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New York Times, Wednesday, March 20, 2002

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Down : Reconsiders
TotalDebutLatest
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Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 89 for Ms. Gorski. Wednesday freshness: 62%
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© 2002, The New York Times3/20/2 ( No. 19,125 )
Across
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Walkers, for short : PEDS
5
Leave untouched : LETBE
10
Humorist Lebowitz : FRAN
14
"Essays of ___" : ELIA
15
Maintains : AVERS
16
Eastern music : RAGA
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Not lopsided : EVEN
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Nomination for which Susan Lucci finally won an Emmy : NINETEENTH
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Setting for a shoot-'em-up : WILDWILDWEST
22
Expunge : ERASE
23
Natl. Courtesy Mo. : SEP
24
As well : TOO
27
Dijon water : EAU
28
Black and white? : GRAY
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"Well!" : MYOHMY
34
Ungracious winner : GLOATER
37
"How the Other Half Lives" author : RIIS
38
2000 Mel Gibson flick : WHATWOMENWANT
41
Svelte : THIN
42
About half of villagers : MENFOLK
43
Virgil figure : AENEAS
46
Common plea, informally : NOLO
47
One who's very wet? : SOT
50
Appt. calendar notation : MTG
51
New Deal org. : WPA
53
Contest effort : ENTRY
55
Surfers' place : WORLDWIDEWEB
59
High spirits : JUBILATION
62
Prefix with byte : GIGA
63
In a tizzy : AGOG
64
Chicken parts : NECKS
65
Earth sci. : ECOL
66
Reasons : WHYS
67
Salute, say : GREET
68
Jacket part : VENT
Down
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Midget : PEEWEE
2
#1 Oak Ridge Boys hit : ELVIRA
3
Split one's sides : DIELAUGHING
4
Contents of hourglasses : SANDS
5
Legal scholar Guinier : LANI
6
Axis of ___ : EVIL
7
Care for : TEND
8
Pub orders : BREWS
9
High regard : ESTEEM
10
Guitarist's worry? : FRET
11
Campaigned : RAN
12
F.B.I. employee: Abbr. : AGT
13
"I don't think so" : NAH
19
Catch sight of : ESPY
21
"___ the Beat" (Go-Go's hit) : WEGOT
24
Reconsiders : THINKSTWICE
25
Leave out : OMIT
26
Sounds of woe : OYS
29
Rarer than rare : RAW
30
Speck : ATOM
31
Land on the Red Sea : YEMEN
33
Kind of agreement : ORAL
35
Area between stripes : LANE
36
Get-hitched-quick spot : RENO
38
Sharpen : WHET
39
Gridiron org. : NFL
40
Went to court? : WOOED
41
Pompom holder : TAM
44
Object of a manhunt, maybe : AWOL
45
Leapt : SPRANG
48
The Snake borders it : OREGON
49
Mercutio's killer, in "Romeo and Juliet" : TYBALT
52
Change : ALTER
54
Israeli desert : NEGEV
55
Drag queen's collection : WIGS
56
Chop up : DICE
57
Came alive : WOKE
58
Part of N.I.H.: Abbr. : INST
59
Talking point? : JAW
60
"Yuk!" : UGH
61
Lad : BOY

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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