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New York Times, Saturday, September 29, 2001

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : Like some communities
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Robert H. Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 33 Missing: {FJQXZ} This is puzzle # 49 for Mr. Wolfe. Saturday freshness: 50%
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© 2001, The New York Times9/29/1 ( No. 18,953 )
Across
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It involves designated drivers : CARPOOL
8
Part of it belongs to the U.S. : SAMOA
13
Apt to break down : ANALYTIC
15
Atkins diet no-no : SUGARS
16
1974 thriller about a murderous baby : ITSALIVE
17
Compensation : AMENDS
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Colony : NEST
19
Platter part : SIDEB
21
Early 6th-century date : DIII
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Noted blind mathematician : EULER
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"I'm With Stupid" shirt feature : ARROW
26
Director Lee : ANG
27
Change in Chile : PESOS
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All finished : INTHECAN
31
Rolling game : BOCCE
33
"___ With the Falcon" (George Sanders film) : ADATE
34
Some stanzas : SESTETS
38
Like some lawsuits : SETTLED
40
They're heard at Heathrow : TATAS
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Bêtes noires : HATES
43
Practically : ASGOODAS
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Maine's ___ Bay : CASCO
49
Worker in a garden : BEE
50
Constellation in the Milky Way : NORMA
52
Calves, e.g. : YOUNG
54
Comment after an accident : IMOK
56
Astronomical difference : EPACT
58
"Superman" villainess : URSA
59
"How to Handle a Woman" lyricist : LERNER
61
Bawls out : SHOUTSAT
63
"Anti-Dühring" author : ENGELS
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Unpleasant spot : HELLHOLE
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With 4-Down, some armor : STEEL
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Bristles : SEESRED
Down
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Minesweeper of literature : CAINE
2
Pay : ANTEUP
3
Tangle (with), in the country : RASSLE
4
See 65-Across : PLATES
5
Thin cartoon woman : OYL
6
Johnny in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame : OTIS
7
Tiberius's mother : LIVIA
8
Problem in grade school : SUM
9
Like some ports : AGED
10
Overly zealous : MANIACAL
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It helps pinpoint a point : ORDINATE
12
Gave out : ASSIGNED
14
Oscar designer Gibbons : CEDRIC
15
Cousin of a clog : SABOT
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English poet Dowson : ERNEST
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"The Emperor Jones" star, 1933 : ROBESON
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"Come again?" : WHATSAY
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One may be drying out : SOT
30
Mass. setting : EDT
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The key of E major has one : CSHARP
34
Some abstract art : STABILES
35
Right of passage : EASEMENT
36
His cross is on the Union Jack : STGEORGE
37
Eastern way : TAO
39
Spain is in it: Abbr. : EEC
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Quite the success : ASMASH
44
Industrious group : DOERS
46
Moves to a warmer place, perhaps : SOUTHS
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Position locater : CURSOR
48
Cheaper : ONSALE
51
Feels (for) : ACHES
53
Like some communities : GATED
55
Bendable part : KNEE
57
Some black metalware : TOLE
60
Bracket type : ELL
62
Relative of -let : ULE

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

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