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New York Times, Monday, May 26, 2003

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
11-Down : Russian fighter jets
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
10212/9/19793/19/20242
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
673172130
CircleScrabDebutPre‑WSFresh
91.61331220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 8%
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© 2003, The New York Times5/26/3 ( No. 19,557 )
Across
1
Was in a choir : SANG
5
All-night bash : RAVE
9
Tough guys : HEMEN
14
Award in the ad biz : CLIO
15
Genesis garden : EDEN
16
"To the moon, ___!" ("The Honeymooners" phrase) : ALICE
17
Much modern popular music : ROCK
18
Direct : FORTHRIGHT
20
In the offing : AHEAD
22
Requisite : NEED
23
Emergency message : SOS
24
Wedding ceremony, e.g. : MARRIAGERITE
28
Drop from the eye : TEAR
29
Wandered : ROAMED
33
Where fighter jets touch down : AIRSTRIPS
38
Shareholder's substitute : PROXY
39
Wrath : IRE
40
Animal hides : PELTS
42
Mincemeat dessert : PIE
43
Touches down : LANDS
46
Targets of football kicks : GOALPOSTS
49
Stuffed shirts : SNOOTS
51
Derrière : REAR
52
Flier at Kitty Hawk : WILBURWRIGHT
58
Row a boat : OAR
61
Nut : LOON
62
Unearthly : EERIE
63
Be a secret author : GHOSTWRITE
67
"Ain't Misbehavin'" star Carter : NELL
68
Musical show : REVUE
69
List-ending abbr. : ETAL
70
Any Poe story : TALE
71
Improve, as text : EMEND
72
Lowly worker : SERF
73
Underworld river : STYX
Down
1
"Hightail it out of here!" : SCRAM
2
Island welcome : ALOHA
3
More friendly : NICER
4
Speedy one-seaters : GOKARTS
5
Gridiron official, for short : REF
6
Hubbub : ADO
7
Captain Nemo's creator : VERNE
8
Computer key : ENTER
9
Convertible look-alike : HARDTOP
10
Actor Wallach : ELI
11
Russian fighter jets : MIGS
12
Canyon sound : ECHO
13
New Jersey hoopsters : NETS
19
Legacy receiver : HEIR
21
Regimen : DIET
25
Org. for people 50 and over : AARP
26
"Peer Gynt" composer : GRIEG
27
Spot for a headphone : EAR
30
Swabs : MOPS
31
Escape route : EXIT
32
Brunette-to-redhead jobs : DYES
33
Is under the weather : AILS
34
Tehran's locale : IRAN
35
Ashcroft's predecessor : RENO
36
Negotiator with Isr. : PLO
37
One of the Fab Four : STARR
41
Whole lot : SLEW
44
Wall Street index, with "the" : DOW
45
Unnatural-sounding : STILTED
47
Reduce, as expenses : PARE
48
Adjusts to the surroundings : ORIENTS
50
Glacial : SLOW
53
Yawn inducers : BORES
54
Merge : UNITE
55
"Super!" : GREAT
56
Not flat : HILLY
57
Pre-Internet communication : TELEX
58
Brute : OGRE
59
Pause filler : AHEM
60
Wander : ROVE
64
Natural tanner : SUN
65
Road cover : TAR
66
Santa's helper : ELF

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

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