211/27/20022/5/2003
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.51843%
Ron O'Hair

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 35 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. O'Hair. Wednesday freshness: 84%
1
BOX
2
K
3
I
4
T
5
E
6
A
7
P
8
U
9
S
10
H
11
O
12
E
13
BOX
14
C
O
C
O
A
15
P
E
P
16
A
M
P
L
E
17
A
L
E
U
T
18
E
A
R
19
E
D
S
E
A
L
20
R
A
S
P
21
BOX
S
C
O
R
E
22
R
I
D
23
E
24
E
L
25
O
A
R
26
W
A
N
E
27
I
28
R
29
R
E
G
U
30
L
A
R
31
H
A
T
E
R
32
N
E
E
33
O
N
I
T
34
M
A
L
I
35
BOX
O
F
36
F
I
C
E
37
B
A
L
L
O
38
T
39
BOX
40
L
U
S
H
41
B
I
T
S
42
N
A
E
43
B
44
R
E
S
T
45
P
R
O
C
E
46
S
S
O
R
47
R
A
C
E
48
B
O
O
49
H
Y
P
50
E
M
T
51
M
U
S
I
52
C
BOX
53
A
54
L
55
O
56
T
57
A
S
I
58
R
E
C
A
L
L
59
P
R
I
M
O
60
D
E
V
I
L
61
D
E
E
62
E
S
S
A
Y
63
BOX
S
E
A
T
64
A
R
F
65
G
E
A
R
BOX
© 2003, The New York Times2/5/3 ( No. 19,447 )
Across
1
Airborne toy : BOXKITE
6
"The Simpsons" storekeeper : APU
9
Loafers holder : SHOEBOX
14
Après-ski drink : COCOA
15
Zip : PEP
16
Spacious : AMPLE
17
Native on the Bering Sea : ALEUT
18
Sea lion, e.g. : EAREDSEAL
20
Horseshoer's tool : RASP
21
Sports page summary : BOXSCORE
22
Purge : RID
23
Sinuous swimmer : EEL
25
Galley tool : OAR
26
Fall off : WANE
27
Like the verb "to be" : IRREGULAR
31
Bigot : HATER
32
Society page word : NEE
33
"Step ___!" : ONIT
34
Bamako's land : MALI
35
Theater receipts : BOXOFFICE
37
It shouldn't be stuffed : BALLOTBOX
40
Boozehound : LUSH
41
Smidgens : BITS
42
Dundee denial : NAE
43
French seaport : BREST
45
Food device : PROCESSOR
47
10K, for one : RACE
48
"You stink!" : BOO
49
Triangle part: Abbr. : HYP
50
CPR giver : EMT
51
Tune player : MUSICBOX
53
Scads : ALOT
57
"Come to think of it ..." : ASIRECALL
59
A-1 : PRIMO
60
Pitchfork wielder : DEVIL
61
Actor Billy ___ Williams : DEE
62
Emerson piece : ESSAY
63
Excellent viewing spot : BOXSEAT
64
Comics bark : ARF
65
Transmission : GEARBOX
Down
1
Part of a freight train : BOXCAR
2
___ nut (caffeine source) : KOLA
3
Boardwalk treats : ICES
4
False top : TOUPEE
5
Chow down : EAT
6
Zoo animals : APES
7
Naval attire : PEACOAT
8
Commotion : UPROAR
9
One-named singer from Nigeria : SADE
10
Pinafore letters : HMS
11
Organ transplants, e.g. : OPERATIONS
12
"Seinfeld" pal : ELAINE
13
Tree of the maple family : BOXELDER
19
Blunder : ERR
21
Meal-to-go : BOXLUNCH
24
Self-interested one : EGOIST
26
Mural site : WALL
27
Correspondence collector : INBOX
28
Antique auto : REO
29
Like a mirror : REFLECTIVE
30
Get prone : LIE
31
W.W. II U.S. admiral nicknamed "Bull" : HALSEY
34
Miniature auto brand : MATCHBOX
36
It may be blown : FUSE
37
Life story, in brief : BIO
38
Chinese "path" : TAO
39
Filmdom's Rocky, e.g. : BOXER
41
Range part : BROILER
43
Classic item in size comparisons : BREADBOX
44
Any of several Egyptian kings : RAMSES
45
Spanish inn : POSADA
46
Meager : SPARSE
48
Florida N.F.L.er : BUC
51
Become soft : MELT
52
Staff leader : CLEF
54
Actress Kudrow : LISA
55
Mullah ___, former Afghan leader : OMAR
56
Place for playthings : TOYBOX
58
River inlet : RIA
59
Hard throw, in baseball : PEG

Answer summary:
2 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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