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New York Times, Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Author:
Jim Hyres
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : ___ d'Alene, Idaho
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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16632122
CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.588052%
Jim Hyres

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Hyres. Tuesday freshness: 69%
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© 2005, The New York Times6/28/5 ( No. 20,321 )
Across
1
Wagering sites, for short : OTBS
5
Rosary component : BEAD
9
Big name in kitchen foil : ALCOA
14
When shadows are short : NOON
15
"___ want for Christmas ..." : ALLI
16
Elementary school door sign : GIRLS
17
Breakfast order : TWOEGGSOVEREASY
20
Lend ___ (listen) : ANEAR
21
Lug : TOTE
22
Last of 26 : ZEE
23
"Wild Kingdom" host Marlin : PERKINS
26
What apartment dwellers have to pay : THERENT
28
Actress Verdugo : ELENA
30
Summer, in Somme : ETE
31
Lucky charms : FOURLEAFCLOVERS
38
Astronaut Grissom : GUS
39
Rock's ___ Fighters : FOO
40
Kind of instinct : GUT
41
U.S. senator's salary, e.g. : SIXFIGUREINCOME
48
Crazy eights cousin : UNO
49
Jazz pianist Blake : EUBIE
50
House wrecker : TORNADO
54
Place for a Ping-Pong table : RECROOM
58
Inventor Whitney : ELI
59
Absorbs, with "up" : SOPS
61
Redhead's helper : HENNA
62
Bygone music collection : EIGHTTRACKTAPES
66
1008 on a monument : MVIII
67
Jai ___ : ALAI
68
NBC's peacock, e.g. : LOGO
69
Passover feast : SEDER
70
Stampeders : HERD
71
___ Smith, who won the 1972 Wimbledon : STAN
Down
1
Like draft beer : ONTAP
2
Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert : TOWNE
3
One voicing displeasure : BOOER
4
Air Jordan, for one : SNEAKER
5
Groceries holder : BAG
6
Chicago transports : ELS
7
Tons : ALOT
8
Duffer's gouge : DIVOT
9
Go along with : AGREETO
10
Tell a "story" : LIE
11
Mania : CRAZE
12
Showbiz twin Mary-Kate or Ashley : OLSEN
13
So far : ASYET
18
Give the third degree : GRILL
19
Lucy and Ricky's landlady : ETHEL
24
Once known as : NEE
25
Big mess : SNAFU
27
Person of the cloth, for short : REV
29
Prior to, old-style : AFORE
31
N.F.L. 3-pointers : FGS
32
French affirmative : OUI
33
Fortune 500 steelmaker : USX
34
___ d'Alene, Idaho : COEUR
35
It may be stroked : EGO
36
Bacardi, e.g. : RUM
37
Sault ___ Marie : STE
42
Jocularity : FUN
43
Agitated : INASTIR
44
Classic Becket play, informally : GODOT
45
"May ___ of service?" : IBE
46
Not, in Nuremberg : NICHT
47
Kix and Trix : CEREALS
50
Abounds : TEEMS
51
Popeye's love : OLIVE
52
Unbending : RIGID
53
Where Dr. Phil got famous : OPRAH
55
High, in a way : ONPOT
56
Russia's Lake ___ : ONEGA
57
Building subcontractor : MASON
60
Sign that attracts crowds : SALE
63
Step on it : HIE
64
Cougar or Jaguar : CAR
65
Tease : KID

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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