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New York Times, Saturday, September 11, 2004

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Scruffy
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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321.591,28194%
Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JQ} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 81%
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© 2004, The New York Times9/11/4 ( No. 20,031 )
Across
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Ill-fated emperor of 1502-20 : MONTEZUMA
10
Marine tank : SCUBA
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"I'm waiting" : ANYDAYNOW
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Instrument Paul McCartney played on Ringo Starr's "You're Sixteen" : KAZOO
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Getting down : CONSUMING
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Permanently : ININK
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The last thing a Yale cheerleader wants : ANE
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Scruffy : UNKEMPT
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Southeast-most county of Ireland, or its seat : WEXFORD
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Tycoons' holdings : EMPIRES
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Backslider? : LUGER
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California city NW of Bakersfield : DELANO
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Kiwis : APTERYXES
36
English county from which the Pilgrims set sail in 1620 : DEVON
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Take up, perhaps : REHEM
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Spaniard's "that" : ESO
39
First secretary of H.E.W., 1953, ___ Culp Hobby : OVETA
40
Santa ___ : ANITA
41
Messiah : DELIVERER
43
Buffalo's AAA baseball team : BISONS
45
Face saver : TONER
46
Cold start : SNIFFLE
48
Astronomical distances : PARSECS
52
Blank page : FLYLEAF
54
Filch : COP
55
Holy Roman emperor crowned 962 : OTTOI
58
Clayey rock once common in building : MARLSTONE
61
Attach, in a way : SEWON
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Passing legislation? : ESTATELAW
63
Mexican War general known as Old Fuss and Feathers : SCOTT
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Checks : RESTRAINS
Down
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Large bird with a loud scream : MACAW
2
See 57-Down : ONONE
3
Half of a 1997 telecom merger : NYNEX
4
Successful field results, for short : TDS
5
Lac contents : EAU
6
The chemistry of fermentation : ZYMURGY
7
Hard to research : UNINDEXED
8
Figure in Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" : MONK
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"Shucks!" : AWGEE
10
Not chosen : SKIPPEDOVER
11
Structural supports : CANTILEVERS
12
Certain gun : UZI
13
French compliment : BON
14
Fine, slangily : AOK
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Roman square? : MMD
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Swift : FLEETOFFOOT
24
1966 James Bond spoof : OURMANFLINT
26
Obvious lunatic : RAVER
27
Short message via AOL, say : ENOTE
28
Bat signals? : SONAR
30
Button for pins : RESET
32
Luxor locals : ARABS
33
Confine : PENIN
34
2003 Nick Lachey hit "___ Swear" : THISI
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Arias : SOLOPARTS
42
Like Elgar's Symphony No. 1 : INAFLAT
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Sneaking : SLY
47
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Flick : ELMER
49
Gastrointestinal danger : ECOLI
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Big name in late-night TV : CONAN
51
Throws off : SPEWS
53
Let up : EASE
55
Old spy grp. : OSS
56
Shamus : TEC
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With 2-Down, certain mismatch : TWO
59
Orch. part : STR
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Some like it hot : TEA

Answer summary:
8 unique to this puzzle, 5 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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