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New York Times, Wednesday, April 30, 2003

Author:
Jerry E. Rosman
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : Option for Hamlet
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Jerry E. Rosman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QWXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Rosman. Wednesday freshness: 23%
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© 2003, The New York Times4/30/3 ( No. 19,531 )
Across
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Leno, notably : HOST
5
Black key : EFLAT
10
Cyber-nuisance : SPAM
14
The Charleses' canine : ASTA
15
Suspicious : LEERY
16
Place to spend euros : EIRE
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Start of a roadside verse : THIRTYDAYS
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1994 Jodie Foster film : NELL
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Animation pic : CEL
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Tempe sch. : ASU
22
Broad scarf : ASCOT
23
Verse, part 2 : HATHSEPTEMBER
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Enzyme suffix : ASE
29
Lukas of "Witness" : HAAS
30
Article in Hoy : UNA
33
Sacagawea, e.g. : GUIDE
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Word with back or black : LIST
37
"Just ___!" : ASEC
38
Verse, part 3 : APRILJUNEANDTHE
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Rioter's take : LOOT
42
Grates on : IRKS
43
Fertile spot : OASIS
44
Newswoman Compton : ANN
45
Stats for Sosa : RBIS
46
S.D.I. weapon : ABM
47
End of the verse : SPEEDOFFENDER
53
Simple chord : TRIAD
55
Addition : ELL
56
High dudgeon : IRE
57
Library refs. : OEDS
58
Provider of the verse : BURMASHAVE
62
___ greens : BEET
63
Codeine source : OPIUM
64
"Battle Cry" author : URIS
65
Joy Adamson's cub : ELSA
66
Come home : SCORE
67
Daly of "Judging Amy" : TYNE
Down
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Come out of one's shell? : HATCH
2
Actor Milo : OSHEA
3
Long-legged wader : STILT
4
Road crew supply : TAR
5
French government, with "the" : ELYSEE
6
Sick and tired : FEDUP
7
Idyllic place : LEA
8
Document ender? : ARY
9
Cobb and others : TYS
10
Brainpower : SENSE
11
Quiche holders : PIECRUSTS
12
Alice's chronicler, in song : ARLO
13
Hot sandwich : MELT
18
End of a stalk of corn : TASSEL
22
Focus of stomach-crunching : ABS
24
"I've ___ up to here!" : HADIT
25
"Really?" : THINKSO
26
Lets up : EASES
27
___ Hari : MATA
31
Brand once advertised as "Tops in taste" : NEHI
32
The Red Baron and others : ACES
33
Blowout : GALA
34
Abreast of : UPON
35
Old ___ (Boston sight) : IRONSIDES
36
Like some tabloid headlines : LURID
37
Rhett's last words : ADAMN
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Be in accord : JIBE
40
Prestigious prizes : NOBELS
45
McCarthy quarry : RED
46
Burning : AFLAME
48
Ziti, e.g. : PASTA
49
Big bone : FEMUR
50
Lock site, maybe : DIARY
51
Sen. Sam of Watergate fame : ERVIN
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Snider teammate : REESE
53
Option for Hamlet : TOBE
54
Angler's need : REEL
58
Diddley and Derek : BOS
59
It's scanned in mkts. : UPC
60
Uruguay, e.g. : RIO
61
Unfancy home : HUT

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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