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New York Times, Wednesday, September 4, 2002

Author:
Eric Berlin
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Kind of jack
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
436/23/200211/29/20203
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1413521521
RebusCircleScrabblePGramFresh
361.52168%
Eric Berlin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQVWXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Berlin. Wednesday freshness: 21%
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© 2002, The New York Times9/4/2 ( No. 19,293 )
Across
1
Frightful women : HAGS
5
Push : GOAD
9
Greases the wheels for, say : EASES
14
Drain part : TRAP
15
In the past : ONCE
16
Diaper, in Britain : NAPPY
17
Kind of jack : TIRE
18
Nurses' responsibility : BEDS
19
Wood nymph : DRYAD
20
Short story? : PAPERBACKBOO
23
Honey : DOLL
24
"Gunsmoke" star : ARNESS
28
Partner : SPOUSE
31
Rackets : DINS
33
___-Mère-Église (Normandy invasion town) : STE
34
Short bread? : PUMPERNICKE
36
Tit for ___ : TAT
37
They're found in veins : ORES
38
Self-image : EGO
39
Biblical verb : HAST
40
Old master's work : OIL
41
Short stop? : TRAINSTATIO
45
How the St. Lawrence flows through Montreal: Abbr. : NNE
46
"Blue Moon" lyricist : HART
47
Gentle stroke : CARESS
48
Car made in Spring Hill, Tenn. : SATURN
50
Potpourri containers : JARS
51
Short change? : METAMORPHOSI
57
African tree snake : MAMBA
60
Beat badly : MAUL
61
Leprechauns' land : ERIN
62
Worked on Broadway : ACTED
63
"Cast Away" setting : ISLE
64
Let fly : SENT
65
Compote fruit : PEARS
66
Dele undoer : STET
67
Like some restaurant orders : TOGO
Down
1
URL starter : HTTP
2
Pavarotti performance : ARIA
3
1982 Robin Williams title role : GARP
4
Accelerations : SPEEDUPS
5
Tom turkey : GOBBLER
6
2000 N.B.A. scoring leader for the Lakers : ONEAL
7
Adapter letters : ACDC
8
Inkstand's site : DESK
9
Sign : ENDORSE
10
Hitter known as The Hammer : AARON
11
Operative : SPY
12
Clean Air Act enforcer: Abbr. : EPA
13
Barrett of early Pink Floyd : SYD
21
___ of Jericho : ROSE
22
Possible drive-thru site : BANK
25
Heir cushion? : ESTATE
26
Suspended animation : STASIS
27
Melees : SETTOS
28
Stirrers : SPOONS
29
Brand name accompanying a checkerboard logo : PURINA
30
Brunch staple : OMELET
31
Finger or toe : DIGIT
32
On-screen image : ICON
35
Fast approaching : NEAR
39
Least forgiving : HARSHEST
41
Clothes, slangily : THREADS
42
Go on and on : RANT
43
Like a tanager : SCARLET
44
Canvas cover : TARP
49
Brownish : UMBER
50
Physics unit : JOULE
52
Writer Kingsley : AMIS
53
Schooner part : MAST
54
Nabisco snack : OREO
55
Be a rat : SING
56
Passionate about : INTO
57
Glove compartment item : MAP
58
Big serve : ACE
59
1959 Kingston Trio hit : MTA

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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