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New York Times, Saturday, July 10, 2004

Author:
Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Down : Play directors
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Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JXZ} This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Peoples. Saturday freshness: 87%
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© 2004, The New York Times7/10/4 ( No. 19,968 )
Across
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Athletic supporter? : SPORTSBRA
10
Electric meter inventor ___ Thomson : ELIHU
15
Viniculturist's sampling tube : WINETHIEF
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Join securely : TENON
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It remains effective until filled or canceled : OPENORDER
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Places to set geraniums : SILLS
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Hardly a Yankee fan : REB
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Flatten, in metalworking : PEEN
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Near : BESIDE
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Brand in the freezer section : EDYS
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Prima donna : DRAMAQUEEN
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"The Neon Bible" novelist : TOOLE
28
Union foe : SCAB
29
Shrimp : RUNT
30
Those with 48-Acrosses : OWNERS
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It may have reservations : TRIBE
34
Vital : NEEDED
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Most numbers have two or more : VERSES
39
Enliven : PEPUP
41
Gym amenities : SAUNAS
43
Year in Severus's reign : CCVI
46
Letterhead?: Abbr. : INIT
48
See 30-Across : TITLE
49
Pros at increasing profits : RAINMAKERS
52
Railroad necessities : TIES
53
Series finales : OMEGAS
54
Guffaw : ROAR
56
Setting for St. Paul: Abbr. : CST
57
Country lass : WENCH
58
Rush hour, in adspeak : DRIVETIME
60
1,000 millimes : DINAR
61
Ride : POKEFUNAT
62
Catcher : SNARE
63
Horoscope data : STARSIGNS
Down
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Affirmed in court : SWORETO
2
"Put a lid on it!" : PIPEDOWN
3
Not as a group : ONEBYONE
4
TV dog : REN
5
'Vette option : TTOP
6
Bit : SHRED
7
Those who wait : BIDERS
8
Play again : REENACT
9
About 20% of the earth's land: Abbr. : AFR
10
Footnote abbr. : ETSEQ
11
Disco-era duds : LEISURESUIT
12
Rather than, with "of" : INLIEU
13
"Stalag 17" star, 1953 : HOLDEN
14
Still waiting to go out : UNSENT
21
They're changed frequently : BABIES
23
Option for some long trips : SLEEPINGCAR
25
"Terrif!" : MARV
27
One of die Planeten : ERDE
31
Antique photos : SEPIAS
33
Stink maker : BRAT
35
Flashy basket : DUNK
37
Seductive : ENTICING
38
Drummer : SALESMAN
40
Male character in French pantomime : PIERROT
42
Some stanzas : SESTETS
43
Ochlophobist's dread : CROWDS
44
Finished : CAMEIN
45
"The Third Man" setting : VIENNA
47
Three-person team : TROIKA
50
Three-time World Cup skiing champion : MAHRE
51
Hero, at times : SAVER
55
Play directors : REFS
58
Infielders' stat. : DPS
59
Honey eater of New Zealand : TUI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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