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New York Times, Saturday, April 26, 2003

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Down : Not hard to understand
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Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 29 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Grid has supersymmetry. This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Merrell. Saturday freshness: 43%
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Q
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© 2003, The New York Times4/26/3 ( No. 19,527 )
Across
1
National bird of Guatemala : QUETZAL
8
Great thing to hit : JACKPOT
15
Hoist : UPRAISE
16
Retail outlets : EMPORIA
17
Con : AGAINST
18
Sneaks : WEASELS
19
Some are underground: Abbr. : RRS
20
Flora or Fauna : GODDESS
22
They're not part of the body: Abbr. : PSS
23
Crook's comeuppance : RAID
25
Becomes less enthusiastic : COOLS
26
Lie on the beach, say : BAKE
27
Aussie "Dame" and others : EDNAS
29
___ bit : WEE
30
It may lead to injury : PERIL
31
Prolific egg layer : LEGHORN
33
Gives a number to : DEADENS
35
Ingredient in some cakes : LYE
36
System start-up? : ECO
37
Self-___ : RELIANT
41
They're not yet delivered : FETUSES
45
Pharmaceutical liquids : AQUAS
46
He played Yemana on "Barney Miller" : SOO
48
Regional woodland : SILVA
49
Port holders : TUNS
50
Elite group : SEALS
52
Some fiction, informally : NOIR
53
Creek : RIA
54
Airs : DITTIES
56
Shogunate headquarters : EDO
57
Red supergiant in Scorpius : ANTARES
59
Immunity trigger : ANTIGEN
61
Lexicographer's interest : COINAGE
62
Incitement : GOADING
63
Winds up : EXCITES
64
Adventurous rovers : ERRANTS
Down
1
Exchange words, so to speak : QUARREL
2
Improvement : UPGRADE
3
Getting off the tape : ERASING
4
Chi preceder : TAI
5
Bite : ZING
6
Abbr. in some group names : ASSOC
7
Disappoint : LETDOWN
8
Like many scepters : JEWELED
9
Elvis's "___ of Blues" : AMESS
10
People doing book reviews? : CPAS
11
Levels : KOS
12
Cook : PREPARE
13
Choice for rain gear : OILSKIN
14
Graduation day array : TASSELS
21
One may be fawning : DOE
24
Some ornamentals : DAHLIAS
26
Wanderer : BEDOUIN
28
Nutritious beans : SOYAS
30
Summit goals, sometimes : PACTS
32
"In the Good Old Summertime" lyricist Shields : REN
34
Designation of some clodhoppers : EEE
37
Drudge's life : RATRACE
38
Fall time : EQUINOX
39
Nut : LUNATIC
40
African carriers : TSETSES
41
Leaves : FOLIAGE
42
Fizz ingredient : SLOEGIN
43
Not hard to understand : EVIDENT
44
One-piece outfits : SARONGS
47
Seed in a spikelet : OAT
50
More than a 23-Across : SIEGE
51
Madrileño, e.g. : SENOR
54
"Nuts!" : DRAT
55
Prominent player : STAR
58
Hangman request : ANI
60
Title girl of Eddie Cantor's theme song : IDA

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

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