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New York Times, Thursday, August 19, 2004

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
2-Down : Year in Trajan's reign
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FGJQXZ} This is puzzle # 36 for Mr. Early. Thursday freshness: 79%
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© 2004, The New York Times8/19/4 ( No. 20,008 )
Across
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Fair-sized garden : ACRE
5
Tater : SPUD
9
Cue user : ACTOR
14
"Mon ___!" : DIEU
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Garr of film : TERI
16
Carrying out the garbage, e.g. : CHORE
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Impugn : DISCREDIT
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"My Friend" of 1950's TV and others : IRMAS
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What Satan gets from poison ivy? : THEWICKEDITCH
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With 45-Across, book title with a hint to this puzzle's theme : WHERES
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Chinese dynasty of 2,000 years ago : HAN
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Underground facility : SILO
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Foreshadowed : BODED
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Like some lines : DOTTED
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G.I.'s address : APO
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Orderly phrase that can follow one, two or three : ATATIME
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Money earned by a hospital worker? : INTERNREVENUE
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When there may be censorship : WARTIME
40
New Deal agcy. : NRA
42
Corps member : MARINE
45
See 22-Across : WALDO
47
Spray target : ODOR
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Big name in ISP's : AOL
51
"Aieeeee!," e.g. : SHRIEK
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Donation for crackpots? : DOLLARSTONUTS
55
Film director Kenton and others : ERLES
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Pertaining to the lower skull bone : OCCIPITAL
59
Hardly accepting : LEERY
60
Truckful : LOAD
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
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Clipped : TERSE
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Alternatively : ELSE
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Vitamin amts. : RDAS
Down
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Word on a dipstick : ADD
2
Year in Trajan's reign : CII
3
Used as a chair : RESTEDON
4
Cheat, slangily : EUCHRE
5
They may be Irish : STEWS
6
Prefix with cab : PEDI
7
"Spenser: For Hire" star : URICH
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Bears Hall-of-Famer Mike : DITKA
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It has a low pH : ACID
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Name : CHRISTEN
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Wren, for one : TOMTIT
12
Answer provider : ORACLE
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Like work horses, often : RESHOD
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Matting material : REED
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Salad leaf : ENDIVE
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I.B.F. rival : WBA
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Kachina doll maker : HOPI
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Cockney's residence : OME
30
State of lateness : ARREAR
31
Blaster : TNT
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Uris hero ___ Ben Canaan : ARI
33
Pro ___ : TEM
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Majorettes, e.g. : TWIRLERS
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Suffix with Euclid : EAN
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Like some stocks : UNLISTED
38
Second planet past Merkur : ERDE
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In perfect condition : AOK
42
Product introduced in 1908 "for the great multitude" : MODELT
43
Renée of silents : ADOREE
44
Painting aid : ROLLER
45
Trounce : WHUP
46
More pretentious : ARTIER
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"___ Mio" : OSOLE
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Rank above maj. : LTCOL
51
Sarcastic : SNIDE
53
"___ sow ..." : ASYE
54
Wood sorrels : OCAS
57
Coach Parseghian : ARA
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___ Alamitos, Calif. : LOS

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

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