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New York Times, Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Author:
Bonnie L. Gentry and Victor Fleming
Editor:
Will Shortz
55-Down : Iron pumper's muscle
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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1012100
RebusCircleScrabbleFresh
111.5348%
Bonnie L. Gentry
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473/29/200512/29/202125
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75107666
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21.55358%
Victor Fleming

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 39 Missing: {FZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Gentry. This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Fleming. Wednesday freshness: 82%
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O
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© 2007, The New York Times6/20/7 ( No. 21,043 )
Across
1
With 1-Down, 1982 Richard Pryor/Jackie Gleason film : THE
4
Half court game? : JAI
7
Part of an auto accident : IMPACT
13
Crude structure? : OILWELL
15
Tourist's aid : AREAMAP
16
"Understood!" : YESISEE
17
Like a band of Amazons : MANLESS
18
Iran-Contra grp. : NSC
19
Draftsman's tool (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) : TSQUARE
20
Satchel in the Hall of Fame : PAIGE
23
Little squirt : TOT
24
Poli ___ : SCI
25
Aunt of Prince Harry : ANNE
26
Dogma : TENET
28
Conclusion, in Germany : ENDE
31
Levy on a 33-Across : LANDTAX
33
Place to build : LOT
35
63-Across, in Málaga : DIA
36
Like vinegar : ACETIC
37
Cookout sites : PATIOS
39
Foundation exec. : DIR
40
Frank McCourt memoir : TIS
42
A few : NOTMANY
43
Suffix with exist : ENCE
45
Means of fortunetelling : TAROT
47
___ account (never) : ONNO
48
"___ got it!" : IVE
50
King in a celebrated 1970s U.S. tour : TUT
51
Clampett player : EBSEN
52
Attend to the final detail : CROSSAT
54
Crimson foe : ELI
55
Commits to, as an interest rate : LOCKSIN
56
Ferris in film : BUELLER
60
Intent, as a listener : ALLEARS
61
Field of unknowns? : ALGEBRA
62
Hand-color, in a way : TIEDYE
63
Rotation period : DAY
64
Muesli morsel : OAT
Down
1
See 1-Across : TOY
2
Shake a leg : HIE
3
Old N.Y.C. lines : ELS
4
Title guy in a 1980 Carly Simon hit : JESSE
5
A Waugh : ALEC
6
Any part of Polynésie : ILE
7
Where Mosul is : IRAQ
8
Waiter's armload : MENUS
9
Guard's workplace : PALACE
10
Iroquois and others : AMERINDIANS
11
Grammar concern : CASE
12
Plays a campus prank on, informally : TPS
14
Gridiron formation : WINGEDT
15
Dutch beer brand : AMSTEL
19
Big load : TON
20
1974 Medicine Nobelist George ___ : PALADE
21
Bayer alternative : ANACIN
22
Influential group : INNERCIRCLE
23
Singing Ritter : TEX
26
Implied : TACIT
27
Go ___ (deteriorate) : TOPOT
29
Quints' name : DIONNE
30
Hardly strict with : EASYON
32
Relative of a chickadee : TIT
34
Fashion a doily : TAT
38
Big name in cellular service : TMOBILE
41
"___ Cheerleaders" (1977 film) : SATANS
42
"I'm kidding!" : NOT
44
Brought forth : EVOKED
46
Endless 9-to-5 job, e.g. : RUT
49
Op-ed, typically : ESSAY
51
Poem of lament : ELEGY
52
E. ___ : COLI
53
What to call a king : SIRE
54
Faulkner's ___ Varner : EULA
55
Iron pumper's muscle : LAT
56
No longer edible : BAD
57
Wall St. action : LBO
58
Diamond stat : ERA
59
Disloyal sort : RAT

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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