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New York Times, Saturday, September 13, 2003

Author:
Brendan Emmett Quigley
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Down : Ostentation
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Brendan Emmett Quigley

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JV} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 69 for Mr. Quigley. Saturday freshness: 58%
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© 2003, The New York Times9/13/3 ( No. 19,667 )
Across
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Gorged oneself, informally : ATEATON
8
Agitated : INASTIR
15
"The flavor can't be matched because only ___ knows the secret" (old slogan) : NESCAFE
16
Not anywhere : NOPLACE
17
Clothing store spinoff : GAPKIDS
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Dishonest : CROOKED
19
Greek symbol of mourning : URN
20
Race climax : LASTLAP
22
It's heard before "gee" : EFF
23
Football Hall-of-Famer Ronnie : LOTT
25
Large, hairy creatures : YETIS
26
Swiss section : DELI
27
Washed-out : ASHEN
29
Quebecer's vote : NON
30
City built on ancient Thebes : LUXOR
31
___ Cup (snack item) : REESES
33
Hair shirt occasion : PENANCE
35
Abbr. on a class schedule : MTWTF
37
Bob and weave : DODGE
38
Boardwalk sights : CABANAS
40
Niobe, e.g. : WEEPER
43
Bedevil : NAGAT
44
It lands at Landvetter : SAS
46
"Wrong!" : NOTSO
47
"Sword ___ oath, and oaths must have their course": Shak. : ISAN
48
Chesebrough-Pond's product : QTIPS
50
Narrowly defeats : NIPS
51
Visage feature : NEZ
52
Like a Bentley that's ready to go : FUELLED
54
Rio Treaty implementer: Abbr. : OAS
55
Fo'c'sle feature : ELISION
57
Writer Huffington : ARIANNA
59
Wasn't quite on schedule : RANLATE
60
Begin : STARTON
61
Sauna user, e.g. : SWEATER
62
"Star Wars" figure : HANSOLO
Down
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Rawboned : ANGULAR
2
Shade of pink : TEAROSE
3
Armchair quarterback's reading, maybe : ESPNTHEMAGAZINE
4
Relative of "Oh, no!" : ACK
5
Detective, at times : TAIL
6
Light ___ : OFDAY
7
Press secretary under Ford : NESSEN
8
Prone : INCLINED
9
"___ Room" (2001 children's book) : NORAS
10
Each : APOP
11
Road caution : SLO
12
Resent, say : TAKEEXCEPTIONTO
13
Antarctic sight : ICEFLOE
14
Western timber : REDFIR
21
Feature of many a Corvette : TTOP
24
Treaty subject : TESTBAN
26
"The Count of Monte Cristo" setting : DUNGEON
28
Not yet proficient with : NEWAT
30
Filled : LADEN
32
Stop: Abbr. : STN
34
Impatient cry : NOW
36
Brad, e.g. : FASTENER
38
Judge's citation : CASELAW
39
Attack, with "into" : SAIL
41
What un crucigrama is in : ESPANOL
42
Actor ___ Brazzi of "South Pacific" : ROSSANO
43
Super Bowl XXIX winners, for short : NINERS
45
Ostentation : SPLASH
48
Car dealer's offering : QUOTE
49
Airsleep company : SERTA
52
Command : FIAT
53
Model Parkinson : DIAN
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1970's grp. whose symbol was a seven-headed serpent : SLA
58
___ Antiqua : ARS

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

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