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New York Times, Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Author:
Pete Muller
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Down : Man, in 68-Across
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
251.6013366%
Pete Muller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQVXYZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Muller. Tuesday freshness: 62%
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© 2008, The New York Times6/3/8 ( No. 21,392 )
Across
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Sci-fi's "Doctor ___" : WHO
4
PG or R : RATING
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From the start : ANEW
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Suffers from : HAS
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"The Tempest" king : ALONSO
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"Later" : CIAO
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Like many planetary orbits : ELLIPTICAL
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Clarinet type : ALTO
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Ebony, e.g. : WOOD
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Like : ALA
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Ranch visitor : DUDE
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Uneaten part of an apple : CORE
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Long March participants : MAOISTS
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Airer of Congressional proceedings : CSPAN
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Bout stopper, for short : TKO
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Far from wimpy : MACHO
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Question posed by a 1987 children's best seller : WHERESWALDO
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Fighter for Jeff Davis : REB
39
Western pal : PARD
40
Sample : TASTE
41
Open widely : GAPE
42
Old spy org. : OSS
43
This puzzle's answer to 35-Across (spelled out four times) : INTHECORNER
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Pub serving : STOUT
47
A, in Austria : EIN
48
Composer Camille Saint-___ : SAENS
49
Indian oven : TANDOOR
51
It turns the tide : MOON
53
Commotions : ADOS
54
Equinox mo. : SEP
55
Bargain : DEAL
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Bargain event : SALE
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Building seen on a nickel : MONTICELLO
64
Moselle tributary : SAAR
65
French satellite launcher : ARIANE
66
West of "My Little Chickadee" : MAE
67
Gum globs : WADS
68
City with a view of Vesuvius : NAPLES
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Do zigzags, maybe : SEW
Down
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"That was close!" : WHEW
2
Symbol of sanctity : HALO
3
Nobel Institute city : OSLO
4
Grammy category : RAP
5
Rite site : ALTAR
6
Light perfume : TOILETWATER
7
Pizarro foe : INCA
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Code-cracking org. : NSA
9
Israel's Meir : GOLDA
10
Maine's ___ National Park : ACADIA
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1990s-2000s sitcom shrink : NILESCRANE
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Absorb, as a loss : EAT
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Wine and dine : WOO
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It may be swiped : IDCARD
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Man, in 68-Across : UOMO
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Canadian "loonie" denomination : ONE
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Material used in casting : MOLTENMETAL
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It's "mightier," in a saying : THEPEN
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Gets over drunkenness, with "up" : SOBERS
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Breakfast cereal pioneer : CWPOST
30
Cascades peak : SHASTA
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Purchase of one who's looking for love : PERSONALAD
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Whole-grain cereal brand : KASHI
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RR stop : STN
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Boxing Day mo. : DEC
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Starbucks size : GRANDE
43
Langston Hughes poem : ITOO
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Bear, in Bolivia : OSO
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Jersey parts? : UDDERS
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Ottoman Turk leader : OSMAN
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Speak one's mind : OPINE
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Salon sound : SNIP
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"Slippery" trees : ELMS
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Wings: Lat. : ALAE
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MGM mogul Marcus : LOEW
59
Phila.-to-Miami dir. : SSW
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Tow-providing org. : AAA
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"... man ___ mouse?" : ORA
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These, in Tours : CES

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

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