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New York Times, Wednesday, May 29, 2002

Author:
Alan Olschwang
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Ignorance, they say
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Alan Olschwang

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQWXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Olschwang. Wednesday freshness: 23%
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© 2002, The New York Times5/29/2 ( No. 19,195 )
Across
1
"Belling the Cat" author : AESOP
6
Kind of code : PENAL
11
New Year overseas : TET
14
Ignorance, they say : BLISS
15
Love of Livorno : AMORE
16
Word of farewell : AVE
17
Start of a quote by John Kenneth Galbraith : NOTHINGISSO
19
Reunion group : KIN
20
Cousin of a foil : EPEE
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Unearthly : EERIE
22
Sander part : BELT
23
Not the first transaction : RESALE
25
Register : ENROL
27
Quote, part 2 : ADMIRABLEIN
32
Tried to stop from scoring : DEFENSED
36
Surgically bind : LIGATE
37
Jewish month : ELUL
38
Actor Stephen : REA
40
Times to call, in ads : EVES
41
Society stalwart : PILLAR
44
Goal-oriented sorts : ASPIRERS
47
Quote, part 3 : POLITICSASA
49
Item for a fairy? : TOOTH
50
Brings to a boil? : ANGERS
55
Switch's partner : BAIT
57
Early computer language : COBOL
60
Math computation : AREA
61
Resistance unit : OHM
62
End of the quote : SHORTMEMORY
64
Draw upon : USE
65
Choir's platform : RISER
66
Africa's largest country : SUDAN
67
Rocky hill : TOR
68
Take care of : SEETO
69
Gregg expert : STENO
Down
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A Yokum : ABNER
2
Split to unite : ELOPE
3
Many end in .com : SITES
4
Actor Milo : OSHEA
5
Trident-shaped letter : PSI
6
Summon : PAGE
7
Mideast bigwig : EMIR
8
More meddlesome : NOSIER
9
Magazine store? : ARSENAL
10
Charlemagne's crowner : LEO
11
Depart : TAKELEAVE
12
Satan's doings : EVIL
13
Carnival sight : TENT
18
Has to have : NEEDS
22
Lahr co-star of 1939 : BOLGER
24
PC linkup : LAN
26
Stat for Sosa : RBI
28
Mal de ___ : MER
29
"Gibraltar may be strong, but ___ are impregnable": Emerson : IDEAS
30
Cato's way : ITER
31
Capone's nemesis : NESS
32
Johnny of "Ed Wood" : DEPP
33
Director Petri : ELIO
34
40-hour-a-weeker : FULLTIMER
35
Mama Cass ___ : ELLIOT
39
King of Judah : ASA
42
From ___ Z : ATO
43
Valens who sang "Donna" : RITCHIE
45
Sacred song : PSALM
46
Writer Fleming : IAN
48
Pick out : CHOOSE
51
Full range : GAMUT
52
Chip away : ERODE
53
Showed over : RERAN
54
Refuse : SAYNO
55
Event on a card : BOUT
56
Facetious "I see" : AHSO
58
A Maverick : BRET
59
Other, in Acapulco : OTRO
62
Ones of the highest grade: Abbr. : SRS
63
Highway curve : ESS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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