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New York Times, Saturday, June 9, 2001

Author:
Rich Norris
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Down : Nuts
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31.571,11574%
Rich Norris

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 145 for Mr. Norris. Saturday freshness: 81%
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S
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L
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© 2001, The New York Times6/9/1 ( No. 18,841 )
Across
1
Manage : SWINGIT
8
"If it were now to die, / 'Twere now to be most happy" speaker : OTHELLO
15
"It's Too Late Now" autobiographer : AAMILNE
16
Lately developed : NOUVEAU
17
Epitome of logic : MRSPOCK
18
Binds : CEMENTS
19
Ace : PRO
20
Humdingers : WOWSERS
22
One-quarter of an H, in Morse code : DIT
23
1968 Chemistry Nobelist Onsager : LARS
25
Southeastern Conference player : GATOR
26
Whitewash : LIME
27
Register : ENROL
29
Bank site: Abbr. : RIV
30
Railroad car : DINER
31
They're just getting started : TYROS
33
Works on moving pictures? : REHANGS
35
Protective garden structure : COLDFRAME
37
Kind of concert : OPENAIR
39
Amateur on a board : HODAD
42
"___ Heartbeat" (Amy Grant hit) : EVERY
43
Foreign agreements : SIS
45
Language family that includes Ute, Shoshone and Comanche : NUMIC
47
Forswear : DENY
48
Drained : SPENT
50
Word of contempt : PISH
51
Ashes site : URN
52
Acted humble : ATEDIRT
54
Holy title: Abbr. : STE
55
Noise : CLATTER
57
Marlowe title character : FAUSTUS
59
Glazed fabrics : TAMMIES
60
Museum display : FINEART
61
Marley's ghost, for one : SPECTRE
62
TV director's order : STANDBY
Down
1
Polling need : SAMPLE
2
Justify : WARRANT
3
1960 #1 Brenda Lee hit : IMSORRY
4
Tang : NIP
5
Radiation sign : GLOW
6
Disguised, briefly : INCOG
7
William Shatner sci-fi novel : TEKWAR
8
Glance : ONCEOVER
9
Start of a statement about divinity : TOERR
10
Bustles : HUMS
11
Chronological threshold : EVE
12
Imparting : LENDING
13
Tribune Co. subsidiary : LATIMES
14
Corporate move : OUSTER
21
Like some Chinese dishes : STIRFRIED
24
Inquisition target : SORCERY
26
Arranged for : LINEDUP
28
Nuts : LOONY
30
Steadfast friend of Greek legend : DAMON
32
Patty Hearst kidnap grp. : SLA
34
"Yeah, right!" : HAH
36
Scatter : DISPERSE
37
Shared part : OVERLAP
38
Book cover? : PENNAME
40
1997 Spielberg epic : AMISTAD
41
Trouble : DISTURB
42
Inferences : EDUCTS
44
Sounds of contempt : SNIFFS
46
Not flat : CHESTY
48
Direct : STEER
49
Property : TRAIT
52
Buckling down : ATIT
53
Yellowfin, e.g. : TUNA
56
HBO alternative : TMC
58
One with an office on Constitution Ave. : SEN

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

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