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New York Times, Wednesday, April 7, 2004

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
25-Down : Distiller Walker
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 118 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 82%
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© 2004, The New York Times4/7/4 ( No. 19,874 )
Across
1
Cornhusker State city : OMAHA
6
Moronic : DUMB
10
Tacks on : ADDS
14
Emmy-winning role for Sally Field : SYBIL
15
Kazan who won a 1-Down for Lifetime Achievement : ELIA
16
Rock's Mötley ___ : CRUE
17
Transcript? : CREDITCARD
19
Camel feature : HUMP
20
Santa ___ winds : ANA
21
Dawn, to Donne : MORN
22
Cue : PROMPT
24
Stress hard : RAMHOME
26
Witch's conveyance : BROOM
27
On the sly : INSECRET
29
$$$ dispenser : ATM
32
Put down : DECRY
35
Source of easy money : CUSHYJOB
37
The Bruins of the Pac Ten : UCLA
38
Hits repeatedly : PELTS
40
Geraldine Chaplin's mother : OONA
41
Run wild : STAMPEDE
43
Towns, informally : BURGS
44
Floors, briefly : KOS
45
One showing signs of a cold : SNIFFLER
48
Sudden inundation : SPATE
50
Payment procrastinator's penalty : LATEFEE
54
Peloponnesian War victor : SPARTA
56
It may be strong or long : SUIT
57
Lacking a mate : ODD
58
___ Bell : TACO
59
Driver ed? : GOLFCOURSE
62
Airing : ONTV
63
Patron saint of Norway : OLAF
64
Japanese noodle dish : RAMEN
65
Coin in Cancún : PESO
66
The latest : NEWS
67
Good Housekeeping approvals : SEALS
Down
1
See 15-Across : OSCAR
2
Loy of "The Thin Man" : MYRNA
3
Crosswise, on deck : ABEAM
4
Holed up : HID
5
Ex payments : ALIMONY
6
Formal order : DECREE
7
___ Bator, Mongolia : ULAN
8
Former Russian orbiter : MIR
9
Unwelcome ink : BADPRESS
10
Sound from a 45-Across : ACHOO
11
Certain college music student? : DRUMMAJOR
12
Eyesore : DUMP
13
9: Abbr. : SEPT
18
Male turkeys : TOMS
23
"Portnoy's Complaint" author : ROTH
25
Distiller Walker : HIRAM
26
Fabergé cologne : BRUT
28
Staff symbol : CCLEF
30
Chinese secret society : TONG
31
New corp. hires : MBAS
32
The edge of night : DUSK
33
Outer: Prefix : ECTO
34
Taking notes and writing essays? : CLASSACTS
36
"___ fired!" (Trump catchphrase) : YOURE
38
Large container of brass? : PENTAGON
39
Falco of "The Sopranos" : EDIE
42
H.S. junior's test : PSAT
43
They lay it on the line : BETTORS
46
Plumps up : FLUFFS
47
Not of the cloth : LAIC
49
Utah city : PROVO
51
Pro ___ (perfunctorily) : FORMA
52
50's Ford flop : EDSEL
53
Idyllic spots : EDENS
54
Obey a red light : STOP
55
Piece of glass : PANE
56
Deli side dish : SLAW
60
Ring "Rah!" : OLE
61
Dubai is part of it: Abbr. : UAE

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

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