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New York Times, Saturday, September 20, 2003

Author:
Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
58-Down : Pained expressions
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Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 17 for Mr. Peoples. Saturday freshness: 67%
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© 2003, The New York Times9/20/3 ( No. 19,674 )
Across
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Trifle : TCHOTCHKE
10
Stars move in them : LIMOS
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Common dip ingredient : SOURCREAM
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Terse turndown to an invitation : ICANT
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Lunch counter orders : TUNAMELTS
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Setting of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" : CONGO
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Sch. assignment : RPT
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Athlete who's earned a "Y" : ELI
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Enlivens, slangily : GINSUP
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NBC sitcom showings of the late 1980's : ALFS
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Deem appropriate : SEEFIT
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Some advanced degs. : MAS
27
Toilers : PEONS
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Diamond stats : RBIS
30
Low-___ diet : CARB
31
Levels : STRATA
33
Good-looking companion, in modern lingo : ARMCANDY
35
1973 Peter Bogdanovich comedy : PAPERMOON
37
Start of a sarcastic question : WHATNEXT
40
Toasts : SKOALS
44
Eclipse effect : HALO
45
Eponymous German mineralogist : MOHS
47
Title for Juan Carlos I : ELREY
48
Not exactly customary : ODD
49
Ones getting their marching orders : CADETS
51
Ft. Worth's ___ Carter Museum : AMON
52
Moon of Uranus : OBERON
54
"___ Juvante" (motto of Monaco) : DEO
55
Lennon's love : ONO
56
What to call un hombre : SENOR
57
Chassis problem : CORROSION
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Organic fiber : ISTLE
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Words of comfort : DONTWORRY
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Tip, informally : STEER
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Bridge support : CROSSBEAM
Down
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Women's shoe fasteners : TSTRAPS
2
Part of a stanza : COUPLET
3
Pursue : HUNTFOR
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60 minuti : ORA
5
Bravo competitor, on cable : TCM
6
First Nations tribe : CREES
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Best-selling author of "Good as Gold," 1979 : HELLER
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Old-fashioned "Watch out!" : KATIEBARTHEDOOR
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North Sea feeder : EMS
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Allowed : LICIT
11
James Dean, e.g. : ICON
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Virile sort : MANSMAN
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Wary : ONGUARD
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Visits : STOPSBY
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Beanie propellers and such: Var. : GISMOS
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Come to life : SNAPTO
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See 39-Down : FIRM
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1972 Wimbledon winner Smith : STAN
30
___ oil : CANOLA
32
Primitive sort : APEMAN
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"The global high-sign" sloganeer, once : COKE
36
Whence the line "Let my people go": Abbr. : EXOD
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Forgotten one : WHOOSIS
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Ought to : HADBEST
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Like food that is served 25-Down : ALDENTE
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Chamber piece : ARMOIRE
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"Il Trovatore" heroine : LEONORA
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Lay to rest, e.g. : SYNONYM
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Smorgasbord staple : STERNO
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Kitchen gadget : CORER
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Manners : SORTS
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Part : ROLE
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U.S. health org. : CDC
58
Pained expressions : OWS
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Melodramatic outburst : SOB

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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