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New York Times, Monday, July 1, 2002

Author:
Allan E. Parrish
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Down : Boosts
TotalDebutLatest
397/1/20025/19/2015
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.6510338%
Allan E. Parrish

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Parrish. Monday freshness: 10%
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© 2002, The New York Times7/1/2 ( No. 19,228 )
Across
1
North Pole assistant? : ELF
4
Military bases : POSTS
9
Lowly workers : PEONS
14
Misstatement : LIE
15
In the upper berth : ONTOP
16
Brightest star in a constellation : ALPHA
17
Holiday ___ : INN
18
Postal device : SCALE
19
Scent : SMELL
20
Star of 36-Across : JACKIEGLEASON
23
Insurance company worker : AGENT
24
What an actor waits for : CUE
25
Terrier or retriever : DOG
28
Deli sandwich : HERO
29
Trails : PATHS
32
Titled lady : DAME
33
Use an 18-Across : WEIGH
35
Kind of position : FETAL
36
Series set at 328 Chauncey Street in Brooklyn : THEHONEYMOONERS
41
Wise one : SOLON
42
Computer shortcut : MACRO
43
All over : ANEW
44
Put up, as a building : ERECT
46
Sharp flavor : TANG
50
Sun. speaker : REV
51
Wrath : IRE
52
"I agree!" : METOO
53
Co-star of 36-Across : AUDREYMEADOWS
58
About 39 inches, in England : METRE
60
Multiflavor ice cream : SWIRL
61
Touch of frost : NIP
62
Letter opposite 16-Across : OMEGA
63
Conspicuous success : ECLAT
64
WNW's opposite : ESE
65
Mass transit vehicles : BUSES
66
Spicy sauce : SALSA
67
Wilmington's state: Abbr. : DEL
Down
1
Hebrew prophet : ELIJAH
2
Amount of space in a newspaper : LINAGE
3
Foil user : FENCER
4
Suggest : POSIT
5
First word in a fairy tale : ONCE
6
Male deer : STAG
7
Turnpike charge : TOLL
8
Oration : SPEECH
9
Not in anymore : PASSE
10
Tickle Me ___ : ELMO
11
When no games are scheduled : OPENDATE
12
Flyers' and Rangers' org. : NHL
13
Mule of old song : SAL
21
Ability : KNOWHOW
22
Vienna's home: Abbr. : AUS
26
Sharif of "Doctor Zhivago" : OMAR
27
Hair goops : GELS
29
Wrestling win : PIN
30
Six, say, for a first-grader : AGE
31
Herb in soups : THYME
32
Signified : DENOTED
34
Long, long time : EON
35
In favor of : FOR
36
Leader opposed by the Bolsheviks : TSAR
37
Sharpen : HONE
38
Boosts : ELEVATES
39
Bub : MAC
40
World Series mo. : OCT
44
"To ___ is human ..." : ERR
45
___ Pieces : REESES
47
Made good : ATONED
48
In any way, in dialect : NOWISE
49
God's honest truth : GOSPEL
51
Think tank output : IDEAS
52
Mediterranean land : MALTA
54
Goad : URGE
55
Blue Triangle org. : YWCA
56
Steelmaking site : MILL
57
Gay 90's and Roaring 20's : ERAS
58
Mafia : MOB
59
Big bird : EMU

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