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New York Times, Friday, June 13, 2003

Author:
Todd McClary
Editor:
Will Shortz
49-Down : Receiving a higher Consumer Reports rating, perhaps
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1410/3/20003/27/20121
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.637856%
Todd McClary

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 27 Missing: {QVX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. McClary. Friday freshness: 71%
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G
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© 2003, The New York Times6/13/3 ( No. 19,575 )
Across
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They marched into toy stores in 1964 : GIJOES
7
It looms over many actors : BOOMMIKE
15
"Romanian Rhapsodies" composer : ENESCO
16
Fair : UNBIASED
17
Scandinavian folklore figure in a Grieg title : THEMOUNTAINKING
19
Feel : AURA
20
Nonsense : ROT
21
It's sometimes burnt : SIENNA
22
1935 James Cagney crime film : GMEN
23
"That stinks!" : PHEW
25
Debaucher : SATYR
26
Awesome : RAD
27
Cruise missile component : GUIDER
29
Industrial revolution elements? : COGS
30
Immobilized, as an arm : INACAST
32
Senate cover-up : TOGA
34
Unconfident lovers might pick them : PETALS
35
Spoiled a good walk, per Mark Twain : GOLFED
39
Raft : SLEW
41
Stripe through the target on a curling rink : TEELINE
42
Syndicate leaders : DONS
45
Sorting devices : SIZERS
47
Not needing a doctor's approval, for short : OTC
48
Zones : AREAS
50
Kind of club : GLEE
51
Asian sea name : ARAL
52
Flag, maybe : SIGNAL
54
Parlor game?: Abbr. : OTB
55
Royal figure of sci-fi : LEIA
56
59
Impetration : ENTREATY
60
Coins with double-headed eagles : RUBLES
61
Baseball Hall-of-Famer nicknamed Turkey : STEARNES
62
Television tube : TRIODE
Down
1
Calm down : GETAGRIP
2
Sadistic : INHUMANE
3
Chaffed : JEEREDAT
4
Sultan who founded an old empire : OSMAN
5
Prefix with tourism : ECO
6
Grouches : SOURPUSSES
7
Used one's head, in a way : BUTTED
8
___ roll : ONA
9
Some are tied in "cho cho" fashion : OBIS
10
Cute cars : MINIS
11
Dial : MAKEACALL
12
Digs : ISINTO
13
1993 Grammy winner for "Forever in Love" : KENNYG
14
Awards for Stanley Ellin : EDGARS
18
Like seven Ryan games : NOHIT
24
All ___ : WET
27
Crust : GALL
28
Noted Chicago journalist : ROGEREBERT
31
"Troilus and Cressida" role : CASSANDRA
33
Parts : GOES
36
1959 Broadway musical that won a Pulitzer Prize for drama : FIORELLO
37
Required : ENTAILED
38
Hardly chic : DECLASSE
40
Barrister's accessory : WIG
41
Choppers : TEETH
42
They're sometimes mad : DASHES
43
Situate : ORIENT
44
Overturn : NEGATE
46
Pole vault units? : ZLOTYS
49
Receiving a higher Consumer Reports rating, perhaps : SAFER
51
Out : ALIBI
53
Spot : LOAN
57
MapQuest offering: Abbr. : RTE
58
Ben-___ : HUR

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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