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New York Times, Saturday, May 8, 2004

Author:
Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JKQVYZ} This is puzzle # 24 for Mr. Peoples. Saturday freshness: 69%
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© 2004, The New York Times5/8/4 ( No. 19,905 )
Across
1
Fair : TRADESHOW
10
Paul Gallico title character : ARRIS
15
Peace Memorial Museum locale : HIROSHIMA
16
Extinct Algonquian : MIAMI
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A trust may reduce it : ESTATETAX
18
Dismay : APPAL
19
"Hair" tune : BEIN
20
Circulation aid : AIRPASSAGE
22
Grand Prix feature : ESS
23
Richard Gere title role of 2000 : DRT
24
It turns out lts. : OCS
25
"Children of the Albatross" author : NIN
26
Stagnation : STASIS
28
Abbr. before a number : TEL
29
It looks bad on the surface : DUST
30
Not flabby : TONED
31
Stand : PUTUPWITH
33
Old-fashioned alternative : CUBALIBRE
35
"Remain calm" : DONTPANIC
38
Rationed : METED
42
Victim of Polyphemus, in myth : ACIS
43
Name on an oval : STP
44
Fillet : DEBONE
45
30-day span: Abbr. : SEP
46
Trash : DIS
47
Rapper MC ___ : REN
48
Port Huron Statement org. : SDS
49
Run into : HAPPENUPON
52
A/C measure : BTUS
53
Situation in which only 56-Across is occupied : ONEON
54
Hardly relaxed : ILLATEASE
56
See 53-Across : FIRST
57
Hard thing to fill : TALLORDER
58
Takes nothing in : FASTS
59
Discount clothing store chain : STEINMART
Down
1
Tops : THEBEST
2
Meets : RISESTO
3
Crafty one? : ARTISAN
4
Druggist for whom some commercial pills are named : DOAN
5
It's not exact: Abbr. : EST
6
Cuts : SHEARS
7
Number-starting prompt : HITIT
8
Taliban mullah : OMAR
9
Gush, in a way : WAXPOETIC
10
Opposite of deplete : AMASS
11
They may be put in stitches : RIPS
12
Noted Chilean island : RAPANUI
13
Ezra Pound, e.g. : IMAGIST
14
Honorable start? : SILENTH
21
"Not with ___ the heart is broken": Emily Dickinson : ACLUB
23
Styled : DIDUP
27
They branch off : SECTS
28
___ tree : TULIP
29
Loser : DWEEB
31
Some office attire : PANTSUITS
32
Guys in promotion : PRMEN
34
Geological depression : BASIN
35
Leave quickly : DASHOFF
36
Totalitarian state in "1984" : OCEANIA
37
Some playful pooches : NIPPERS
39
Taqueria offering : TOSTADA
40
Software developer's concern : ENDUSER
41
What a loser may skip : DESSERT
44
Alaska's ___ National Park : DENALI
46
Auto damage : DENTS
47
"Good Times" star, on 70's TV : ROLLE
50
Place on duty : POST
51
Surveyor's work : PLAT
52
Landscaping screen : BERM
55
Host : TON

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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