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New York Times, Thursday, June 12, 2003

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Down : O.K., in a way
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Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {JKQVXY} This is puzzle # 16 for Mr. Merrell. Thursday freshness: 20%
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P
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L
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N
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F
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© 2003, The New York Times6/12/3 ( No. 19,574 )
Across
1
Lay to rest : INTER
6
Broken-off branch : SECT
10
Hydronium, e.g. : ION
13
Expensive wrap : SABLE
14
Loads : ATON
15
He talked to Wilbur Post : MRED
17
Baste over, e.g. : RESEW
18
Online pastime : CHAT
19
Second sock, say : MATE
20
They call New Zealand "Aotearoa" : MAORIS
22
It may be taken at the wrist : PULSE
23
1 + 6 + 10-Across : INTERSECTION
27
Spots on diamonds : MOUNDS
28
Rat Island group : ALEUTS
32
Pub orders : PINTS
33
Invents : COINS
36
Grant-giving grp. : NEA
37
Tag line? : ASIS
38
Where a stray may stay : POUND
39
Doe and dam : SHES
40
Sportscaster Berman : LEN
41
Phrase on a Chinese menu : NOMSG
42
Goatish figures : FAUNS
43
Less calm : EDGIER
45
Sissy Spacek title role : CARRIE
46
63 + 64 + 65-Across : CONCENTRATED
50
Gross part : DOZEN
53
Calls it quits early : ABORTS
54
One in an express checkout count : ITEM
55
It's seen on many a roof : DISH
56
Second of three words in West Point's motto : HONOR
60
Bad thing to get stuck in : MIRE
61
"The ___ Gave My Heart To" (1997 pop hit) : ONEI
62
Piano technique improver : ETUDE
63
Time server : CON
64
Piddling payment : CENT
65
Was esteemed : RATED
Down
1
Medit. land : ISR
2
Glaswegian denial : NAE
3
Atlanta-based station : TBS
4
Some metals : ELEMENTS
5
Good things to reap : REWARDS
6
"___ bleu!" : SACRE
7
Body of values : ETHIC
8
Compete in a Soap Box Derby, e.g. : COAST
9
Discharge letters? : TNT
10
Unable to catch, with "to" : IMMUNE
11
Kind of history : ORAL
12
Mosquito guards : NETS
16
It'll barely pass you : DEE
21
W.W. II intelligence org. : OSS
22
Pro campaigners : POLS
23
Skewer : IMPALE
24
Mouthed off : NOISED
25
Piano maintenance : TUNING
26
"___ my Annabel Lee": Poe : IAND
29
O.K., in a way : UNHURT
30
___ Beanie Babies : TEENIE
31
Mouthed off to : SASSED
33
Dot follower [with 38-Across + 35-Down, this puzzle's theme] : COM
34
Suffix with vigor : OUS
35
Like Brahms's "Rain Sonata" : ING
38
Blue books : PORN
39
City south of St. Petersburg : SARASOTA
41
Very bright : NEON
42
To a greater extent : FARTHER
44
Workers skilled with tongs : ICEMEN
45
Bull's-eye: Abbr. : CTR
47
"Bullseye!" actor : CAINE
48
"Barnaby Jones" star : EBSEN
49
Perfectly pitched : NOHIT
50
A bit thick : DIM
51
Auditory : OTIC
52
Nobody, slangily : ZERO
55
Shot orderer : DOC
57
Screwball : NUT
58
Literary piece : ODE
59
Traffic stopper : RED

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

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