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New York Times, Monday, August 4, 2003

Author:
Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Down : Apply gently
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
11612/29/199311/26/200845
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
2015151219278
RebusScrabDebutFresh
71.5252247%
Harvey Estes

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 14 Words: 73, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 110 for Ms. Salomon. This is puzzle # 79 for Mr. Estes. Monday freshness: 35%
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© 2003, The New York Times8/4/3 ( No. 19,627 )
Across
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Games nobody wins : TIES
5
Small, medium or large : SIZE
9
Green fruit drink flavor : LIME
13
West Coast gas brand : ARCO
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Shoelace problem : KNOT
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Get ___ a good thing : INON
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"Well, I'll be!" : COULDAFOOLEDME
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Out for the evening, maybe : ONADATE
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Gymnast Comaneci : NADIA
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Yogi or Smokey : BEAR
23
Quart divs. : PTS
24
"Sesame Street" skills : ABCS
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Get-up-and-go : BRIO
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Folklore meanie : OGRE
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Overly, informally : TOOTOO
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___-Cat (off-road vehicle) : SNO
37
Motor City labor org. : UAW
38
"If only ..." : WOULDABEENNICE
41
Late columnist Landers : ANN
42
Broadway hit letters : SRO
43
Cat that catches rodents : MOUSER
44
No longer on active duty: Abbr. : RETD
46
"Dumb" girl of old comics : DORA
48
Fourposters, e.g. : BEDS
49
Got together : MET
51
007 : BOND
53
Photo tint : SEPIA
55
Port in "The Marines' Hymn" : TRIPOLI
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"Stupid of me not to know" : SHOULDAGUESSED
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Defeat decisively : ROUT
63
Handle roughly : MAUL
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___ gin fizz : SLOE
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___-bitty : ITTY
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Stuff to the gills : SATE
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Weigh station units : TONS
Down
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Tex-Mex snack : TACO
2
Wrinkle remover : IRON
3
Quito's country: Abbr. : ECUA
4
Auctioneer's closing word : SOLD
5
Kid's wheels : SKATEBOARD
6
Scared (of) : INFEAR
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Animal house : ZOO
8
English prep school : ETON
9
Deceived : LIEDTO
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Wearing a costume, say : INDISGUISE
11
N.Y.C. gallery : MOMA
12
U-turn from WSW : ENE
17
Apply gently : DAB
18
Napkin's place : LAP
22
Greet the day : RISE
24
Battling : ATWAR
25
Daniel with a coonskin cap : BOONE
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"I don't want any part of it" : COUNTMEOUT
27
Cardinals' team letters : STL
29
Dictatorship : ONEMANRULE
31
Thumped fast, as the heart : RACED
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Decorative jugs : EWERS
34
Takes too much, briefly : ODS
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Lennon's lady : ONO
39
Doofus : BOOB
40
Kernel : NUB
45
Sheriff's sidekick : DEPUTY
47
Cheap booze : ROTGUT
50
Up to, informally : TIL
52
Fizzle out : DIE
53
Flu season protection : SHOT
54
U.S.N. bigwigs : ADMS
56
"Check this out!" : PSST
57
Norway's capital : OSLO
58
"Exodus" author Uris : LEON
59
Fateful March day : IDES
60
___ Lanka : SRI
61
Battery size : AAA

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

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