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New York Times, Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Down : Beatnik toppers
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981.541,84281%
Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQVX} This is puzzle # 54 for Mr. Berry. Wednesday freshness: 99%
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© 2003, The New York Times9/10/3 ( No. 19,664 )
Across
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Hirohito's homeland : NIPPON
7
Sound of a lightning bolt : ZAP
10
Come to naught : FAIL
14
Magnetism : ALLURE
15
Patient waiting : ABIDANCE
17
Emergency supply : PLASMA
18
Fix : SETRIGHT
19
1982 movie starring Al Pacino as a playwright : AUTHORAUTHOR
21
Dirty : SOILED
22
"___ Kick Out of You" : IGETA
25
1991 Holocaust film : EUROPAEUROPA
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Lock : TRESS
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No longer done : PASSE
33
Word before cry or baby : WAR
34
Propensity : BENT
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Walk proudly : STRUT
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Faction within a faith : SECT
37
The Beach Boys' "Barbara ___" : ANN
38
Highlanders : GAELS
39
Life of ___ : RILEY
40
1983 cinematic study of a Scottish poet : REUBENREUBEN
43
Exercise : WIELD
44
Boring things : AUGERS
47
1968 Joanne Woodward film directed by Paul Newman : RACHELRACHEL
51
Building that may be about to go up? : FIRETRAP
54
With sadness : BLUELY
55
Launch : INITIATE
56
Discus champ Al : OERTER
57
Ring decisions, for short : TKOS
58
Comb maker : BEE
59
African pest : TSETSE
Down
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California wine valley : NAPA
2
Picture: Abbr. : ILLUS
3
Dialogue writer : PLATO
4
Most insistent : PUSHIEST
5
Goldlike alloys : ORMOLUS
6
More to the point? : NEARER
7
Pitts of old films : ZASU
8
Aid's partner : ABET
9
Most succinct : PITHIEST
10
Less overcast : FAIRER
11
"The Ice Storm" director Lee : ANG
12
German pronoun : ICH
13
Chartered : LET
16
Device to keep a ship from drifting : DROGUE
20
Parent-by-choice, of sorts : ADOPTER
23
Gym handout : TOWEL
24
Rapidly : APACE
26
"Je ___ français" : PARLE
27
Not surprisingly : ASUSUAL
28
Like some SoHo parties : ARTY
29
Lift for two : TBAR
30
Not let lapse : RENEW
31
World-weariness : ENNUI
35
Oceanside scuttler : SANDCRAB
36
Figurehead's office : SINECURE
38
Desserts at Luigi's : GELATI
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Grandly entertains : REGALES
41
Beatnik toppers : BERETS
42
Freshwater cod : BURBOT
45
Butler from Charleston : RHETT
46
Yugoslavian-born tennis ace : SELES
48
Venom : HATE
49
Three-sided sword : EPEE
50
Epic poet's prop : LYRE
51
Tailoring job : FIT
52
Squid's squirt : INK
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"Flying Down to ___" : RIO

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5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 7 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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