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New York Times, Monday, October 15, 2007

Author:
Andrea Carla Michaels
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : Pretending to be dead
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Andrea Carla Michaels

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Michaels. Monday freshness: 40%
Andrea Carla Michaels notes:

Originally I had:

  • CRYING WOLF 10
  • TALKING TURKEY 13
  • PLAYING POSSUM 13
  • SITTING DUCK 10

Will pointed out that SITTING DUCK was a noun, whereas the other three were an action + noun. I thought I was doomed. Couldn't just drop it, had to find a matching 10 and not sure one even existed! Plus, I was used to having just three 15s. I found four themes daunting! When I came up with EATING CROW, I could have wept with happiness.

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S
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I
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Y
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J
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C
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A
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B
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O
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W
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C
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K
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© 2007, The New York Times10/15/7 ( No. 21,160 )
Across
1
Indifferent to pleasure or pain : STOIC
6
Close : NEAR
10
Jacket : COAT
14
Toyota rival : HONDA
15
Impulse : URGE
16
___ of office : OATH
17
Taking back one's words in humiliation : EATINGCROW
19
"Oh, that's what you mean" : ISEE
20
Excitement : ADO
21
___-de-sac : CUL
22
Receiver of a legal transfer : GRANTEE
24
Actress Zellweger : RENEE
26
Anger : IRE
27
Negotiating in a no-nonsense way : TALKINGTURKEY
32
Baby kangaroos : JOEYS
34
Joel who directed "Raising Arizona" : COEN
35
"These ___ the times that ..." : ARE
36
One-named Art Deco designer : ERTE
37
Vehicles in airplane aisles : CARTS
39
"Love ___ the air" : ISIN
40
Big elephant feature : EAR
41
Theater award : TONY
42
Prayers' ends : AMENS
43
Pretending to be dead : PLAYINGPOSSUM
47
The "et" of et cetera : AND
48
Lock of hair : TRESS
49
Rip off : DEFRAUD
53
Moo goo ___ pan : GAI
54
Ewe's call : BAA
57
Supervising : OVER
58
Raising a false alarm : CRYINGWOLF
61
Roman statesman ___ the Elder : CATO
62
Daylight saving, e.g. : TIME
63
___ Rae (Sally Field title role) : NORMA
64
Didn't just guess : KNEW
65
Locales of mineral waters : SPAS
66
Say with one's hand on the Bible : SWEAR
Down
1
New York stadium : SHEA
2
Relative of a frog : TOAD
3
Seeing through the deception of : ONTO
4
Dictator Amin : IDI
5
Calls off : CANCELS
6
Cell centers : NUCLEI
7
Misplay, e.g. : ERR
8
Slack-jawed : AGOG
9
Edits : REWRITES
10
Neologist : COINER
11
Kiln : OAST
12
Suit to ___ : ATEE
13
Biblical pronoun : THEE
18
Sticky matter : GUNK
23
Give ___ for one's money : ARUN
24
Comedic actress Martha : RAYE
25
Put into cipher : ENCRYPT
27
Four: Prefix : TETRA
28
"___ Milk?" : GOT
29
Casey with a radio countdown : KASEM
30
Land o' blarney : ERIN
31
Achings : YENS
32
Army transport : JEEP
33
Spoken : ORAL
37
Leads, as an orchestra : CONDUCTS
38
"Hulk" director Lee : ANG
39
Don with a big mouth : IMUS
41
One of the Sinatras : TINA
42
Hands out, as duties : ASSIGNS
44
Peter of Peter, Paul & Mary : YARROW
45
Unrestrained revelries : ORGIES
46
Actor Penn : SEAN
49
Marina fixture : DOCK
50
"___ Almighty," 2007 film : EVAN
51
Honor with a roast, say : FETE
52
What icicles do : DRIP
54
Drill : BORE
55
___ mater : ALMA
56
Many miles away : AFAR
59
Singer Sumac : YMA
60
"Man alive!" : WOW

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

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