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New York Times, Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Author:
Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : Screen door sound
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
2611/24/20024/1/201022
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
60685001
RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.6013440%
Lee Glickstein
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {XZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Glickstein. This is puzzle # 120 for Ms. Salomon. Tuesday freshness: 24%
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© 2004, The New York Times5/11/4 ( No. 19,908 )
Across
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Trunk item : SPARE
6
Job seeker's success : OFFER
11
Gridlock : JAM
14
Poe's middle name : ALLAN
15
Bisect : HALVE
16
Mentalist Geller : URI
17
All-freshman team? : NOVICESQUAD
19
Zero : NIL
20
Ugly Duckling, in reality : SWAN
21
Reflect (on) : MUSE
22
Arcade coin : TOKEN
24
So-so : FAIR
26
Bridle's partner : SADDLE
27
Peter Cottontail? : NOTABLEHOPPER
32
Tonsil neighbor : UVULA
33
Smallish field : ACRE
34
Put on TV : AIR
37
Boone, to rustics : DANL
38
Have a ball? : PARTY
40
Blue Triangle org. : YWCA
41
Inventor Whitney : ELI
42
Fill-in : TEMP
43
Heart of France : COEUR
44
Answer to "Who wrote 'The Highwayman'?" : NOYESOFCOURSE
48
Historical Scottish county : ARGYLL
50
Summoned Jeeves : RANG
51
M-1, for one : RIFLE
52
Tokyo ties : OBIS
54
Charlie Chaplin's widow : OONA
58
60's muscle car : GTO
59
Milliner on the move? : NOMADHATTER
62
Poet's preposition : OER
63
Zoo critter : ORANG
64
Campfire treat : SMORE
65
"Shame on you" : TSK
66
Supersized : LARGE
67
Tournament favorites : SEEDS
Down
1
___-serif : SANS
2
Furrow former : PLOW
3
Thomas ___ Edison : ALVA
4
Drops from on high : RAINFALL
5
Letter accompanier: Abbr. : ENC
6
"Yeah, right" : OHSURE
7
Web site sect. for newbies : FAQS
8
Chimney channel : FLUE
9
Zsa Zsa's sister : EVA
10
Bureaucratic tangle : REDTAPE
11
Place for miscellaneous stuff : JUNKDRAWER
12
Sharon of Israel : ARIEL
13
Eeyore's creator : MILNE
18
Oscar winner Jannings : EMIL
23
Lyrical lines : ODE
25
Dr. J's old league: Abbr. : ABA
26
Nimble : SPRY
27
Au naturel : NUDE
28
Horse course : OVAL
29
Item in a musician's pocket : TUNINGFORK
30
Arthur Marx, familiarly : HARPO
31
Columbus Day mo. : OCT
35
Hosp. areas : ICUS
36
Like a compliant cat : RARE
38
Banana waste : PEEL
39
Early hrs. : AMS
40
"Dunno" : YOUGOTME
42
Aspirin alternative : TYLENOL
43
Bamboozle : CON
45
Olive in the comics : OYL
46
Milk container? : FRIDGE
47
Redeem, with "in" : CASH
48
Insider's vocabulary : ARGOT
49
Priests' administrations : RITES
52
"Rubáiyát" poet : OMAR
53
Screen door sound : BANG
55
Oklahoma Indian : OTOE
56
One who's unhip : NERD
57
Aphrodite's lover : ARES
60
___ pro nobis : ORA
61
Big jerk : ASS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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