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New York Times, Thursday, July 17, 2003

Author:
Robert H. Wolfe
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Down : "Swell!"
TotalDebutLatest
833/6/19834/7/2012
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21002131037
RebusCircleScrabblePre‑WSFresh
711.452378%
Robert H. Wolfe

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 This is puzzle # 57 for Mr. Wolfe. Thursday freshness: 66%
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J
2
E
3
E
4
P
5
A
6
N
7
N
8
E
9
S
10
A
11
D
12
A
13
T
14
O
T
T
O
15
G
O
B
Y
16
A
B
E
L
E
17
A
T
A
NY
18
P
R
I
C
E
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B
A
NY
A
N
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N
U
T
T
I
E
R
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D
O
L
O
R
S
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A
L
E
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D
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A
Y
T
O
N
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I
26
N
27
D
I
E
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P
I
L
L
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N
E
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A
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P
32
D
E
A
L
S
33
L
O
L
A
34
E
S
S
O
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T
A
M
36
B
U
NY
A
N
37
E
S
P
38
A
T
O
39
P
40
A
S
S
N
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S
42
H
L
E
P
43
G
O
N
E
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D
E
U
S
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L
O
F
T
Y
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R
E
47
C
E
S
S
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R
O
M
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O
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C
U
L
A
R
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D
E
M
O
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T
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E
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S
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C
A
NY
O
N
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P
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R
I
S
O
NY
A
R
D
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T
R
O
U
T
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L
E
O
I
60
M
Y
N
A
61
S
A
N
T
O
62
Y
A
R
N
63
S
E
E
K
© 2003, The New York Times7/17/3 ( No. 19,609 )
Across
1
Base transportation : JEEP
5
Rice in a bookstore : ANNE
9
Nobel-winning peacemaker : SADAT
14
Conductor Klemperer : OTTO
15
Pass : GOBY
16
White poplar : ABELE
17
No matter what : ATANYPRICE
19
Asian tree with many trunks : BANYAN
20
Comparatively cracked : NUTTIER
21
Sorrows : DOLORS
22
It's intoxicating : ALE
23
National Aviation Hall of Fame site : DAYTON
25
Film festival film, often : INDIE
28
It's taken in for treatment : PILL
29
Spring's opposite, oceanwise : NEAP
32
Shoppers' pursuits : DEALS
33
Joe Hardy's temptress, on Broadway : LOLA
34
Its slogan was once "The sign of extra service" : ESSO
35
Balmoral relative : TAM
36
Feller of folklore? : BUNYAN
37
Uncommon insight : ESP
38
Mounted on : ATOP
40
League: Abbr. : ASSN
41
Lug : SHLEP
43
AWOL : GONE
44
Jupiter, e.g. : DEUS
45
Olympian : LOFTY
46
Time out : RECESS
48
CD follower : ROM
49
Visual : OCULAR
51
Kicks downstairs, so to speak : DEMOTES
55
Echo location : CANYON
56
Where cons may congregate : PRISONYARD
58
Steelhead or squaretail : TROUT
59
Saint known as "the Great" : LEOI
60
Talker with a beak : MYNA
61
Antônio, for one : SANTO
62
It's spun : YARN
63
Request : SEEK
Down
1
Rivers with barbs : JOAN
2
Famed words to a backstabber : ETTU
3
Louisiana, e.g., in Orléans : ETAT
4
Bun alternative : PONYTAIL
5
Be like-minded : AGREE
6
Film genre : NOIR
7
It has a peacock logo : NBC
8
Peacock plume feature : EYE
9
Wooden footwear : SABOT
10
Marine rock-clinger : ABALONE
11
Live ascetically : DENYONESELF
12
Garden spray : ALAR
13
Top scores, sometimes : TENS
18
A ton : PILES
21
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" singer, 1973 : DYLAN
23
Greek god of wine : DIONYSUS
24
Detective Pinkerton and others : ALLANS
25
Item on a chain : IDTAG
26
"Swell!" : NEATO
27
Sky Masterson's creator : DAMONRUNYON
28
Good things : PLUSES
30
Good thing : ASSET
31
Shade of red : POPPY
36
Supreme Court middle name : BADER
39
Leave rubber on the road : PEELOUT
41
Remote option : SLOMO
42
Potential source of verbal misunderstanding : HOMONYMS
47
Poem division : CANTO
48
Amber, e.g. : RESIN
49
Fall times: Abbr. : OCTS
50
Irene of "Fame" : CARA
51
Christian from France : DIOR
52
"The Best Man" star Diggs : TAYE
53
Shore soarer : ERNE
54
Admission of 1889: Abbr. : SDAK
56
Use diligently : PLY
57
Mens ___ (criminal intent) : REA

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

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