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New York Times, Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Author:
Ron and Nancy Byron
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Down : "May ___ excused?"
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66/16/20082/16/20166
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0231000
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11.6021%
Ron Byron
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66/16/20082/16/20166
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0231000
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11.6021%
Nancy Byron

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FKY} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Byron. This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Byron. Tuesday freshness: 85%
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© 2011, The New York Times2/1/11 ( No. 22,365 )
Across
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"Horsefeathers!" : PSHAW
6
High in calories : RICH
10
"... three men in ___" : ATUB
14
Basra native : IRAQI
15
Witty Bombeck : ERMA
16
Situated by itself : LONE
17
Big name in orange juice : MINUTEMAID
19
Sousaphone, e.g. : TUBA
20
Bangladesh's capital, old-style : DACCA
21
Prison "screw" : JAILER
23
Rocket interceptor, for short : ABM
25
Large gem in the Smithsonian : HOPEDIAMOND
28
Like a Jekyll/Hyde personality : DUAL
30
Sign at a sellout : SRO
31
Tirades : RANTS
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Motherland, affectionately : OLDSOD
35
___ contendere : NOLO
37
Kindly doctor's asset : BEDSIDEMANNER
42
Gives the heave-ho : AXES
43
Pre-Russia intl. economic coalition : GSEVEN
45
Chinese menu phrase : NOMSG
49
Second letter after epsilon : ETA
51
"Jesus ___" (shortest Bible verse) : WEPT
52
Common : ADIMEADOZEN
56
Japanese theater : NOH
57
Like kielbasa and pierogi : POLISH
58
Govt. security : TNOTE
60
Pause in the action : LULL
61
Artwork using both paint and collage, e.g. ... and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters : MIXEDMEDIA
66
Gen. Robert ___ : ELEE
67
A util. : ELEC
68
Resort isle near Venezuela : ARUBA
69
Fleet fleet, once, in brief : SSTS
70
Big name in root beer : DADS
71
More red, as a tomato : RIPER
Down
1
Milne's absent-minded "Mr." : PIM
2
___ Lanka : SRI
3
Individually crafted : HANDMADE
4
Watery hue : AQUA
5
Halloween broom-rider : WITCH
6
Changes the boundaries of : REMAPS
7
Glass or Gershwin : IRA
8
901, in old Rome : CMI
9
Pilgrim to Mecca : HADJI
10
Nissan model : ALTIMA
11
French port near Marseille : TOULON
12
Straight : UNBENT
13
Goat features : BEARDS
18
"Green" prefix : ECO
22
___ rod (tall-stemmed plant) : AARONS
23
Foofaraw : ADO
24
Tulip or lily planting : BULB
26
Che Guevara's real first name : ERNESTO
27
Tragic end : DOOM
29
Timothy Leary's turn-on : LSD
33
Plains Indians : OSAGES
34
Twice cinq : DIX
36
Fall behind : LAG
38
Homeowner's paper : DEED
39
Still in the crate : NEW
40
Tied, as a score : EVENEDUP
41
Defaulter's loss, informally : REPO
44
To the ___ degree : NTH
45
City near Mt. Vesuvius : NAPLES
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Nonalcoholic beer brand : ODOULS
47
French artist who painted "The Gleaners" : MILLET
48
Says "Cheese!" : SMILES
50
Worshipers of Quetzalcoatl : AZTECS
53
"Arabian Nights" prince : AHMED
54
Pull the plug on : END
55
Baseball's Garciaparra : NOMAR
59
Actress Garr or Hatcher : TERI
62
Dockworkers' org. : ILA
63
Marked, as a ballot : XED
64
"May ___ excused?" : IBE
65
Berne's river : AAR

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