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New York Times, Thursday, July 5, 2007

Author:
Elizabeth C. Gorski
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : *Caucasus capital
TotalDebutLatest
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30221.541,51454%
Elizabeth C. Gorski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJVZ} This is puzzle # 153 for Ms. Gorski. Thursday freshness: 55%
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© 2007, The New York Times7/5/7 ( No. 21,058 )
Across
1
Revolutionary James ___, famous for saying "Taxation without representation is tyranny" : OTIS
5
Elem. sch. class : GEOG
9
"Look ___" (1975 #1 R & B hit) : ATME
13
Main : DUCT
14
April Fools' Day baby : ARIES
16
Like one leg of a triathlon : SWUM
17
"... ___ saw Elba" : EREI
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Children's author who wrote "A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly" : MILNE
19
Cobra's greeting : HISS
20
*Undersized bats and gloves, e.g. : TBALLEQUIPMENT
23
Accountant's advice : TAXTIP
24
Journalist Hamill : PETE
25
Cargo compartment : BAY
27
Chemical ending : ANE
28
Bill Clinton, collegiately : ELI
30
*Chophouse order : TBONE
32
Fixed parts of motors : STATORS
36
Energy units : ERGS
37
*Founder of Mesa Petroleum : TBOONEPICKENS
40
Mystique : AURA
41
Dirty campaigner : SMEARER
42
*Alternatives to rope tows : TBARS
44
Stock (up) : LAY
45
Cable channel ... with a hint to the answers to the five starred clues : TBS
48
Start to stammer : HEM
49
Not very much : ADAB
53
J.F.K.'s command : PTBOAT
55
*Caucasus capital : TBILISIGEORGIA
58
At a dead end, as a case : COLD
59
Ruffles : RILES
60
Hostile : UGLY
61
Sport with masks : EPEE
62
Serving from a grill : KABOB
63
Relative of a plum : SLOE
64
Brand name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet : ESSO
65
Meddlesome : NOSY
66
Round up : HERD
Down
1
"Gonna Let It Shine" singer : ODETTA
2
Diva's headwear : TURBAN
3
Mountaineering aid : ICEAXE
4
Circus prop : STILT
5
Strategies : GAMEPLANS
6
Actor La Salle : ERIQ
7
Lubricate : OILUP
8
One often seen with crossed arms : GENIE
9
"Off the Court" autobiographer : ASHE
10
Like Romulus and Remus : TWINBORN
11
Southern Methodist team, with "the" : MUSTANGS
12
Accident letters : EMS
15
Harvest time: Abbr. : SEPT
21
Deceive : LIETO
22
Bumped into : MET
26
"You rang?" : YES
29
Particular : ITEM
31
Ingredient in some batters : BEER
32
Really take off : SOAR
33
Reveal, in verse : OPE
34
Muscat money : RIAL
35
Makes a very modest living : SCRAPESBY
37
Stretchy attire : TUBETOPS
38
Hiking hazards : BRAMBLES
39
___ the city : KEYTO
40
Part of N.C.A.A.: Abbr. : ATH
43
Folk singer's mule : SAL
45
Turn on and off : TOGGLE
46
Surety poster : BAILOR
47
Didn't split : STAYED
50
Dagger : DIRK
51
Like tigers : ASIAN
52
First name in "The Hobbit" : BILBO
54
Momentary contact : BRUSH
56
Logical start? : IDEO
57
Bygone G.M. cars : GEOS
58
Mid grade? : CEE

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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