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New York Times, Wednesday, August 9, 2006

Author:
Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Across : PASSER
TotalDebutLatest
310/30/20058/9/2006
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2001000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.513243%
Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr.

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {KQZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Johnson. Wednesday freshness: 2%
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© 2006, The New York Times8/9/6 ( No. 20,728 )
Across
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Some are corny : FEET
5
Whistler's whistle : TUNE
9
Gypsy's specialty, maybe : TAROT
14
Ad sales rep's quote : RATE
15
Source of many a proverb, for short : ANON
16
Valerie Harper sitcom : RHODA
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20
Sister of Clio : ERATO
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A little of this, a little of that : MIX
22
"The buck stops here" prez : HST
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Monticello, e.g. : ESTATE
25
Wall St. watchdog : SEC
26
Tabula ___ : RASA
27
Composer Camille Saint-___ : SAENS
28
CARRIER : POLICEMAN
30
What a steamroller steamrolls : TAR
31
Kind of fly, for short, in baseball : SAC
32
Slew : TON
33
What 17-, 28-, 43- and 55-Across all are : BATONWIELDERS
39
Vein contents : ORE
40
Fish tail? : ERY
41
Challah need : EGG
43
TWIRLER : MAJORETTE
47
Carbo-loader's option : PASTA
49
Latin 101 verb : AMAT
50
Bit of sun : RAY
51
Soft touch : CARESS
52
"Vive le ___!" : ROI
53
Cav's opponent : MAV
54
It may be off the wall : CAROM
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Thumbs-up reviewer : EBERT
61
Thumbs-up review : RAVE
62
Menlo Park middle name : ALVA
63
___ Vader : DARTH
64
Execute perfectly : NAIL
65
___ money (start-up's need) : SEED
Down
1
Opposite of to : FRO
2
Grin's boundary, so it's said : EAR
3
Often-abbreviated phrase : ETCETERA
4
Mideast capital : TEHRAN
5
Refinement : TASTE
6
Render ___ (give, old-style) : UNTO
7
Scand. land : NOR
8
Plaque collector? : ENAMEL
9
Fearsome dino : TREX
10
"Gotcha!" : AHA
11
Hillary, at birth : RODHAM
12
Black Sea port : ODESSA
13
Clan cloth : TARTAN
18
Beanery sign : EATS
19
According to law : LICITLY
23
Repair shop fig. : EST
24
Volvo rival : SAAB
25
White-tie affair folks : SOCIETY
26
Philosopher Descartes : RENE
28
Animal print maker : PAW
29
U.P.S. option : COD
31
Show contempt for : SNEERAT
34
Tugboat signal : TOOT
35
Boston rink legend : ORR
36
Poet's preposition : ERE
37
Be like : RESEMBLE
38
Boot camp barkers: Abbr. : SGTS
42
Electric alternative : GAS
43
Scratched, maybe : MARRED
44
It divides to multiply : AMOEBA
45
Key employee? : JAILER
46
Round building? : TAVERN
47
Cut back : PARE
48
Bakery enticements : AROMAS
51
Oasis visitor : CAMEL
53
It's not to be believed : MYTH
54
Early 10th-century year : CMVI
56
"If the ___ is concealed, it succeeds": Ovid : ART
57
Bumper sticker letters : AAA
58
Christmas ___ : EVE
59
Gnarly : RAD

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

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