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New York Times, Thursday, April 10, 2003

Author:
Chuck Menning and Mitch Komro
Editor:
Will Shortz
50-Down : Pitcher Martinez
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
410/7/20004/10/20031
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0000112
ScrabDebutFresh
1.421689%
Chuck Menning
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
67/17/20002/18/20041
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0201111
ScrabDebutFresh
1.592751%
Mitch Komro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {MQ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Menning. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Komro. Thursday freshness: 91%
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© 2003, The New York Times4/10/3 ( No. 19,511 )
Across
1
Dilute : THIN
5
Bird's-eye view? : BEAK
9
Part-time peacekeepers : POSSE
14
Jaunty greeting : HIHO
15
"___ Bowl of Tea" (1989 comedy) : EATA
16
Before : UNTIL
17
Jocular remark by someone holding a door, literally? : AGEBEAUTY
19
Some pups : SEALS
20
Queequeg's craft : WHALER
21
Five-time "ER" Emmy nominee : NOAHWYLE
23
Sound of an unexpected stop : SCREECH
25
It may produce a stir : SPOON
26
Baseball exec Bud : SELIG
28
They're not perfectly round : OVOIDS
31
Parking place : SPOT
34
Complete : ATOZ
36
Skirts : EDGES
37
The Roosevelt years, e.g. : ERA
38
Thick board, literally? : TWOFOUR
40
Easter display : HAT
41
Willowy : LITHE
43
Like some colors : NEON
44
Stops along the line: Abbr. : STNS
45
Wood splitter : AXHEAD
47
Roll back, perhaps : RESET
49
Egg cream ingredient : SYRUP
51
Positive thinker's proclamation : YESICAN
55
Average producer : DOWJONES
58
Shout after waiting : ATLAST
59
Run through : USEUP
60
Sermon subject, literally? : DEATHLIFE
62
Desert dearth : SHADE
63
One may be on its last leg : RACE
64
Actress O'Connor and others : UNAS
65
___ Blixen a k a Isak Dinesen : KAREN
66
Like a line, briefly : ONED
67
Hardly coy : PERT
Down
1
Loosens up : THAWS
2
Operatic challenge : HIGHC
3
Rumormonger's start : IHEAR
4
Superlatively sublime : NOBLEST
5
Breakfast pastry : BEARCLAW
6
Cannes dew? : EAU
7
Memo abbr. : ATTN
8
Lays out : KAYOS
9
No tough opponent : PUSHOVER
10
Driving club : ONEWOOD
11
Attend a slumber party, literally? : STAYNIGHT
12
Place for a planter : SILL
13
Something ___ : ELSE
18
Big shoe spec : EEEE
22
Stamp seller on base: Abbr. : APO
24
Proposition, slangily : HITON
27
Errand runner : GOFER
29
Academic figure : DEAN
30
Streakers, briefly : SSTS
31
Ward with an Emmy : SELA
32
Grand finale? : PRIX
33
Testify in court, literally? : OATHSWEAR
35
Salinger title character : ZOOEY
38
Rip into : TEAROPEN
39
Voted out : UNSEATED
42
Flip side of "Revolution" : HEYJUDE
44
Battling insomnia : STILLUP
46
Pester for payment : DUN
48
Book before Job: Abbr. : ESTH
50
Pitcher Martinez : PEDRO
52
Queeg's craft : CAINE
53
Equally distant : ASFAR
54
SALT subject : NTEST
55
Gloaming : DUSK
56
Accident-monitoring grp. : OSHA
57
One of the Lennons : SEAN
61
High honor : ACE

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

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