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New York Times, Tuesday, July 1, 2003

Author:
Karen M. Tracey
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Across : N.Y.C. subway
TotalDebutLatest
325/6/20036/18/2010
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.6617687%
Karen M. Tracey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Tracey. Tuesday freshness: 69%
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© 2003, The New York Times7/1/3 ( No. 19,593 )
Across
1
An American in Paris, maybe : EXPAT
6
"By ___!" : JOVE
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Sch. groups : PTAS
14
Edwin in Reagan's Cabinet : MEESE
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"Excuse me ..." : AHEM
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Pathetic : LAME
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Stupefied : INAWE
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Superman's mother : LARA
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Board member, for short : EXEC
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Summer retreat : LAKESHORECABIN
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Silhouette : SHAPE
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Annoyance : IRE
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With deliberate hamminess : CAMPILY
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Player's club? : BAT
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N.Y.C. subway : BMT
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More slippery, perhaps : ICIER
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Break bread : EAT
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Middling : FAIR
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Summer retreat : VACATIONGETAWAY
39
Author Dinesen : ISAK
40
"I want my ___!" (1980's slogan) : MTV
41
Sword handles : HILTS
42
___ Paul guitars : LES
43
Gossip : GAB
44
Mocks : JEERSAT
46
Shoveled : DUG
47
Initial venture : FORAY
48
Summer retreat : SEASIDECOTTAGE
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Promotable piece : PAWN
55
Fictional detective Wolfe : NERO
56
Dangerous gas : RADON
57
Babysitter's headache : BRAT
58
Perón and Gabor : EVAS
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Work often read before the "Odyssey" : ILIAD
60
Compos mentis : SANE
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Lone : SOLE
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Euro fractions : CENTS
Down
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Actor Jannings : EMIL
2
TV's leather-clad princess : XENA
3
Busiest : PEAK
4
At this very moment : ASWESPEAK
5
Bit of summer attire : TEESHIRT
6
Bucket of bolts : JALOPY
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Midway alternative : OHARE
8
"Billy Budd" captain : VERE
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Grossly underfeed : EMACIATE
10
Naval Academy freshman : PLEBE
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Travel before takeoff : TAXI
12
"Right on!" : AMEN
13
Very short wait, in short : SEC
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Film producer Roach : HAL
22
Workmanship : ART
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Polite : CIVIL
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Build ___ against (work to prosecute) : ACASE
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Layered minerals : MICAS
28
Bit of luggage : BAG
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Cries one's eyes out : BAWLS
30
Sporty Mazda : MIATA
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Romantic rendezvous : TRYST
33
Letter container: Abbr. : ENV
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Story that might include a dragon : FAIRYTALE
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Conceives of : IMAGINES
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Gambling site, briefly : OTB
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Flamboyantly overdone : THEATRIC
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Astronaut Grissom : GUS
44
Humorous : JOCOSE
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Suffix with ranch : ERO
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"Inferno" poet : DANTE
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Not domesticated : FERAL
48
Poet Teasdale : SARA
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McGregor of "Down With Love" : EWAN
50
"Whip It" band : DEVO
51
Tennis score after deuce : ADIN
52
Bearded animal : GOAT
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Leaves off : ENDS
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"Nova" network : PBS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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