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New York Times, Friday, March 26, 2004

Author:
Nancy Kavanaugh
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : Comparatively quick
TotalDebutLatest
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ScrabDebutFresh
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Nancy Kavanaugh

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Ms. Kavanaugh. Friday freshness: 58%
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U
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© 2004, The New York Times3/26/4 ( No. 19,862 )
Across
1
Disarrange, in a way : UNSTACK
8
Is able to 38-Down money : SAVESUP
15
"There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" follower : BALIHAI
16
Be there before : PREDATE
17
Detainee's entitlement : ONECALL
18
Lay elsewhere : REINTER
19
Rare driving result : ACE
20
One might support a foundation : BILLIONAIRE
22
Dating consideration : TYPE
24
"My Life" singer, 1978 : JOEL
25
Thea's daughter, in myth : EOS
26
Certain print : LITHOGRAPH
31
One way to see : EYETOEYE
33
Italian librettist Gaetano ___ : ROSSI
37
They don't make it : NOSHOWS
38
Oil source : SOYBEAN
40
Dawn : ONSET
41
North and others : COLONELS
42
One with a thick skin : RHINOCEROS
45
Hit maker? : BAT
48
Tap trouble : LEAK
49
Witch's brew : BANE
52
Mary's charge, in verse : ALITTLELAMB
57
Come out on top : WIN
58
Stand tall : BEPROUD
59
Run down : WEARIED
61
Propitiate : APPEASE
62
Suspiciously : ASKANCE
63
Went into first, maybe : SHIFTED
64
Not so far along : YOUNGER
Down
1
W.W. II predator : UBOAT
2
Drew on a case : NANCY
3
Ever-energetic : SLEEPLESS
4
Quirky behavior : TIC
5
Obsessed captain : AHAB
6
Cartel city : CALI
7
Grouches : KILLJOYS
8
Comparatively quick : SPRIER
9
Small biological interstice : AREOLA
10
Part of an internal network : VEIN
11
Writer Ferber : EDNA
12
Figure in the French avant-garde : SATIE
13
Unborn, after "in" : UTERO
14
"For the Future of Israel" author : PERES
21
Orchestra alternative : LOGE
23
"Take your pick" : EITHER
27
It may be chipped : TOOTH
28
Fell : HEW
29
Sen. Mark of Arkansas : PRYOR
30
Hang out (with) : HOBNOB
31
"Music for Films" musician : ENO
32
In the distance : YON
34
Unable to decide : SEESAWING
35
Córdoba condiment : SAL
36
Clout providers : INS
38
See 8-Across : SOCKAWAY
39
Shout of support : OLE
41
Scuttle contents : COAL
43
Be bad to : ILLUSE
44
Essential : NEEDED
45
Some cakes : BABAS
46
___-null (math figure) : ALEPH
47
Hedren of "Marnie" : TIPPI
50
Potential heiress : NIECE
51
Rear-___ : ENDER
53
Not kosher : TREF
54
One way of fitting : TOAT
55
Prefix with America : MESO
56
Capital of Azerbaijan : BAKU
60
Didn't fight, say : RAN

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

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