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New York Times, Tuesday, July 2, 2002

Author:
John R. Conrad
Editor:
Will Shortz
7-Down : Verb type: Abbr.
TotalDebutLatest
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John R. Conrad

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {CJQXY} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Conrad. Tuesday freshness: 53%
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© 2002, The New York Times7/2/2 ( No. 19,229 )
Across
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Lay to rest : INTER
6
Up to, informally : TIL
9
Zest : GUSTO
14
Riyadh resident : SAUDI
15
Prefix with cycle : UNI
16
According to : ASPER
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Black Panthers, e.g. : MILITANTS
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Like Valhalla's heroes : NORSE
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"A-Tisket, A-Tasket" singer : FITZGERALD
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"___ a deal!" : ITS
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Victor's booty : SPOILS
24
"We want ___!" (baseball fans' cry) : AHIT
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___ Speedwagon : REO
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Piece of field artillery : HOWITZER
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Was ill with : HAD
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Faint with beating heart : SWOON
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Place for a béret : TETE
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Like the Tower of Pisa : ATILT
39
Hardship : WOE
40
Stuck in Pamplona? : GORED
41
Pro ___ : RATA
42
Old Ford flop : EDSEL
44
Draft dodgers' bane: Abbr. : SSS
45
This puzzle's theme : ITZWORDS
48
Fallen space station : MIR
50
Concerning, in memos : INRE
51
Nail-___ (tense situations) : BITERS
54
Catch some rays : SUN
56
Rite of passage, for some : BARMITZVAH
59
___ Fountain : TREVI
61
Pertaining to tautness : TENSIONAL
63
Black ink item : ASSET
64
Bard's before : ERE
65
Barely managing, with "out" : EKING
66
They're sometimes stolen : BASES
67
Match part : SET
68
Actress Zellweger : RENEE
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Doctrine : ISM
2
Artless ones : NAIFS
3
Dutch bloomer : TULIP
4
Perry White, e.g. : EDITOR
5
Most elegant : RITZIEST
6
Counterparts to lyrics : TUNES
7
Verb type: Abbr. : INTR
8
Actress Kudrow : LISA
9
Father of independent India : GANDHI
10
Hope's road show org. : USO
11
Wine drinks : SPRITZERS
12
Dry run : TEST
13
Miners' finds : ORES
18
Luminous : AGLOW
21
Some post-graduate study : LAW
25
"Tell ___ the judge!" : ITTO
27
Young toughs : HOODS
28
Teller's stack : ONES
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Vacation times in Verdun : ETES
30
Some M & M's : REDS
31
Mata ___ : HARI
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Rat-___ : ATAT
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Blonde's quality, in jokes : DITZINESS
35
Ran a tab : OWED
38
Croquet area : LAWN
40
More showy : GLITZIER
43
Broadcasts : EMITS
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Asteroids' paths : ORBITS
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New Deal org. : REA
49
Annul : REVOKE
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Stanford-___ (I.Q. rater) : BINET
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Arrested : RANIN
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Classic Ladd western : SHANE
54
Attempt : STAB
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Celestial bear : URSA
57
Numbered hwys. : RTES
58
Insignificant : MERE
60
Neckline shape : VEE
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T-shirt size: Abbr. : LGE

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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