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New York Times, Saturday, April 20, 2002

Author:
Dana Motley
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Down : More frequent than the Olympics
TotalDebutLatest
311/30/19978/16/2013
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20001721
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5314867%
Dana Motley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {JQVXZ} This is puzzle # 13 for Ms. Motley. Saturday freshness: 23%
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© 2002, The New York Times4/20/2 ( No. 19,156 )
Across
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Alternative to steps : RAMP
5
Ring : ECHO
9
Hindenburg's predecessor as German president : EBERT
14
Kind of team : AWAY
15
Wing-shaped : ALAR
16
First name in swing : ARTIE
17
Imperturbability : SANGFROID
19
Territories : TURFS
20
Fermi's first : PRIMA
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Post production? : GRAPENUTS
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Line intersecting a curve : SECANT
25
Old saloon sights : PIANOS
26
Fattening : LARDING
28
Farm sound : CAW
31
Amendment impetus, maybe : PETITION
34
Pontiac, e.g. : OTTAWA
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Desperate measures : HEROICS
38
Cast aside : SPURNED
39
Instrumentality : AGENCY
40
Sanctimonious sort : PHARISEE
41
Fed. management grp. : GSA
42
Chaps, e.g. : COLOGNE
44
Goethe play that was banned : STELLA
47
Busy : ORNATE
51
Ice cream order : DOUBLEDIP
54
Get with the program? : ENROL
55
Documentarian Morris : ERROL
56
Trying to trap : INSIDIOUS
58
Where the action is : SCENE
59
Ancient Olympics site : ELIS
60
Hammett creation : ASTA
61
Silkwood of "Silkwood" : KAREN
62
Part of 27-Down: Abbr. : SYST
63
Not as : LESS
Down
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Scratches : RASPS
2
Posted, so to speak : AWARE
3
Hysterical : MANIC
4
He loved his work : PYGMALION
5
Ring bearer, maybe : EAR
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Flow stopper : CLOG
7
Turn type : HAIRPIN
8
Make a father : ORDAIN
9
Put away : EATEN
10
Conductor ___ Walter : BRUNO
11
Dwellers in ancient Tuscany : ETRUSCANS
12
Break : RIFT
13
"The Lover of Horses" author Gallagher : TESS
18
True believer : FANATIC
22
U.S. naval base until 1951 : PAGOPAGO
24
Scooter alternative : TRICYCLE
27
Microsoft product : DOS
29
___ bit (slightly) : AWEE
30
Cranes do it : WADE
31
Feeding: Prefix : PHAG
32
Hosp. readings : EEGS
33
One may show you the money : TREASURER
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Flush : TURNRED
36
More frequent than the Olympics : TRIENNIAL
38
HBO alternative : SHO
40
À la the Amish : PLAINLY
43
Radio format : OLDIES
45
Something to gnaw on : TBONE
46
Sigourney's role in "Alien" : ELLEN
48
Originated : AROSE
49
Talks up : TOUTS
50
"___ Dream" (Wagner aria) : ELSAS
51
Study piece : DESK
52
Marine predator : ORCA
53
They're trident-shaped : PSIS
57
Left end? : IST

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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