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New York Times, Thursday, August 29, 2002

Author:
William Schaub
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Path to poverty, with "the"
TotalDebutLatest
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William Schaub

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JXY} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Schaub. Thursday freshness: 17%
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© 2002, The New York Times8/29/2 ( No. 19,287 )
Across
1
Political group : CAMP
5
___ it out : SWEAT
10
God of the Canaanites : BAAL
14
Highlands hillside : BRAE
15
Tamarack tree : LARCH
16
Planting unit : ACRE
17
Telegraph, say : SEND
18
Less cordial : ICIER
19
Takes another direction : ZAGS
20
Baseball All-Star Game playing field? : DIAMONDOFACES
23
Delphi figure : ORACLE
25
She loved Lancelot : ELAINE
26
"Enough!" in El Salvador : NOMAS
27
Player of "As Time Goes By," in film : SAM
30
Hold the floor : ORATE
31
Scoundrels' society? : CLUBOFKNAVES
34
Subway relatives : ELS
35
Get rid of : DITCH
36
China's Chiang ___-shek : KAI
39
Tool used in royal gardens? : SPADEOFKINGS
43
Without delay : APACE
46
Common ID : SSN
47
Item in a cheek pouch : ACORN
48
Korean War rifle : GARAND
50
Bother incessantly : GNAWAT
51
Shea Stadium's locale? : HEARTOFQUEENS
55
Bit of seafloor flora : ALGA
56
Stir : ROUSE
57
It's about a foot : SHOE
60
Litter leaver : SLOB
61
Spring sign : ARIES
62
An eternity, seemingly : EONS
63
Gets darker, in a way : TANS
64
Slip : LAPSE
65
Wool sources : EWES
Down
1
"The Jackie Gleason Show" shower : CBS
2
Live and breathe : ARE
3
Court order : MANDAMUS
4
Calcutta conveyance : PEDICAB
5
Lowlife : SLIME
6
City by a lake of the same name : WACO
7
Land of literature : ERIN
8
Did perfectly : ACED
9
Paroxysm : THROE
10
Quarters for shopping : BAZAARS
11
Source of gum arabic : ACACIA
12
Silvery white : ARGENT
13
Renter : LESSEE
21
"Let's not forget ..." : ALSO
22
Baffin Bay hazard : FLOE
23
Storybook starter : ONCE
24
Pitch's partner : ROLL
27
Path to poverty, with "the" : SKIDS
28
Starting stakes : ANTES
29
Georgia city : MACON
32
Org. that may request a recall : FDA
33
TV band : VHF
36
Has the skill : KNOWSHOW
37
Pearl Mosque locale : AGRA
38
Fails to be : ISNT
39
Some iconic gems : SCARABS
40
Shut (up) : PENT
41
Xanadu resident : KANE
42
New Testament miracle cry : ICANSEE
43
In shock : AGHAST
44
Spanish dish : PAELLA
45
Whence Catherine : ARAGON
49
Home of the Blue Monster golf course : DORAL
50
Symbols of silliness : GEESE
52
Roman meeting places : FORA
53
Leno line : QUIP
54
Swiss army knives have several : USES
58
Lunchtime, perhaps : ONE
59
Suffix with seer : ESS

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

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