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New York Times, Saturday, January 8, 2005

Author:
David Levinson Wilk
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : Hang
TotalDebutLatest
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David Levinson Wilk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 32 Missing: {FWXZ} This is puzzle # 7 for Mr. Wilk. Saturday freshness: 19%
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© 2005, The New York Times1/8/5 ( No. 20,150 )
Across
1
Senator who wrote "Dreams From My Father" : OBAMA
6
The spy in "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" : ALEC
10
Oral verse : EPOS
14
Hang : HOVER
15
Ambassador or Statesman, once : NASH
16
It had "well-kept acres," in a classic novel : TARA
17
"Wait your turn!" : ONEATATIME
19
Religious philosopher Watts : ALAN
20
Game ender, perhaps : HORN
21
Nonstop connection : DIRECTLINK
23
Sharp things : TVS
24
Flattening : KOING
25
Ours, in Umbria : NOSTRA
29
Tipped trips : CABRIDES
32
On occasion : EVERANDANON
34
N.Y. engineering sch. : RPI
35
Beauties : GEMS
36
Bony part : CORNU
37
TV tavern that sells Duff Beer : MOES
38
Epsilon ___ (the planet Vulcan's star) : ERI
39
N.B.A. star who was on the cover of Sports Illustrated while still in high school : LEBRONJAMES
41
Some shots : VACCINES
43
Potherb plant : CICELY
44
1940's Italian Fascist leader : CIANO
45
Targeting need : AIM
46
One may have an arrow : STREETSIGN
49
One sacred to ancient Egyptians : IBIS
53
Tippling evidence : HICS
54
"Seems likely" : IIMAGINESO
56
Where I-5 crosses I-10 : INLA
57
Buck : CLAM
58
Sticks in a bathroom : QTIPS
59
Stress, say : AGER
60
Suffix with couch : ETTE
61
"Crime and Punishment" heroine : SONYA
Down
1
Eager student's cry : OHOH
2
One-named rocker : BONO
3
Maintain : AVER
4
Suggest : MEAN
5
The "her" in Beethoven's question "Who comprehends her?" : ART
6
The opposition : ANTIS
7
Refuge : LAIR
8
Title girl of a "Nine Stories" story : ESME
9
It may be avoided by keeping one's balance : CHECKBOUNCING
10
Latin list-ender : ETALII
11
Bob, e.g. : PALINDROME
12
Bar garnish : ORANGEPEEL
13
Dropped : SANK
18
Fair warning : ADVANCENOTICE
22
Divided : TORN
23
La lead-in : TRA
25
Beersheba locale : NEGEV
26
Problem addressed by a drama coach : OVERACTING
27
Zero halved : SEMICIRCLE
28
___-80 (old computer) : TRS
29
"It Must Be Him" singer and others : CARRS
30
Monumental year? : ANNO
31
Bruiser's antithesis : SISSY
33
"___ careful" : DOBE
37
Buddy : MAC
39
Ancestry : LINE
40
"Herman" cartoonist Unger : JIM
42
Self-proclaimed conqueror : CAESAR
45
"Only ___" (NPR program) : AGAME
46
Some Muslims : SHIA
47
Channel buildup : SILT
48
"While ___ it ..." : IMAT
49
Digging : INTO
50
Peaceful gathering, 60's-style : BEIN
51
Kids play it : ISPY
52
Dominican slugger : SOSA
55
Head counts? : IQS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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