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New York Times, Thursday, September 26, 2002

Author: Manny Nosowsky
Editor: Will Shortz
Manny Nosowsky
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Manny Nosowsky

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Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 32 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 164 for Mr. Nosowsky. NYT links: Across Lite

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© 2002, The New York TimesNo. 0926 ( 19,315 )
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1. Place for a 63-Across : CRAPSTABLE
11. Livestock : PIGS
15. Second greeting : HELLOAGAIN
16. Soon : ANON
17. Weighed down : ENCUMBERED
18. Stamp of approval : USDA
19. Put on : STAGE
20. Scottish lake : NESS
21. "See for yourself!" : LOOK
22. Khakis : TANS
23. Put in : ADD
24. ___ latte (hot drink) : CAFFE
25. Matter for the gray matter : IDEA
27. Heat meas. : BTU
29. It may have a big head : ALE
30. Short-term wheels : LOANER
33. Sagan of "Cosmos" : CARL
34. Judge Bean : ROY
35. Like Shostakovich's Symphony No. 2 : INB
36. 7 or 11, initially, at a 1-Across : NATURAL
38. "___ Maria" : AVE
39. Fraternity letter : TAU
40. Busy on a job : ATIT
41. Lays off : CEASES
43. Ones with spots showing? : TVS
44. Home hideaway : DEN
45. Water level indicator : RING
46. Expensive camera : LEICA
48. Article of the Constitution dealing with treason : III
49. Like some relations: Abbr. : INTL
53. First name in home humor : ERMA
54. Signal at a pagoda, maybe : BONG
56. Video game name : ATARI
57. Barbed comments : JABS
58. Skipping the sauce : ONTHEWAGON
60. Pointed arch : OGEE
61. Roll in an office : SCOTCHTAPE
62. Swamp ___ (predatory fish) : EELS
63. One to whom dice are passed : NEWSHOOTER
 1. Where the heart is : CHEST
2. ___-Wreck : RENTA
3. Renamed northern highway : ALCAN
4. Connects : PLUGSIN
5. To a degree : SOME
6. Computer key : TAB
7. Docket : AGENDA
8. Didn't keep secret : BARED
9. Cry before and after "all" : LIES
10. "Loose" things : ENDS
11. Singer Abdul : PAULA
12. To the degree that : INSOFARAS
13. Cupid, e.g. : GODOFLOVE
14. 2 at a 1-Across : SNAKEEYES
23. Blow bubbles in : AERATE
24. Poet William ___ Bryant : CULLEN
26. Response to "Gracias," maybe : DENADA
27. Grill's partner : BAR
28. Razor brand : TRACII
30. Pair of 2's at a 1-Across : LITTLEJOE
31. Typically : ONAVERAGE
32. Site of two temples of Ramses II : ABUSIMBEL
33. Edit out : CUT
37. Rustproofing agent : TIN
42. Excitedly, in music : AGITATO
45. Civil ___ : RIGHTS
47. Suits : CASES
48. Like many trailers : INTOW
50. Bother persistently : NAGAT
51. Figure of speech : TROPE
52. Part of a makeup kit : LINER
54. Cap'n's mate : BOSN
55. Almost never? : ONCE
56. Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hears ___" : AWHO
59. Command level: Abbr. : ECH

Answer summary: 3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Shortz Era but used previously.

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