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New York Times, Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Author:
Kyle Mahowald
Editor:
Will Shortz
10-Down : Winter Olympics event since 1964
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Kyle Mahowald

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Mahowald. Wednesday freshness: 15%
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© 2006, The New York Times8/30/6 ( No. 20,749 )
Across
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Twain family name : FINN
5
___ fatale : FEMME
10
"The Simpsons" brainiac : LISA
14
Cheese named for a historic French region : BRIE
15
Common cell phone feature : ALARM
16
Windows alternative : UNIX
17
With 37- and 60-Across, a musing : IALWAYSTHOUGHTI
20
Allergy-prone : SNEEZY
21
"Cool!" : NEATO
22
"Satisfied?" : HAPPY
25
Went too far on a trip, in brief : ODED
27
Moon vehicle, for short : LEM
28
Not bought, say : ONLEASE
31
One who settles down in a rush? : ELOPER
33
Gaze : PEER
34
Tolkien creature : ENT
36
Teacher's org. : NEA
37
See 17-Across : WASINDECISIVE
42
Sugar suffix : OSE
43
King of the ring : DON
44
Kaput : DEAD
46
One waving a loaded gun, e.g. : MENACE
49
Kids' racers : GOKARTS
51
Spell : HEX
52
Winner of a 1925 intercollegiate crossword championship : YALE
54
Stop, at sea : AVAST
55
"Later" : ADIOS
57
Grads : ALUMNI
60
See 17-Across : BUTNOWIMNOTSURE
65
"O-o-oh!" : ISEE
66
1940's All-Star Buck : ONEIL
67
Big name in shirts : IZOD
68
"And there you have it!" : TADA
69
Chutzpah : NERVE
70
Haberdashery display : TIES
Down
1
"The Silence of the Lambs" grp. : FBI
2
A Gershwin : IRA
3
Zero : NIL
4
Anchor, e.g. : NEWSPERSON
5
Mystery novelist Kellerman : FAYE
6
Besides that : ELSE
7
Kind of ball : MATZO
8
Evil side of literature? : MRHYDE
9
Modern rock genre : EMO
10
Winter Olympics event since 1964 : LUGE
11
More than puff : INHALE
12
Kid watcher : SITTER
13
Given : AXIOM
18
Novelist Seton : ANYA
19
Brings to ruin : UNDOES
22
Event with gals in ponytails : HOP
23
Over again : ANEW
24
"Put me in, coach!," e.g. : PLEA
26
Weather phenomenon : ELNINO
29
Noted Roman tragedian : SENECA
30
Extreme : END
32
Dropped by : PAIDAVISIT
35
"Excellent adventure" taker of film : TED
38
Words after "because" : ISAYSO
39
Piece of machinery : COG
40
Wang of fashion : VERA
41
Downs : EATS
45
Summer clock setting: Abbr. : DST
46
Her looks could kill : MEDUSA
47
Left : EXITED
48
"Seinfeld" role : ELAINE
50
"Do what is right, though the world may perish" writer : KANT
51
Wont : HABIT
53
Bull who's a glue mascot : ELMER
56
Draft status : ONEA
58
Educ. institution : UNIV
59
C.I.A. worry : MOLE
61
Took a seat? : WON
62
Compact submachine gun : UZI
63
Noted 1973 Supreme Court ruling, informally : ROE
64
Ones getting to work on Time?: Abbr. : EDS

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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