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New York Times, Friday, July 18, 2003

Author:
Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
7-Down : Kind of temple
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Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 25 Missing: {QV} Grid has both 90- and 180-degree symmetry. This is puzzle # 24 for Ms. Blackard. Friday freshness: 91%
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© 2003, The New York Times7/18/3 ( No. 19,610 )
Across
1
1993 De Niro title role : MADDOG
7
Hedger's answer to "Have you done your homework?" : MOSTOFIT
15
Site of Syria's Great Mosque : ALEPPO
16
Flag-waver's event? : AUTORACE
17
Suez Canal nationalizer : NASSER
18
Space program : STARTREK
19
Enfant terrible : IMP
20
Dance in the streets : REJOICE
22
Old lady, backwoods-style : MAW
23
Patch target : TEAR
25
Goose : NINNY
26
Dreamcast maker : SEGA
27
Ignominy : ODIUM
29
"Scram!" : GIT
30
Sound system control : FADER
31
Place to get a buzz? : BARBERSCHAIR
34
Where Ashur was the supreme deity : ASSYRIA
35
Ties together : ENLACES
39
Wind down : DRAWTOACLOSE
41
Title role for Daly : LACEY
44
Unsubstantial stuff : PAP
45
For this reason : HENCE
46
Nebraska county whose seat is Nebraska City : OTOE
47
Jerusalem artichoke, e.g. : TUBER
49
Those, to Muñoz : ESAS
50
Originally : NEE
51
Divided differently, in a way : REZONED
53
Ending with form : ULA
54
Member of the legume family : GARBANZO
56
C.P.A.'s concern : TAXLAW
58
Arugula alternative : ESCAROLE
59
"Swan Lake" heroine : ODETTE
60
Intensified : DEEPENED
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Broke down in school : PARSED
Down
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Churchill is in it : MANITOBA
2
Shady strolling spots : ALAMEDAS
3
Is ready to give up the ship : DESPAIRS
4
They result in two outs: Abbr. : DPS
5
Abbr. on some dials : OPER
6
Bridge maven : GOREN
7
Kind of temple : MASONIC
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For all to see : OUTINTHEOPEN
9
Soul singer Lattisaw : STACY
10
Sped : TORE
11
Food scraping : ORT
12
Cultivated : FARMED
13
Part of the Quaternary Period : ICEAGE
14
William Shatner novel : TEKWAR
21
Fitting activity? : JIGSAWPUZZLE
24
"A Raisin in the Sun" actress : RUBYDEE
26
Pillsbury competitor : SARALEE
28
Like the month of May? : MERRY
30
Take the wrong way? : FILCH
32
Narrow inlet : RIA
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Suffix for a bibliophile : ANA
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Refers to : CONSULTS
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Intensify : ESCALATE
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Wasn't steady : SEESAWED
40
Put out of bounds, so to speak : TABOOED
41
Ached : LONGED
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Not taut : ATEASE
43
Drive : COERCE
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Part of a dovetail : TENON
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Put a new surface on : RETOP
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Unusually excellent : RARE
52
Man Ray's movement : DADA
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Like some churches: Abbr. : BAP
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Generation ___ : XER

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

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