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New York Times, Thursday, March 25, 2004

Author:
David Liben-Nowell and Ryan O'Donnell
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Down : Trash sites
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
133/25/20046/19/20234
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1112341
RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
111.59152%
David Liben-Nowell
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23/25/20048/3/20052
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0001100
RebusScrabbleFresh
11.4929%
Ryan O'Donnell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Liben-Nowell. This is the debut puzzle for Mr. O'Donnell. Thursday freshness: 30%
Jim Horne notes:

Across rebus squares are interpreted as YANG, and down ones as YIN.

1
P
2
A
3
P
4
A
5
S
6
H
7
A
8
S
9
T
10
A
11
I
12
V
13
Y
14
O
P
U
S
15
T
O
R
P
O
R
16
F
A
A
17
W
I
R
Y
18
A
E
R
A
T
E
19
N
C
O
20
W
E
S
L
21
E
YINYANG
R
A
D
U
A
22
T
E
23
O
C
E
A
N
24
Y
E
P
25
R
E
26
B
27
A
28
W
E
D
29
D
30
N
31
A
32
F
I
D
E
L
33
A
L
Y
S
34
S
35
A
36
R
A
B
B
I
37
D
38
I
R
E
C
T
E
D
39
B
YINYANG
L
E
E
40
S
I
M
M
S
41
I
N
R
A
G
S
42
A
R
I
A
S
43
Y
A
P
44
T
45
R
46
E
47
P
E
N
N
48
T
49
H
50
A
51
A
52
S
H
E
N
53
L
I
54
B
YINYANG
O
V
55
E
56
R
N
M
E
N
T
57
A
58
D
O
59
I
G
N
O
R
E
60
A
F
A
R
61
N
O
V
62
N
U
D
I
S
M
63
C
A
M
E
64
T
E
E
65
S
P
A
R
E
S
66
K
N
E
E
© 2004, The New York Times3/25/4 ( No. 19,861 )
Across
1
"Come to ___" : PAPA
5
Second-highest peak in the Cascades : SHASTA
11
Brown, for one : IVY
14
Big production : OPUS
15
Lethargy : TORPOR
16
J.F.K. overseer : FAA
17
Lean and tough : WIRY
18
Poke holes in : AERATE
19
Army fig. : NCO
20
One who went to school in Middletown, Conn. : WESLEYANGRADUATE
23
Blue part of a map : OCEAN
24
"Sure!" : YEP
25
WB show named for its star : REBA
28
Unite : WED
29
It's stranded : DNA
32
First name in Communism : FIDEL
33
Actress Milano of "Charmed" : ALYSSA
36
Kitchen supervisor, sometimes : RABBI
37
Like the 1995 film "Sense and Sensibility" : DIRECTEDBYANGLEE
40
Quarterback Phil : SIMMS
41
Dressed like Cinderella : INRAGS
42
"The Magic Flute" parts : ARIAS
43
Go on and on : YAP
44
Sei halved : TRE
47
___ Station : PENN
48
Jennifer Lopez album "J to ___ LO!" : THA
51
Whitish : ASHEN
53
It's based in Tripoli : LIBYANGOVERNMENT
57
Ruckus : ADO
59
Slight, in a way : IGNORE
60
Miles off : AFAR
61
Remembrance Day mo. : NOV
62
Activity in which nothing is going on? : NUDISM
63
Drew (near) : CAME
64
Anger, with "off" : TEE
65
Hits the 5 and 10, say : SPARES
66
Place for a pad : KNEE
Down
1
Huddle : POWWOW
2
For one : APIECE
3
Puckered : PURSED
4
Refuges : ASYLA
5
Not leave home : STAYIN
6
Many a gardener : HOER
7
Set forth : ARRAY
8
Garden tool : SPADE
9
Add : TOTUP
10
Province : AREA
11
In case it's called for : IFNEEDBE
12
Hoover, e.g., informally : VAC
13
N.B.A.'s ___ Ming : YAO
21
Like a Möbius strip : ENDLESS
22
Timed sporting events : TRIALS
26
Spanish newborn : BEBE
27
Tatyana of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" : ALI
30
Big Apple inits. : NYC
31
___ Spumante : ASTI
32
Its home is on the range : FRYINGPAN
33
Stylish suit : ARMANI
34
D.C. V.I.P. : SEN
35
"Not ___ eye ..." : ADRY
37
Desperate : DIRE
38
Romantic Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne song : IMINLOVE
39
Sheep's cry : BAA
40
Easy mark : SAP
44
1981 thriller about a stalker : THEFAN
45
Call again? : RENAME
46
Big part of an order : ENTREE
48
Binding : TYINGUP
49
Odyssey or Passport : HONDA
50
To have, in Paris : AVOIR
52
Kiss : SMACK
54
Trash sites : BINS
55
Language of the British Isles : ERSE
56
Radiation units : REMS
57
Fire ___ : ANT
58
Forest female : DOE

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

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