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New York Times, Monday, July 7, 2008

Author:
Bob Klahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Writer Nin
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
601/29/19945/22/201110
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CircleScrabblePGramFresh
11.57176%
Bob Klahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJKWZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 56 for Mr. Klahn. Monday freshness: 77%
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© 2008, The New York Times7/7/8 ( No. 21,426 )
Across
1
Mount ___, Ten Commandments locale : SINAI
6
Normandy invasion town : STLO
10
Sweat opening : PORE
14
Writer Nin : ANAIS
15
Cupid : EROS
16
Genesis son : ENOS
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Antiterrorism legislation of 2001 : PATRIOTACT
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Gun blast : SHOT
20
Proverbial saver of nine, with "a" : STITCHINTIME
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Snake or alligator : REPTILE
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Playful knuckle-rub : NOOGIE
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Eggs ___ easy : OVER
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Suck-up : YESMAN
30
Pants part : HEM
31
Kentucky's ___ College : BEREA
33
Try to strike : HITAT
35
"My Cousin Vinny" Oscar winner : MARISATOMEI
39
Word with Asia or Ursa : MINOR
40
Ultimately become : ENDUP
43
Necessity: Abbr. : REQ
46
"Keep it simple, ___" : STUPID
49
Earthen pot : OLLA
50
Bet on a one-two finish : EXACTA
52
Dreamlike : SURREAL
54
Classic battles between the Giants and Dodgers, e.g. : PENNANTRACES
57
"Beetle Bailey" bulldog : OTTO
58
1986 world champion American figure skater : DEBITHOMAS
62
Pants part : SEAT
63
"The Last Tycoon" director Kazan : ELIA
64
"I was at a movie theater when it happened," e.g. : ALIBI
65
Highlands Gaelic : ERSE
66
What gears do : MESH
67
Tyson or Holyfield : BOXER
Down
1
Maple syrup source : SAP
2
Bull ___ china shop : INA
3
Turner who led a revolt : NAT
4
Wind tunnel wind : AIRSTREAM
5
"Lord, ___?" (Last Supper query) : ISITI
6
Certain sofa : SETTEE
7
___ II razor : TRAC
8
___ Ness monster : LOCH
9
Recurring melodic phrase : OSTINATO
10
Green Italian sauce : PESTO
11
Like angels we have heard? : ONHIGH
12
Dormmate : ROOMIE
13
Think the world of : ESTEEM
18
Greasy : OILY
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Unbranded : NONAME
22
Steal from : ROB
23
December 24, e.g. : EVE
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Salon job : PERM
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On the ball or on the dot : SHARP
29
Sch. in Cambridge, Mass. : MIT
32
Record label for the Kinks and the Grateful Dead : ARISTA
34
Pavarotti performance : TENORSOLO
36
Working together : INTANDEM
37
Trivial amount : SOU
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Not doing anything : IDLE
41
Diminutive suffix : ULA
42
Buddy : PAL
43
Tranquillity : REPOSE
44
New Hampshire prep school : EXETER
45
Airline with a kangaroo logo : QANTAS
47
Book after Song of Solomon : ISAIAH
48
It'll bring a tear to your eye : DUCT
51
Equivalent of 10 sawbucks : CNOTE
53
Place to "dry out" : REHAB
55
The "T" of TV : TELE
56
Diamond stats : RBIS
59
Blend : MIX
60
President Lincoln : ABE
61
Madam's partner : SIR

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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