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New York Times, Friday, September 12, 2003

Author:
Sherry O. Blackard
Editor:
Will Shortz
46-Down : Saturnine
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
534/11/20004/28/20075
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.5221680%
Sherry O. Blackard

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 25 Missing: {QXYZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 26 for Ms. Blackard. Friday freshness: 77%
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© 2003, The New York Times9/12/3 ( No. 19,666 )
Across
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Juice with punch : HARDCIDER
10
Mass communication medium? : LATIN
15
Protect, in a way : INOCULATE
16
Underpinning : BRACE
17
They often end with puns : KNOCKKNOCKJOKES
19
Milk pitcher? : ELSIE
20
Apocalyptic : DIRE
21
Pond creature : NEWT
22
Abbr. in a military title : RET
23
Go caving : SPELUNK
26
Sutton of the P.G.A. : HAL
27
Meeting: Abbr. : SESS
29
"A special laurel ___ go": Whitman : EREI
30
Overdo a scene, say : EMOTE
32
Pitching choice : TAR
34
Party decoration : STREAMER
36
Comes out of denial : FACESIT
40
Fuses : SOLDERS
41
Three points in a row, perhaps : ELLIPSIS
43
Gray of "Gray's Manual of Botany" : ASA
44
Calorie-dense treat : SCONE
45
Stirs up the sediment in : MUDS
47
Ernie Bilko's rank: Abbr. : MSGT
51
It serves Stockholm : SAS
52
Quick multipliers : RABBITS
55
My follower : LAI
56
Like some churches: Abbr. : EPIS
58
Moxie : GUTS
59
Open : OVERT
61
"You can't be serious!" : DONTMAKEMELAUGH
64
Fastidious roommate of fiction : UNGER
65
Whistler on the range : TEAKETTLE
66
Flies, e.g. : PESTS
67
Let loose : UNLEASHED
Down
1
Ones on trails, perhaps : HIKERS
2
Shaker leader : ANNLEE
3
Settles for the night : ROOSTS
4
First year of John VI's papacy : DCCI
5
Salad veggies : CUKES
6
Variety : ILK
7
Cause of some allergic reactions : DANDER
8
Big names in l'opéra : ETOILES
9
New faces on bases : RECRUITS
10
H.H.H.'s boss : LBJ
11
Schönberg opera "Moses und ___" : ARON
12
Net : TAKEHOME
13
Noncaloric cooler : ICEWATER
14
Two close for comfort? : NESTLERS
18
"The Longest Day" director ___ Annakin : KEN
24
Beautiful fairies of Persian myth : PERIS
25
Dirigible parts : KEELS
28
Oktoberfest souvenir : STEIN
31
Head of a household, maybe : MADAM
33
According to : ASPER
35
Certain wingding : ROAST
36
Came clean : FESSEDUP
37
Noted 1931 indictee : ALCAPONE
38
Business section info : CLOSINGS
39
Faraway place : TIMBUKTU
42
11- or 12-year-old, e.g. : SUBTEEN
46
Saturnine : DISMAL
48
One on a trail, perhaps : SLEUTH
49
It can be a mouthful : GARGLE
50
Showed generosity, in a way : TITHED
53
Khan man? : AGA
54
Roman sandal : SOLEA
57
"Keep this" : STET
60
Brewery equipment : VATS
62
Evan S. Connell's "___ Bridge" : MRS
63
Manage, with "out" : EKE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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