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New York Times, Thursday, January 10, 2002

Author:
Alex Vaughn
Editor:
Will Shortz
47-Down : Work up
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Alex Vaughn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JV} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Vaughn. Thursday freshness: 54%
1
H
2
A
3
U
4
L
5
H
6
I
7
D
8
E
9
L
10
I
11
B
12
R
13
A
14
A
N
N
O
15
A
T
O
M
16
O
B
O
E
S
17
G
O
L
D
18
E
N
A
G
E
19
Y
E
L
P
S
20
G
R
A
Z
E
D
21
G
R
22
E
A
T
D
A
Y
23
L
A
C
24
N
B
25
A
26
G
A
L
27
F
I
R
28
E
K
E
29
S
30
A
L
31
G
E
R
32
L
A
N
I
33
O
34
L
L
I
E
35
D
I
C
T
A
36
Q
U
A
L
I
T
37
Y
38
T
I
M
E
39
B
40
O
U
N
D
41
I
M
H
I
P
42
E
N
I
D
43
W
44
I
N
C
E
45
S
46
L
47
A
48
G
49
L
E
X
50
B
O
D
51
A
P
52
T
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E
R
E
54
G
O
O
55
D
Y
E
A
56
R
57
I
R
58
O
N
O
N
59
I
N
T
E
L
60
H
A
61
P
P
Y
H
O
U
R
62
U
T
I
C
A
63
O
G
R
E
64
E
R
S
E
65
M
A
C
A
W
66
S
U
E
R
67
D
E
E
S
© 2002, The New York Times1/10/2 ( No. 19,056 )
Across
1
It may follow U : HAUL
5
Leather, essentially : HIDE
9
Scales up? : LIBRA
14
Year in dates : ANNO
15
Lepton's locale : ATOM
16
Wind section : OBOES
17
Historical zenith : GOLDENAGE
19
Puppy protests : YELPS
20
Barely hit : GRAZED
21
What "there's gonna be," in a "Funny Lady" song : GREATDAY
23
Body of eau : LAC
24
Warriors' grp. : NBA
26
"Purty" one : GAL
27
Cone source : FIR
28
Stretches, with "out" : EKES
30
Tattered Tom's creator : ALGER
32
Legal scholar Guinier : LANI
33
Dragon puppet : OLLIE
35
Rulings : DICTA
36
What people in relationships need together ... or this puzzle's title : QUALITYTIME
39
Spring : BOUND
41
Cat's comment of understanding : IMHIP
42
Geraint's wife : ENID
43
React to a really bad pun : WINCE
45
Smelter stuff : SLAG
49
Big Apple ave. : LEX
50
Hottie's asset : BOD
51
On target : APT
53
Word before long or now : ERE
54
Big Akron employer : GOODYEAR
57
Like some patches : IRONON
59
Giant in chips : INTEL
60
Bar promotion : HAPPYHOUR
62
City on the Mohawk : UTICA
63
Shrek, for one : OGRE
64
Highlander's tongue : ERSE
65
Avian chatterbox : MACAW
66
Plaintiff : SUER
67
Detached ends? : DEES
Down
1
Wrangle : HAGGLE
2
Arctic cover-up : ANORAK
3
Loosen, in a way : UNLACE
4
Polish birthplace of Arthur Rubinstein : LODZ
5
Off-the-wall pastime? : HANDBALL
6
Spanish female suffix : ITA
7
Rapper Snoop ___ : DOGG
8
Come forward : EMERGE
9
Not running : LOYAL
10
Skeptic's remark : IBET
11
Dark characters? : BOLDFACE
12
Brighten up, maybe : REPAINT
13
Semiramis's domain : ASSYRIA
18
Sundown, in sonnets : EEN
22
A hoop may hang from it : EAR
25
Et ___ : ALII
29
Ping or pong : SOUND
31
Be admitted : GETIN
32
Barely gets (along) : LIMPS
34
Cub scout, say : LAD
35
Sixth-century date : DII
36
Hardly practical : QUIXOTIC
37
Pool provider, often : YMCA
38
Proverbial payee : THEPIPER
39
King Albert II's land : BELGIUM
40
City on the Susquehanna : ONEONTA
43
Trouble : WOE
44
Some spuds : IDAHOS
46
1831 Poe poem : LENORE
47
Work up : AROUSE
48
Sci-fi and mystery : GENRES
50
Bit of internal governance : BYLAW
52
Tax : TRY
55
Numerical prefix : DECA
56
It has 11 "Robusto!" flavors : RAGU
58
Expressed surprise : OHED
61
Affix with fix : PRE

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

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