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New York Times, Thursday, July 15, 2004

Author:
Roy Leban
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Down : Disperse
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Roy Leban

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Leban. Thursday freshness: 37%
Roy Leban notes:

This puzzle is probably my favorite NYT crossword, with the double rebus. The puzzle came out during the annual convention of the National Puzzlers' League, in Boston that year.

On Wednesday, some krewe members happened to have a discussion about rebus puzzles during a long T ride, and one guy was very adamant that rebus cells should be symmetrically placed, that not doing made for a flawed puzzle. It so happened that I knew this puzzle was running the next day. Back then, constructors rarely knew when their puzzles were going to run in advance, but Will had mentioned it to me for some reason. But I kept my mouth shut anyway and just commented that there are good reasons sometimes.

Thursday afternoon, the adamant guy came up to me and told me I was right and that he had really enjoyed the puzzle. Great feeling.

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© 2004, The New York Times7/15/4 ( No. 19,973 )
Across
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___ Morris, signature on the Declaration of Independence : ROBT
5
Untanned : PALE
9
Enthusiastic about : UPFOR
14
Home of the Rainbow Bridge National Monument : UTAH
15
City near Stillwater : ENID
16
Second-largest lake in North America : HURON
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Carry : TOTE
18
1984 Peace Nobelist : TUTU
19
What to say to a kahuna : ALOHA
20
Ballpark fare : HOTDOGWITHCATSUP
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Ready : ALLSET
24
Engine need : OIL
25
Casa ___ (Italian restaurant name) : MIA
28
Born : NEE
29
Sources of soft feathers : EIDERS
32
Admission seeker, maybe: Abbr. : TERR
33
Secret grp. since 1947 : NSC
34
Hook, line or sinker : NOUN
35
"Stop!" : AVAST
36
Come down hard : RAINCATSANDDOGS
40
Parts of a V formation : GEESE
42
Norway's patron saint : OLAV
43
Currency shop abbr. : USD
46
Hike : TREK
47
Infer : DERIVE
49
Pal of Piglet : ROO
50
Cask material : OAK
51
"Cursed" team, informally : SOX
52
Summer worker : INTERN
54
It might pick up a few pointers : DOGCATCHERSTRUCK
57
Aviary sound : TWEET
60
Came down : ALIT
61
Duel tool : EPEE
62
Bursting stars : NOVAE
63
Superboy's girlfriend : LANA
64
Give it ___ : ATRY
65
"___ is human ..." : TOERR
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RR employee : ENGR
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Kids' closetful : TOYS
Down
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Soprano Swenson : RUTHANN
2
Actors Peter and Annette : OTOOLES
3
Kellogg's home : BATTLECREEK
4
Things can go to them : THEDOGS
5
Start of an initiative : PETITION
6
"Sometimes you feel like ___ ..." : ANUT
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Printing technique: Abbr. : LITH
8
Professor : EDUCATOR
9
"Adventures in moving" sloganeer, once : UHAUL
10
___-free : PULP
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One way to swing : FRO
12
Cry at fireworks : OOH
13
Part of a cell nucleus : RNA
21
Wimp : WEENIE
22
Bro's sibling : SIS
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Return destination?: Abbr. : IRS
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Decoration : ART
30
Old gold coin : DUCAT
31
Belgian painter James : ENSOR
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Lassie, for one : TVDOG
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Coming : ADVENT
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Put to : ASK
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2001 biopic : ALI
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International Harvester vehicle maker : NAVISTAR
40
"Little" car of song : GTO
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Constitutional proposal first introduced in Cong. in 1923 : ERA
44
Harry Potter's forte : SORCERY
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Democratic symbols : DONKEYS
47
Sawbones : DOC
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Yoga instruction : EXHALE
51
Disperse : SCATTER
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Milk-Bone biscuit, e.g. : TREAT
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Certain bookmark : DOGEAR
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Dash : ELAN
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Encircle : RING
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Bang maker : TNT
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Ply with wine and flowers, say : WOO
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Christmas ___ : EVE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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