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New York Times, Monday, October 17, 2005

Author:
Gregory E. Paul
Editor:
Will Shortz
60-Across : Yankee nickname starting 2004
TotalDebutLatest
1169/13/199410/17/2005
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ScrabDebutFresh
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Gregory E. Paul

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 116 for Mr. Paul. Monday freshness: 7%
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© 2005, The New York Times10/17/5 ( No. 20,432 )
Across
1
Unravel, as a cord : FRAY
5
Hand support : RAIL
9
Fissures : RIFTS
14
Christmas season : YULE
15
To be, in Toulon : ETRE
16
Messages via MSN.com, e.g. : EMAIL
17
"___ small world!" : ITSA
18
Extended family : CLAN
19
Backside : FANNY
20
Old-fashioned : HORSEANDBUGGY
23
Nonverbal O.K.'s : NODS
24
Author Harper ___ : LEE
25
Amer. soldiers : GIS
28
Result of a hung jury, maybe : RETRIAL
31
Fit ___ fiddle : ASA
34
Fess up (to) : ADMIT
36
Driver's lic. and such : IDS
37
+ : PLUS
38
Fundamental : MEATANDPOTATOES
42
___ liquor : MALT
43
Two halves : ONE
44
"All in the Family" spinoff : MAUDE
45
The whole ball of wax : ALL
46
Mt. Rushmore material : GRANITE
49
"Law & Order" fig. : DET
50
Shipwreck signal : SOS
51
Instrument hit with a hammer : GONG
53
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Lethal snake : COBRA
60
Yankee nickname starting 2004 : AROD
61
Workbench attachment : VISE
63
"Doe, __, a female ..." : ADEER
64
Sagan or Sandburg : CARL
65
Glimpse : ESPY
66
It might be 18 oz. on a cereal box : NETWT
67
Safe sword : EPEE
68
___ the wiser : NONE
Down
1
Memo letters : FYI
2
Justice ___ Bader Ginsburg : RUTH
3
By the same token : ALSO
4
Long (for) : YEARN
5
Ebb : RECEDE
6
"Finally!" : ATLAST
7
Tehran's land : IRAN
8
What usurers do : LEND
9
Gas up again : REFUEL
10
Spitting ___ : IMAGE
11
Weapon of 59-Across : FANG
12
Wee : TINY
13
Underhanded : SLY
21
After a fashion, informally : SORTA
22
Really good time : BLAST
25
Alpha, beta, ___ : GAMMA
26
Perfect : IDEAL
27
Wee : SMALL
29
Turn red, as a strawberry : RIPEN
30
Wedding vow : IDO
31
Not silently : ALOUD
32
Luxury leather : SUEDE
33
Liability's opposite : ASSET
35
Cousin ___ of "The Addams Family" : ITT
37
School fund-raising grp. : PTA
39
Like the Vikings : NORSE
40
Genetic stuff : DNA
41
Change, as the Constitution : AMEND
46
Fun park car : GOKART
47
Tune out : IGNORE
48
Walk like a little 'un : TODDLE
50
It fits into a nut : SCREW
52
First, as a name : GIVEN
53
Lymph bump : NODE
54
"Yeah, sure" : IBET
55
Open fabric : LACE
56
Amount not to care : ARAP
57
Soybean paste : MISO
58
Armchair athlete's channel : ESPN
59
Pop-top's place : CAN
62
Storm's center : EYE

Answer summary:
1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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