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New York Times, Tuesday, March 16, 2004

Author:
Ron Sweet
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Down : "The way things are ..."
TotalDebut
13/16/2004
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0010000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.65512%
Ron Sweet

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JX} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Sweet. Tuesday freshness: 21%
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© 2004, The New York Times3/16/4 ( No. 19,852 )
Across
1
Talk like Jimmy Stewart : DRAWL
6
Minnelli of "Cabaret" : LIZA
10
Frozen waffle brand : EGGO
14
Noted Montague : ROMEO
15
First father : ADAM
16
Potting need : SOIL
17
Jellied garnish : ASPIC
18
Glazier's unit : PANE
19
Ditto, with "the" : SAME
20
Kingdom's dock? : PIEROFTHEREALM
23
Suffix with musket : EER
24
Tic-tac-toe winner : OOO
25
Poet Elinor : WYLIE
27
Invent : DREAMUP
30
Enzyme suffix : ASE
32
Baseball playoffs mo. : OCT
33
Mikhail of chess : TAL
34
Adage : SAW
35
Home of the Blue Devils : DUKE
36
Municipality's dock? : QUAYTOTHECITY
40
Part of a financial portfolio : FUND
41
Yale, for one : IVY
42
Q-Tip target : EAR
43
Put down, on the street : DIS
44
Place where you can get into hot water : SPA
45
No less than : ATLEAST
49
Looks out for, at a heist : ABETS
51
Commotion : ADO
52
Early Beatle Sutcliffe : STU
53
Country's dock? : BERTHOFANATION
58
Diva Gluck : ALMA
59
Breakfast food chain : IHOP
60
Back, at the track : BETON
61
Depend (on) : RELY
62
Barrel of laughs : RIOT
63
Hosiery hue : BEIGE
64
Breyers competitor : EDYS
65
Adds (up) : TOTS
66
Photographer Adams : ANSEL
Down
1
Hung loosely : DRAPED
2
More upbeat : ROSIER
3
Fuse unit : AMPERE
4
Small dam : WEIR
5
Lead-in to motion : LOCO
6
Traveler's work aid : LAPTOP
7
Potato state : IDAHO
8
Billy of "Titanic" : ZANE
9
From the U.S. : AMER
10
Composition with a viewpoint : ESSAY
11
Give 100% : GOALLOUT
12
Gadget-laden : GIMMICKY
13
Grand ___ Opry : OLE
21
Ball that may hit an umpire : FOULTIP
22
Meadow mother : EWE
26
Summer in Suisse : ETE
28
Just slightly : ATAD
29
Indianapolis 500 time : MAY
30
Sound of relief : AAH
31
Fond of : SWEETON
34
Farm pen : STY
35
Calamitous : DIRE
36
Nitpicked : QUIBBLED
37
Socially improper : UNSEEMLY
38
Future aves? : OVA
39
Record-setting Ripken : CAL
40
Pharmaceutical-safety org. : FDA
44
Retired flier : SST
45
Changes to fit : ADAPTS
46
"The way things are ..." : ASITIS
47
One of a slapstick trio : STOOGE
48
Prison escape route, maybe : TUNNEL
50
Cafeteria carriers : TRAYS
51
Underway : AFOOT
54
"Java" player Al : HIRT
55
Home to Columbus : OHIO
56
"Chiquitita" quartet : ABBA
57
Freshman, usually : TEEN
58
"You ___ here" : ARE

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

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