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New York Times, Thursday, February 23, 2006

Author:
Todd McClary
Editor:
Will Shortz
2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Cruz
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Todd McClary

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. McClary. Thursday freshness: 20%
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© 2006, The New York Times2/23/6 ( No. 20,561 )
Across
1
Eliminates, gangster-style : OFFS
5
"The Jungle Book" hero : MOWGLI
11
Can : AXE
14
2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Cruz : NILO
15
Noted resting place : ARARAT
16
Breakfast buffet dispenser : URN
17
Deal in sweet tubers? : TRAFFICYAMS
19
"Awesome!" : RAD
20
Classic muscle car, for short : VETTE
21
Fool : ASS
22
Signs off on : OKAYS
24
Martinique, e.g. : ILE
26
Put away : SAVE
28
Long teenage conversations? : TELEPHONEYAKS
34
Sneaky laugh : HEH
36
Kind of sax : ALTO
37
Knickknack : TRIFLE
38
"The Dukes of Hazzard" spinoff : ENOS
40
Toshiba rival : SANYO
42
"The First ___" : NOEL
43
Threatened : ATRISK
45
Submerge : DUNK
47
Call, as a game : REF
48
Usable connector for oxen? : PRACTICALYOKE
51
Sugar ___ of "Some Like It Hot" : KANE
52
Tavern owner on "The Simpsons" : MOE
53
Prominent : MAJOR
56
"Funky Cold Medina" rapper Tone ___ : LOC
59
Queen's request : KNEEL
63
Three-time Frazier opponent : ALI
64
Gagarin's space flight? : TRIALBYYURI
67
Holy Trinity part : SON
68
Bob who wrote "Catcher in the Wry" : UECKER
69
Uzbekistan's ___ Sea : ARAL
70
Curse : HEX
71
Red Cross supply : PLASMA
72
Snoopy : NOSY
Down
1
"As seen ___" : ONTV
2
Can : FIRE
3
Out of fizz : FLAT
4
Lenient type : SOFTIE
5
Printemps month : MAI
6
Shamu, for one : ORCA
7
"We have our ___" : WAYS
8
Former N.Y.S.E. chairman Richard : GRASSO
9
Flee : LAM
10
"That's all she wrote" : ITSOVER
11
A president usually has one : AURA
12
Look inside? : XRAY
13
Purposes : ENDS
18
"The Most Happy ___" (Loesser musical) : FELLA
23
Enter, as a password : KEYIN
25
Shiny wallet material : EELSKIN
27
Head to toe : ANTONYM
28
Birch of "American Beauty" : THORA
29
School carnival planner, perhaps: Abbr. : PTA
30
Civic-minded company? : HONDA
31
Earlier : AFORE
32
"The Mocker Mocked" artist : KLEE
33
"Note to ___ ..." : SELF
34
Old jalopy : HEAP
35
___'acte : ENTR
39
Pervert : SICKO
41
Deborah's "Shall We Dance" partner : YUL
44
Fledgling company : STARTUP
46
Offbeat : KOOKY
49
Toyota coupe : CELICA
50
Like many marathon winners : KENYAN
53
Pulp : MASH
54
Shaving gel ingredient : ALOE
55
Bringer of misfortune : JINX
57
Acorn droppers : OAKS
58
Red Skelton's Kadiddlehopper : CLEM
60
Prefix with dollar : EURO
61
The Cenozoic and others : ERAS
62
Easter sight : LILY
65
Sem. topic : REL
66
Item with an underwire : BRA

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

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