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New York Times, Tuesday, April 27, 2004

Author:
Janet R. Bender
Editor:
Will Shortz
47-Down : Desecrate
TotalDebutLatest
3111/30/199211/3/2014
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1151111002
ScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
1.5992215%
Janet R. Bender

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 21 for Ms. Bender. Tuesday freshness: 35%
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S
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P
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E
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C
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E
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B
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A
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Y
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C
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O
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M
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B
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O
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H
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L
L
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D
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L
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O
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A
Q
U
A
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I
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G
L
A
Z
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N
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D
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H
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R
A
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S
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R
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D
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S
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C
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N
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L
A
R
C
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H
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B
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A
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R
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A
K
E
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D
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L
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A
D
I
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S
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A
V
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P
R
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X
Y
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J
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T
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D
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P
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A
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L
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A
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S
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L
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O
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P
E
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T
H
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F
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L
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N
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S
C
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M
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A
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L
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S
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S
C
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N
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E
R
G
O
69
E
L
O
N
© 2004, The New York Times4/27/4 ( No. 19,894 )
Across
1
Job detail, briefly : SPEC
5
24/7 auction site : EBAY
9
Jazz group : COMBO
14
Sledder's spot : HILL
15
Sub builder? : DELI
16
Burger layer : ONION
17
Pastel shade : AQUA
18
Loafing : IDLE
19
Pottery finish : GLAZE
20
Bad place for the modest : NUDISTCOLONY
23
Tractor name : DEERE
24
Many-headed serpent : HYDRA
25
___ Lanka : SRI
28
Since 1/1, to a C.P.A. : YTD
29
It has 21 spots : DIE
31
Orchestra's percussion or strings, e.g. : SECTION
33
Coniferous tree : LARCH
35
Library ID : ISBN
36
Band with the 1998 #1 hit "One Week" : BARENAKEDLADIES
42
Bard's river : AVON
43
Chief exec : PREXY
44
Played a knight game? : JOUSTED
48
___ Amin : IDI
49
Chum : PAL
52
Leave speechless : AWE
53
"Peachy!" : SWELL
55
Met offering : OPERA
57
1997 steelworkers-turned-dancers film : THEFULLMONTY
59
Red River capital : HANOI
62
Calvary letters : INRI
63
Pond gunk : SCUM
64
Shady spot : ARBOR
65
Like eggs : LAID
66
Beget : SIRE
67
Meager : SCANT
68
Therefore : ERGO
69
North Carolina university : ELON
Down
1
Sterne's "Tristram ___" : SHANDY
2
Card game for two : PIQUET
3
Gave the slip to : ELUDED
4
"___ de Lune" : CLAIR
5
Trim to fit, maybe : EDIT
6
Nighttime inspection : BEDCHECK
7
Brass or pewter : ALLOY
8
Rates of return : YIELDS
9
French brandy : COGNAC
10
Just : ONLY
11
Hamm of soccer : MIA
12
Dickens's pen name : BOZ
13
"That's ___ for the books!" : ONE
21
Family auto : SEDAN
22
Smelter input : ORE
25
"Certainly!," south of the border : SISI
26
Boxer's wear : ROBE
27
Vacationers' stops : INNS
30
Nest-egg letters : IRA
32
In good order : TIDY
33
Fisheye ___ : LENS
34
With it : HEP
36
Mexican peninsula : BAJA
37
Declare openly : AVOW
38
Philandering sort : ROUE
39
Oil company structure : DRILLRIG
40
Played first : LED
41
Self-evident truth : AXIOM
45
Casual top : TSHIRT
46
Ram's mate : EWE
47
Desecrate : DEFILE
49
Tentatively schedule, with "in" : PENCIL
50
Conductor Toscanini : ARTURO
51
Nonprofessionals : LAYMEN
54
Like some eclipses : LUNAR
56
Oater group : POSSE
57
Animator's creation : TOON
58
Italian resort : LIDO
59
Suffers from : HAS
60
Circle segment : ARC
61
Magic and Wizards org. : NBA

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

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