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New York Times, Wednesday, June 2, 2004

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Down : Love personified
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 122 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 54%
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J
2
A
3
B
4
B
5
A
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N
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A
8
V
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E
10
A
11
P
12
B
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S
14
A
B
O
I
L
15
A
M
E
R
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W
A
R
P
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B
U
D
G
E
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T
C
U
T
S
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E
L
I
A
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H
A
I
L
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T
A
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P
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A
C
T
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U
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P
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C
A
S
T
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P
E
T
R
28
O
C
K
S
29
N
O
H
I
T
T
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E
R
31
Z
O
N
E
32
S
L
U
R
33
E
R
I
34
K
35
N
A
G
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A
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T
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E
L
M
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B
R
O
M
I
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D
E
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U
T
A
42
R
O
P
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E
R
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S
A
T
E
45
W
A
S
P
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C
L
A
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P
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R
E
S
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T
A
R
E
A
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M
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A
H
O
G
A
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N
Y
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P
A
N
D
A
S
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A
D
A
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S
R
O
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P
O
R
T
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M
E
N
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U
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F
I
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R
S
T
M
A
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T
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E
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S
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B
U
G
S
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U
S
E
S
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A
D
O
R
E
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A
X
E
S
68
M
E
A
T
69
C
S
P
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N
© 2004, The New York Times6/2/4 ( No. 19,930 )
Across
1
"Star Wars" gangster ___ the Hutt : JABBA
6
Basilica center : NAVE
10
Police dept. alerts : APBS
14
Bubbling on the burner : ABOIL
15
Part of 5-Down: Abbr. : AMER
16
"Star Trek" speed : WARP
17
Belt tightenings : BUDGETCUTS
19
Director Kazan : ELIA
20
Hearty hello : HAIL
21
Draft dispenser : TAP
23
Play one's part : ACT
24
Directed skyward : UPCAST
27
Silly 70's fad : PETROCKS
29
Pitcher's tour de force : NOHITTER
31
Factor in shipping costs : ZONE
32
Sling mud at, say : SLUR
33
Composer Satie : ERIK
35
Bother persistently : NAGAT
38
Nightmarish street : ELM
39
Trite truth : BROMIDE
41
Tony-winning Hagen : UTA
42
Big name in polls : ROPER
44
Fill till full : SATE
45
Nest builder in the eaves : WASP
46
Thunderous sound : CLAP
48
Motorist's stop : RESTAREA
50
Reddish-brown : MAHOGANY
53
Endangered bamboo eaters : PANDAS
54
Nabokov title heroine : ADA
55
Sign of a full house : SRO
56
Dessert wine : PORT
57
Course listing : MENU
59
Title of this puzzle, in reference to 17- and 39-Across and 11- and 26-Down : FIRSTMATES
64
Program problems : BUGS
65
Finishes (up) : USES
66
Love a lot : ADORE
67
X and Y, on a graph : AXES
68
Cold cuts, e.g. : MEAT
69
Hill broadcaster : CSPAN
Down
1
Pugilist's poke : JAB
2
___ Dhabi : ABU
3
Physique, so to speak : BOD
4
Result of teasing? : BIGHAIR
5
Yankees' div. : ALEAST
6
Table salt, to a chemist : NACL
7
___ Darya (Asian river) : AMU
8
Sporty Chevy, briefly : VETTE
9
Fake : ERSATZ
10
Leave dumbstruck : AWE
11
Protection for the royal family : PALACEGUARD
12
Building block : BRICK
13
Small rows : SPATS
18
Nervous laugh : TITTER
22
Facedown : PRONE
24
Family name at Indy : UNSER
25
Chihuahua chicken : POLLO
26
Not much moolah : CHUMPCHANGE
27
Early political race : PRIMARY
28
"Not ___ bet!" : ONA
30
Love personified : EROS
34
Flying toy : KITE
36
Clueless : ATSEA
37
Spanish snacks : TAPAS
39
Toots one's own horn : BRAGS
40
Tyrant : DESPOT
43
"Telephone Line" grp. : ELO
45
Job-seekers' reading : WANTADS
47
French fragrance : PARFUM
49
Runway surface : TARMAC
50
Deadly snake : MAMBA
51
For two, in music : ADEUX
52
Hubbub : NOISE
56
"Hey, over here!" : PSST
58
Naval inits. : USS
60
Stephen of "Still Crazy" : REA
61
Go one better than : TOP
62
All competitor : ERA
63
One with a six-yr. term : SEN

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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