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New York Times, Monday, December 20, 2004

Author:
Kyle Mahowald
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : End of 17-Across
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Kyle Mahowald

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 35 Missing: {FKQ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Mahowald. Monday freshness: 31%
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© 2004, The New York Times12/20/4 ( No. 20,131 )
Across
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God of love : AMOR
5
Diehard : AVID
9
Give the heave-ho : EJECT
14
Audition goal : ROLE
15
Pet on "The Flintstones" : DINO
16
Bravery : VALOR
17
Start of a Yogi Berra quote : ITSDEJAVU
19
Online periodical, briefly : EZINE
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"This is only ___" : ATEST
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Ear part : LOBE
23
Off the wall : ZANY
24
Susan who wrote "Illness as Metaphor" : SONTAG
26
Peruvian beast : LLAMA
28
End of 17-Across : ALLOVERAGAIN
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Russian leader of old : TSAR
36
Knock the socks off of : AWE
37
African fly : TSETSE
38
___ Lilly & Co. : ELI
39
Alternative to dial-up Internet: Abbr. : DSL
40
"Quiet!" : SHH
41
Cheerios ingredient : OAT
42
The "r" of "pi r squared" : RADIUS
44
When a plane is due to take off: Abbr. : ETD
45
B & B's : INNS
46
Start of a Yogi Berra quote : ITSDEJAVUALL
49
Mild cigar : CLARO
50
New Haven collegians : YALIES
54
Prefix with bytes or bucks : MEGA
57
Out of control : WILD
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Spice of life : VERVE
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Spend, as energy : EXERT
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End of 46-Across : OVERAGAIN
64
Ditch digger's tool : SPADE
65
Plant's start : SEED
66
Slightly : ATAD
67
Play (around) : HORSE
68
Bookie's quote : ODDS
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Telescope part : LENS
Down
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Diva performances : ARIAS
2
"Live Free or Die," for New Hampshire : MOTTO
3
Mary-Kate and Ashley ___ (celebrity twins) : OLSEN
4
Antares, e.g. : REDSTAR
5
Modifying word: Abbr. : ADJ
6
Small container for liquids : VIAL
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Entail : INVOLVE
8
Two-base hit : DOUBLE
9
Christmas ___ : EVE
10
The 1920's : JAZZAGE
11
Pen name for Charles Lamb : ELIA
12
It's south of Mass. : CONN
13
Deuce topper : TREY
18
And others: Abbr. : ETAL
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Environmentalists' celebration : EARTHDAY
25
Boxer's weak spot : GLASSJAW
27
Beat to a pulp : MASH
29
Harry Potter's messenger bird Hedwig, e.g. : OWL
30
Lots and lots : ATON
31
"No man ___ island ..." : ISAN
32
New Jersey hoopsters : NETS
33
Actress Garr : TERI
34
Venetian blind part : SLAT
35
Gives a hand : AIDS
39
Old-fashioned showdown : DUEL
40
TV classic "The ___ Erwin Show" : STU
43
What bouncers check : IDCARDS
44
Went from apes to humans : EVOLVED
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Prohibited : ILLEGAL
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Melodious : ARIOSO
48
Volcano flow : LAVA
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Seeing red : IRATE
52
Big name in bottled water : EVIAN
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Mails : SENDS
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Net material : MESH
55
Giant fair : EXPO
56
Cyclist's choice : GEAR
58
Monopoly card : DEED
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Golf peg : TEE
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Hwys. : RDS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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