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New York Times, Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Author:
Gary Steinmehl
Editor:
Will Shortz
45-Across : Credit of a sort
TotalDebutLatest
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Gary Steinmehl

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 40 Missing: {VXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 6 for Mr. Steinmehl. Wednesday freshness: 84%
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© 2007, The New York Times1/24/7 ( No. 20,896 )
Across
1
Mecca trek : HADJ
5
Easy mark, in cards : FISH
9
Pale hue : AQUA
13
Like the verb "to be": Abbr. : IRREG
15
Story starter : ONCE
16
Done for : SUNK
17
Pittsburgh Hall-of-Fame third baseman : PIETRAYNOR
19
Old platter player : HIFI
20
Number before neuf : HUIT
21
Bylaw, briefly : REG
23
Perfect rating : TEN
24
Let go : SPARED
27
Wild : UNTAMED
29
The man from U.N.C.L.E. : NAPOLEONSOLO
31
Bermuda hrs. : AST
32
Turn-of-the-century year : DCC
33
Sesame Street denizen : OSCAR
37
Provocative pic : CHEESECAKEPHOTO
42
Actress DeVito of "Modern Love" : KARLA
43
Thumbs-down : NAY
44
Jersey call : MOO
45
Credit of a sort : BROWNIEPOINT
50
June commemoration : FLAGDAY
52
Obstacles : FENCES
53
Bill's partner : COO
54
California river named for a common sight in it : EEL
55
Button on a remote : MUTE
56
Book ascribed to Luke : ACTS
58
Make light of : TRIFLEWITH
63
Spouse : MATE
64
___ salad : TUNA
65
Dashboard feature : RADIO
66
Team's burden : PLOW
67
Sets, as a price : ASKS
68
Masculine side : YANG
Down
1
In the groove : HIP
2
"Exodus" hero : ARI
3
Rap's Dr. ___ : DRE
4
Elly May's TV cousin : JETHRO
5
Four-time Indy winner : FOYT
6
Night spot : INN
7
Looks down on : SCORNS
8
Contractual adverb : HERETO
9
Workable wood : ASH
10
"Indubitably!" : QUITE
11
Starving : UNFED
12
Blood-related : AKIN
14
Fare for Oliver Twist : GRUEL
18
With 53-Down, officer's helper : AIDEDE
22
Lively round dance : GALOP
24
Chips, maybe : SNACK
25
Turkish V.I.P. of old : PASHA
26
More likely : APTER
27
Like some close likenesses : UNCANNY
28
Dance violently : MOSH
30
Infrequent: Abbr. : OCC
34
One with one-liners : COMIC
35
Make up : ATONE
36
1976 best seller that opens "four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia" : ROOTS
38
Site of a notable exile : ELBA
39
Beetle Bailey's tormentor : SARGE
40
China's Chiang ___-shek : KAI
41
Real looker : EYEFUL
46
Folk singer from Birmingham : ODETTA
47
Bewhiskered beast : WALRUS
48
Fizzle, with "out" : PETER
49
Arrow words : ONEWAY
50
The "f" in f-number : FOCAL
51
Numbers game : LOTTO
53
See 18-Down : CAMP
55
Degs. for curators : MFAS
57
Be in a bee : SEW
59
Pen filler : INK
60
TV's Mrs. Morgenstern : IDA
61
Pewter ingredient : TIN
62
Pen filler? : HOG

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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