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New York Times, Wednesday, February 12, 2003

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Prepared to be dubbed
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1.5431%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JQVZ} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Early. Wednesday freshness: 12%
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© 2003, The New York Times2/12/3 ( No. 19,454 )
Across
1
Diplomat Deane : SILAS
6
Lancia competitor, for short : ALFA
10
Tee off : RILE
14
Prepared to be dubbed : KNELT
15
Cash in Qom : RIAL
16
1950's British P.M. : EDEN
17
Advice to a driver, part 1 : IFYOUWANTLIFETO
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Hardly genteel : RUDE
21
Court feat : ACE
22
Hardly genteel : CRASS
23
Literary monogram : TSE
24
___ Park (Manhattan neighborhood) : GRAMERCY
27
Barcelona title : SENOR
29
One-in-a-million : RARE
30
Botanist Gray : ASA
33
Advice, part 2 : BEGINATFORTY
37
Clear of the sea bottom : AWEIGH
40
Moulin Rouge performance : CANCAN
41
Advice, part 3 : DONTGOEIGHTY
45
Buck's mate : DOE
46
Long story : SAGA
47
Reasons to cram : EXAMS
51
Garden ornamentals : PETUNIAS
54
Beer may be on it : TAP
55
Waters on stage : ETHEL
58
Polo Grounds legend : OTT
59
"Dumb" comics girl : DORA
60
End of the advice : WHENYOURETWENTY
64
Director Rohmer : ERIC
65
Tech support caller : USER
66
Actress Anne : HECHE
67
"Why not?!" : SURE
68
Nuclear fuel holders : RODS
69
Mountain nymph : OREAD
Down
1
Evades : SKIRTS
2
Imbue (with) : INFUSE
3
Dutch cheese : LEYDEN
4
Lotion ingredient : ALOE
5
1950's-70's senator Symington, for short : STU
6
Small toucan : ARACARI
7
One of the front four : LINEMAN
8
500-pound, say : FAT
9
Apiece, in scores : ALL
10
Put in hot oil again : REFRY
11
Brainchild : IDEA
12
"Why not?!" : LETS
13
Son of Seth : ENOS
18
"This means ___!" : WAR
19
Watchdog agcy. beginning 1887 : ICC
24
Some shorthand : GREGG
25
Pitching stat : ERA
26
React violently, in a way : RETCH
28
Final notice : OBIT
30
Sector boundary : ARC
31
Rwy. stop : STA
32
Writer Rand : AYN
34
Write for another : GHOST
35
Clotho and others : FATES
36
Jet black : ONYX
37
Tag on : ADD
38
A suitor may pitch it : WOO
39
Suffix with ethyl : ENE
42
Mer contents : EAU
43
Disregarded : IGNORED
44
Skiers' leggings : GAITERS
48
A.S.A.P. : ATONCE
49
First first lady : MARTHA
50
Neutered : SPAYED
51
British coppers : PENCE
52
Bridge guru Culbertson : ELY
53
J.D. holder: Abbr. : ATT
55
Farm females : EWES
56
Like some traffic : THRU
57
One who's got it coming : HEIR
59
Shy creature : DEER
61
Start of many a Catholic church name : OUR
62
G.I. entertainer : USO
63
Telephone interrogatory : WHO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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