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New York Times, Wednesday, April 2, 2003

Author:
Kelly Clark
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : U.P.S. delivery: Abbr.
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1510/29/19978/12/20161
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1143510
ScrabDebutFresh
1.636530%
Kelly Clark

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVX} This is puzzle # 12 for Ms. Clark. Wednesday freshness: 58%
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P
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L
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A
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N
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T
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A
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M
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P
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E
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R
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Z
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I
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B
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O
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I
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S
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H
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K
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P
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A
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L
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G
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O
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P
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B
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M
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Y
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S
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C
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F
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O
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G
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O
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O
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P
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P
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D
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P
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O
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P
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D
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© 2003, The New York Times4/2/3 ( No. 19,503 )
Across
1
Map out : PLAN
5
Interfere (with), as evidence : TAMPER
11
Blemish, slangily : ZIT
14
Cotton unit : BALE
15
Woodwind player : OBOIST
16
Bouncers' requests, briefly : IDS
17
Emulate Errol Flynn : SWASHBUCKLE
19
___ Dee River : PEE
20
Grow choppers : TEETHE
21
March honoree, for short : STPAT
23
Ninnies : ASSES
26
"___ Poetica" : ARS
28
"___ well" : ALLS
29
Way back when : LONGAGO
32
Read carefully : PERUSE
34
Act the blowhard : BRAG
35
Six-legged soldiers : ARMYANTS
38
Indy sponsor : STP
39
Title for this puzzle? : CLOSURE
40
Driving hazard : FOG
43
Empty : OUTOFGAS
45
New York or London district : SOHO
46
Gives the cold shoulder : SPURNS
48
Poseidon, to the Romans : NEPTUNE
50
Pocket bread : PITA
51
Derisive laugh : HAH
54
Transnational money : EUROS
55
___ Gay : ENOLA
57
Gain again : REEARN
60
Dict. offering : DEF
61
It's pushed in a crisis : PANICBUTTON
66
Swiss canton : URI
67
Hypnotic state : TRANCE
68
Leprechaun's land : EIRE
69
S.F. winter hrs. : PST
70
Steakhouse sound : SIZZLE
71
Monopoly card : DEED
Down
1
"Sesame Street" channel : PBS
2
Order's partner : LAW
3
In the manner of : ALA
4
Savings for a rainy day : NESTEGG
5
Soliloquy starter : TOBE
6
Lie next to : ABUT
7
Coffee order : MOCHA
8
Cheap so-and-so : PIKER
9
Immigrant's course: Abbr. : ESL
10
Numbered rds. : RTES
11
Post office request : ZIPPLUSFOUR
12
Worthy principles : IDEALS
13
Dreaded fly : TSETSE
18
"___ real nowhere man" (Beatles lyric) : HESA
22
Like a sloe : TART
23
Priests' vestments : ALBS
24
Alphabetize, e.g. : SORT
25
"Wake up!" : SNAPOUTOFIT
27
Thinly spread : SPARSE
30
Waterproof overshoe : GALOSH
31
"... abridging the freedom of speech, ___ the press ..." (Bill of Rights) : OROF
33
Toronto-to-Ottawa dir. : ENE
36
Chinese food additive : MSG
37
Chinese dollar : YUAN
39
U.P.S. delivery: Abbr. : CTN
41
"Horrors!" : OHNO
42
Takes a turn : GOES
44
Caspian feeder : URAL
45
Checked, as growth : STUNTED
46
Accelerated : SPEDUP
47
They yearn : PINERS
49
Where the nuevo sol is spent : PERU
52
Ball mate : ARNAZ
53
"57 Varieties" company : HEINZ
56
Rental units: Abbr. : APTS
58
Book after Proverbs: Abbr. : ECCL
59
Busy as ___ : ABEE
62
Uris hero ___ Ben Canaan : ARI
63
Reason for overtime : TIE
64
Mine find : ORE
65
Composer Rorem : NED

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

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