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New York Times, Friday, July 5, 2002

Author:
Manny Nosowsky
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Down : School mos.
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Manny Nosowsky

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 5, (2 double stacks) Grid has repeated answers. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 159 for Mr. Nosowsky. Friday freshness: 12%
Jim Horne notes:

ONE under PAR at the top, and ONE over PAR at the bottom.

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© 2002, The New York Times7/5/2 ( No. 19,232 )
Across
1
Syria's Bashar al-___ : ASSAD
6
By its location [see adjoining squares of answer], a birdie : PAR
9
Doggie dinner : ALPO
13
Reveal unwanted things, maybe : TALKINONESSLEEP
17
Wishes to satisfy : ISEAGERTOPLEASE
18
High degree : PHD
19
Rice wine : SAKE
20
Enthusiastic about : HIGHON
21
It has its limits : CITY
22
Door sign : MEN
23
Caterer's heater : STERNO
26
Not hopeless, as a plan : WORKABLE
31
Gulf of Aqaba port : EILAT
32
Husband: Fr. : MARI
33
Sweet-talk : COAX
34
Exactly what's expected : PARFORTHECOURSE
37
Race pace : TROT
38
One caught off base, perhaps : AWOL
39
Ram rival : NINER
40
Greets : SAYSHITO
42
Most pertinent : APTEST
43
Presidential also-ran Landon : ALF
44
Influence : SWAY
45
Two-time U.S. Open champ : AGASSI
49
1952 quiz show "Up to ___" : PAAR
50
Kind : ILK
53
What mismatches have : NOTHINGINCOMMON
56
Going off : TAKINGONESLEAVE
57
Certain hockey shot : SLAP
58
By its location [see adjoining squares of answer], a bogey : PAR
59
Party leader : EMCEE
Down
1
Eagerly expectant : ATIP
2
Beauty pageant wear : SASH
3
Kind of dog : SLED
4
Letters on a poster : AKA
5
Probes : DIGSINTO
6
Petunia fancier : PORKY
7
Table stake : ANTE
8
Stutz Bearcat contemporary : REO
9
Without ___ to stand on : ALEG
10
Jacob's first wife : LEAH
11
North American capital : PESO
12
Out-of-doors : OPEN
14
Peachy-keen : NEATO
15
Ball-shaped : SPHERIC
16
Move furtively : SLINK
21
Basketweaving and such : CRAFTS
22
Bisque ingredient : MOREL
23
School mos. : SEPTS
24
Beauty pageant wear : TIARA
25
N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer Hirsch : ELROY
26
"Whoopee!" : WAHOO
27
Sharp-sightedness : ACUITY
28
Shouldered : BORNE
29
Performs eye surgery, in a high-tech way : LASES
30
Put to work : EXERT
32
Weekday sequence : MTWTF
35
Banister : RAILING
36
Out with some ifs : ONPAROLE
41
___ stock (can ship immediately) : HASIN
42
Eyes-in-the-skies acronym : AWACS
44
Not so crazy : SANER
45
Sugar bowl marchers : ANTS
46
Good shot : GOAL
47
Aleutian island : ATKA
48
Transport : SHIP
49
___ colada : PINA
50
Colorful computer : IMAC
51
It means nothing to 45-Across : LOVE
52
It may provide child support : KNEE
54
Elephant herd? : GOP
55
Dues payer: Abbr. : MEM

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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