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New York Times, Thursday, August 10, 2006

Author:
Todd McClary
Editor:
Will Shortz
32-Across : Concern of a political adviser
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Todd McClary

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {Q} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. McClary. Thursday freshness: 28%
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© 2006, The New York Times8/10/6 ( No. 20,729 )
Across
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Some quilt makers : AMISH
6
Camp transports : JEEPS
11
Reaction to an ovation : BOW
14
Boito's Mefistofele, e.g. : BASSO
15
Host of the Overlooked Film Festival : EBERT
16
Row : OAR
17
Apartment burglar? : FLATSNEAKER
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Sleuth's cry : AHA
20
___ premium : ATA
21
"Boy Meets World" boy : CORY
22
Come clean : FESSUP
24
Sweet dessert with nuts : BAKLAVA
26
Steady, perhaps : BEAU
27
Farm animal with a stage act? : PLATFORMMULE
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Concern of a political adviser : IMAGE
35
Some queens : ANTS
36
Clear : RID
37
Opportunity creator : NASA
38
Marilyn of the 5th Dimension : MCCOO
40
Feeling of remorse, say : PANG
41
Big do, slangily : FRO
42
Fully stretched : TAUT
43
Peevish : SULKY
44
Lazy British student? : OXFORDLOAFER
48
Two-player activity : DUET
49
Executive airport lander : LEARJET
53
Colorful handful : MANDMS
56
Misfortunes : ILLS
57
Long ___ : AGO
58
What the king of diamonds holds : AXE
59
Clumsy gas station attendant? : PUMPSLIPPER
62
Girl in the comic "Baby Blues" : ZOE
63
Clear : ERASE
64
Scenic drive locale : COAST
65
Defensive footballer : END
66
Where lines may cross : DEPOT
67
Smallville clan : KENTS
Down
1
Popular BBC America show, for short : ABFAB
2
Smallest member of the European Union : MALTA
3
"Wicked Game" singer Chris : ISAAK
4
Bygone air inits. : SST
5
Common model railroading spec : HOSCALE
6
Ridicule : JEERAT
7
Shopping.com's parent company : EBAY
8
Cartoonish cry : EEK
9
Rather : PREFERTO
10
Runs : STREAMS
11
Some neckwear : BOAS
12
Filming location of ABC's "Lost" : OAHU
13
Alternative to a sandwich : WRAP
18
Pop star? : NOVA
23
Dim ___ : SUM
25
Women's tour grp. : LPGA
26
Musician among Time's 2005 Persons of the Year : BONO
28
See 56-Down : FACTO
29
River through Kazakhstan : URAL
30
Evolutionist's discovery : LINK
31
Avant-garde : EDGY
32
Dope : INFO
33
Philosopher who gave his name to an -ism : MARX
34
___ late : ASOF
38
Double-checked : MADESURE
39
Zealot's group : CULT
40
Sound from a sex kitten? : PURR
42
One-upped : TRUMPED
43
Green on the blue? : SEASICK
45
Prompting a "hmm," perhaps : ODD
46
"Ready to go?" : ALLSET
47
Lost value : FELL
50
Where "Kimigayo" is the national anthem : JAPAN
51
Discharge : EGEST
52
Law school class : TORTS
53
Fun house feature : MAZE
54
Biological transmitter : AXON
55
Triage factor : NEED
56
With 28-Down, logician's phrase : IPSO
60
Encyclopedia graphic : MAP
61
"The Oblong Box" author : POE

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

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