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New York Times, Monday, May 17, 2004

Author:
Ethan Cooper
Editor:
Will Shortz
9-Down : Symbol of sharpness
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
155/17/19999/10/20192
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
11.568632%
Ethan Cooper

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Cooper. Monday freshness: 88%
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© 2004, The New York Times5/17/4 ( No. 19,914 )
Across
1
Boeing 747's and 767's : JETS
5
The Monkees' "___ Believer" : IMA
8
"Am not!" rejoinder : ARETOO
14
Forced out : UPROOTED
16
Wash receptacles : BASINS
17
With 56-Across, lawyer who argued in 19- and 49-Across : THURGOOD
18
Pre-Mexican Indians : AZTECS
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With 49-Across, noted decision made 5/17/54 : BROWNVBOARD
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Buying binge : SPREE
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Musical talent : EAR
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Eight: Fr. : HUIT
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Stuart queen : ANNE
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Went after congers : EELED
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Aged : OLD
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On the briny : ASEA
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Curious thing : ODDITY
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Decision reversed by 19- and 49-Across : PLESSYVFERGUSON
40
One sailing under a skull and crossbones : PIRATE
41
Locust or larch : TREE
42
Spanish aunt : TIA
43
Belgian painter James : ENSOR
44
Chief Justice ___ Warren, majority opinion writer for 19- and 49-Across : EARL
45
Rolodex nos. : TELS
46
Select, with "for" : OPT
48
Stanford-___ test : BINET
49
See 19-Across : OFEDUCATION
55
Sitting room : PARLOR
56
See 17-Across : MARSHALL
60
Groups of starting players : ATEAMS
61
Forebodes : PRESAGES
62
Vice President Dick : CHENEY
63
Ave. crossers : STS
64
Mary ___ Lincoln : TODD
Down
1
Stick (out) : JUT
2
Book after Galatians: Abbr. : EPH
3
Capote, for short : TRU
4
Iced dessert : SORBET
5
Langston Hughes poem : ITOO
6
Cat's cry : MEOW
7
Annex: Abbr. : ADDN
8
Addis ___, Ethiopia : ABABA
9
Symbol of sharpness : RAZOREDGE
10
"Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
11
Echelon : TIER
12
How a lot of modern music is sold : ONCD
13
Secret W.W. II agcy. : OSS
15
Brute : OGRE
20
Flying geese formation : VEE
21
Quaint establishment : SHOPPE
22
Arrive, as by car : PULLIN
23
Passengers : RIDERS
26
"___ sow, so shall ..." : ASYE
27
Reno's state: Abbr. : NEV
28
U.S./Can./Mex. pact : NAFTA
30
University URL ending : EDU
31
Pay attention : LISTEN
32
French star : ETOILE
33
Ruler by birth : DYNAST
35
Houston landmark : ASTRODOME
36
Pitcher Hershiser : OREL
38
___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
39
Go off track : ERR
44
And so forth : ETC
45
Soldier's helmet, slangily : TINHAT
47
Short-winded : PURSY
48
Bruce Springsteen, with "the" : BOSS
49
___ of office : OATH
50
Gratis : FREE
51
Flair : ELAN
52
Concert equipment : AMPS
53
Pucker-inducing : TART
54
Angers : IRES
55
___-Man (arcade game) : PAC
57
Past : AGO
58
Was ahead : LED
59
"Acid" : LSD

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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