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New York Times, Thursday, June 19, 2003

Author:
Randolph Ross
Editor:
Will Shortz
27-Down : Dash
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Randolph Ross

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 66, Blocks: 44 Missing: {FJKQWXZ} This is puzzle # 75 for Mr. Ross. Grid flow: 26.7 Thursday freshness: 58%
Jim Horne notes:

In this "turn the corner" puzzle, the second half of each right-angle answer (for example, 13 Down) was clued "More of the answer" in print. Later similar puzzles eliminated those clues altogether.

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© 2003, The New York Times6/19/3 ( No. 19,581 )
Across
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Having job security, in a way : TENURED
8
Communist leader after Mao : DENG
12
Square parts : NINETYDEGREEANGLES
14
Where to see some clowns : RODEO
15
Kitchen gizmo : EGGBEATER
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Architect Jones : INIGO
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Musket extension? : EER
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St. ___ Cathedral in Londonderry : EUGENES
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Descent, as of an airplane : DROPINALTITUDE
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Is a big burden (on) : LIESHEAVY
25
Offense : SIN
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Hard to find : SCANT
27
Peace Corps cousin : VISTA
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Mother ___ : HEN
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The Hanged Man, e.g. : TAROT
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Something to shoot for : IDEAL
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Math. class : ALG
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Affect drastically : UPEND
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Heart : MIDST
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Cohort : PAL
40
Tears apart : RIVES
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Actress Graff : ILENE
43
Duncan's denial : NAE
44
What a long shot faces : GREATODDS
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Practical joke : LEGPULL
52
Opinion : SAY
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Owning lots of land : ACRED
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Joseph, for one : ISRAELITE
60
About 35.3 cubic feet : STERE
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They may need to dry out : SOTS
63
Without exception : BARNONE
Down
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Go-getter : TIGER
2
Wrapped up : ENGROSSED
3
Midwest state: Abbr. : NEB
4
___ Pass, near Pikes Peak : UTE
5
Hand-woven Scandinavian rug : RYA
6
N.Y. summer setting : EDT
7
Disappointing mark : DEE
8
Largesse recipient : DONEE
9
Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
10
Dry region south of Beersheba : NEGEV
11
Foolish : GOOSY
12
Scholarship criterion : NEED
14
It's illegal at some intersections : RIGHTTURNONRED
19
Some capts. are part of it : USN
21
Edible pockets : PITAS
23
Features of some apartments : LSHAPEDLIVINGROOMS
24
One side in the Cod War : ICELAND
27
Dash : VIM
28
Dictator Amin : IDI
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Of concern to beekeepers : APIAN
32
Throwback : REVERSION
33
Start for step or stop : ONE
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What passes may lead to, briefly : TDS
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"Ha-ha," online : LOL
44
Lens : GLASS
45
Half a literary leaf : RECTO
46
Everglades wader : EGRET
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Mimics : APERS
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Words on a Wonderland cake : EATME
50
Salon supply : DYES
55
Close relative : SIB
56
Kind of molecule : RNA
57
Cabinet dept. : AGR
58
West end? : ERN
59
Card game with forfeits : LOO

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

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