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New York Times, Thursday, April 11, 2002

Author:
Greg Staples
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Down : Ribs
TotalDebutLatest
257/4/19997/22/2004
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5210227%
Greg Staples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWXYZ} This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Staples. Thursday freshness: 67%
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© 2002, The New York Times4/11/2 ( No. 19,147 )
Across
1
Figures : DATA
5
Makes fun of, in a way : APES
9
Tower site : BABEL
14
N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Monroe : EARL
15
Pigeon : DUPE
16
Creepy : EERIE
17
Conquest of Caesar's : GAUL
18
"I agree!" : AMEN
19
Mark : GRADE
20
With 23-Across, deli spread, literally : CHOPPEDLI
23
See 20-Across : VER
24
Obliquely : ASKANT
26
Golden-agers : SENIORS
28
With 31-Across, instant, literally : SPLITSEC
31
See 28-Across : OND
32
"Dirty" activity : POOL
33
Test subject : GUINEAPIG
38
European nationalist org. : IRA
39
More hard-fought : FIERCER
41
Sports org., 1960-69 : AFL
42
Source of fragrant wood : CEDARTREE
44
Tribe in Manitoba : CREE
45
With 46-Across, bereft, literally : HEA
46
See 45-Across : RTBROKEN
49
Contract signing : CLOSING
53
Shower times : APRILS
54
With 55-Across, math exercise, literally : LON
55
See 54-Across : GDIVISION
58
Austrian-born conductor Leinsdorf : ERICH
60
Baseball no-no : BALK
61
Relative of an M.C.A.T. or G.R.E. : LSAT
64
Sign of autumn : FROST
65
Besides : ELSE
66
Tales and such : LORE
67
Some may be pitched : TENTS
68
Plane reservation : SEAT
69
Start a pot : ANTE
Down
1
B.S., e.g. : DEG
2
Battery type : AAA
3
Six cubic yards of dirt, say : TRUCKLOAD
4
Start of a big greeting : ALLHAIL
5
Fits in : ADAPTS
6
Hose site : PUMP
7
It has a fluted blade : EPEE
8
Fires off : SENDS
9
Tenderfoot : BEGINNER
10
___ Lingus : AER
11
"Fantastic!" : BRAVO
12
Down maker : EIDER
13
Unpleasant looks : LEERS
21
It touches four Great Lakes: Abbr. : ONT
22
Western director Sergio : LEONE
24
Savory jelly : ASPIC
25
Future fern : SPORE
27
Ike's mother's name : IDA
29
Bavarian river : EGER
30
Doctor : CURER
34
"6 'N the Mornin'" rapper : ICET
35
English surgeon with a disease named after him : PARKINSON
36
Sondheim's "___ Pretty" : IFEEL
37
Places for rivulets : GLENS
39
Transportation charges : FREIGHTS
40
"Try ___ see" : ITAND
43
Cries at fireworks : AHS
44
Civic competitor : COROLLA
47
2- or 3-pointer : BASKET
48
Sch. in Troy, N.Y. : RPI
49
Fissure : CLEFT
50
"M" star : LORRE
51
It may cause tearing : ONION
52
Ribs : GIBES
56
Formal farewell : VALE
57
Role for Ingrid : ILSA
59
K.C. zone : CST
62
Pop or Dada : ART
63
Driver's aid : TEE

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

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