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New York Times, Monday, March 29, 2004

Author:
Barry Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
4-Down : Lip-___ (not really sing)
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Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Silk. Monday freshness: 43%
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J
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© 2004, The New York Times3/29/4 ( No. 19,865 )
Across
1
Apple computers : MACS
5
1:00, e.g. : HOUR
9
Eye color : HAZEL
14
Hideous : UGLY
15
In ___ (actual) : ESSE
16
New York's ___ Fisher Hall : AVERY
17
Time for a Wild West shootout : NOON
18
"Excuse me ..." : AHEM
19
Pointing device : MOUSE
20
Fancy term for a 36-Across : CRUCIVERBALIST
23
Hornswoggled : HAD
24
Tetley product : TEA
25
Regretted : RUED
26
London's Big ___ : BEN
27
Shopping place : MART
28
Quick punch : JAB
31
Self-evident truth : AXIOM
34
___ fide : BONA
35
Coke or Pepsi : COLA
36
Puzzling person? : CROSSWORDEDITOR
39
Goldie of "Laugh-In" fame : HAWN
40
Party giver : HOST
41
Atlas blow-up : INSET
42
Needle hole : EYE
43
Yappy dog, briefly : PEKE
44
Colorado native : UTE
45
Kodak product : FILM
46
Explosive letters : TNT
47
Put down, slangily : DIS
50
Fancy term for a 36-Across : ENIGMATOLOGIST
54
Secluded valleys : GLENS
55
Actress Winslet : KATE
56
Stage part : ROLE
57
W.W. II vessel : UBOAT
58
Split personalities? : EXES
59
Think tank output : IDEA
60
Hairy-chested : MANLY
61
Edges : RIMS
62
Work station : DESK
Down
1
Chew (on) : MUNCH
2
Ancient marketplace : AGORA
3
Cirrus or cumulus : CLOUD
4
Lip-___ (not really sing) : SYNC
5
Realm for St. Peter : HEAVEN
6
Actor Milo : OSHEA
7
One who takes drugs, e.g. : USER
8
"The Night Watch" painter : REMBRANDT
9
Tiny village : HAMLET
10
Steer clear of : AVOID
11
Mount Olympus chief : ZEUS
12
Formerly, once : ERST
13
Caustic substance : LYE
21
Tabloid twosomes : ITEMS
22
Surrounding glows : AURAE
26
Cap'n's mate : BOSN
27
Samuel with a code : MORSE
28
Scribbles (down) : JOTS
29
Cream ingredient : ALOE
30
Quarterback Starr : BART
31
Flu symptom : ACHE
32
Picture of health? : XRAY
33
"___ Russia $1200" (Bob Hope book) : IOWE
34
Gambling professional : BOOKMAKER
35
Art movie theater : CINE
37
Overcome utterly : WHELM
38
"Same here!" : DITTO
43
Boar's abode : PIGSTY
44
Except if : UNLESS
45
Important exam : FINAL
46
___ pole : TOTEM
47
Electron tube : DIODE
48
Cruise stopovers : ISLES
49
T-bone, e.g. : STEAK
50
Site of Napoleon's exile : ELBA
51
Light on Broadway : NEON
52
Prepare for takeoff : TAXI
53
Lines on a radar screen : GRID
54
Doublemint, e.g. : GUM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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