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New York Times, Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Author:
Levi Denham
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : Rope fiber
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
108/18/200412/15/20062
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RebusScrabDebutFresh
21.535947%
Levi Denham

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FGQZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Denham. Wednesday freshness: 24%
Jim Horne notes:

The theme answers all contain the string NYSE, which stands for New York Stock Exchange.

1
L
2
I
3
M
4
B
5
A
6
T
7
O
8
D
9
D
10
S
11
O
12
S
13
S
14
O
N
E
A
15
C
O
H
E
R
E
16
D
E
W
17
B
A
L
C
18
O
N
Y
S
E
A
T
19
I
L
E
20
S
T
O
V
E
21
P
B
S
22
O
L
D
23
A
L
O
N
E
24
T
25
I
L
26
J
U
T
E
27
H
U
R
28
R
29
A
I
N
Y
30
S
31
E
A
S
O
N
32
A
M
M
33
O
34
R
E
V
35
H
A
P
36
P
E
N
37
N
Y
S
E
38
R
E
N
A
39
D
40
E
41
E
R
A
42
R
U
R
43
N
A
V
44
E
45
C
46
O
47
M
P
A
N
48
Y
S
E
A
49
L
50
T
A
X
51
S
C
A
M
52
E
E
R
53
I
54
N
A
P
T
55
H
U
D
56
A
57
B
A
58
A
D
O
B
E
59
A
L
E
60
M
A
R
61
K
62
E
T
S
H
A
R
63
E
64
R
A
D
65
E
L
N
I
N
O
66
I
S
O
N
67
P
R
O
68
R
E
S
T
O
N
69
T
E
N
T
© 2005, The New York Times10/19/5 ( No. 20,434 )
Across
1
Flipper, e.g. : LIMB
5
Butting heads : ATODDS
11
W.W. II spy org. : OSS
14
Fit to serve : ONEA
15
Stick together : COHERE
16
Some drops : DEW
17
Spot in the top tier : BALCONYSEAT
19
___ de France : ILE
20
Hot spot : STOVE
21
"Nova" network : PBS
22
Not fresh : OLD
23
Without support : ALONE
24
Up to, quickly : TIL
26
Rope fiber : JUTE
27
"Ben-___" : HUR
28
When wadis fill : RAINYSEASON
32
Pellets, e.g. : AMMO
34
Speed (up) : REV
35
Accidental occurrence : HAP
36
1941 Cary Grant tearjerker : PENNYSERENADE
41
It may have periods : ERA
42
Capek play : RUR
43
Church part : NAVE
45
Letterhead feature : COMPANYSEAL
50
Burden : TAX
51
Hoodwink : SCAM
52
Poetic contraction : EER
53
Ill-suited : INAPT
55
Cabinet dept. since 1965 : HUD
56
Host of an annual convention attended by publishers: Abbr. : ABA
58
Hut material : ADOBE
59
Public-house offering : ALE
60
Measure of a company's dominance (and a literal hint to 17-, 28-, 36- and 45-Across) : MARKETSHARE
64
Circle meas. : RAD
65
Cause of weird weather : ELNINO
66
"The heat ___!" : ISON
67
Master hand : PRO
68
Lie atop : RESTON
69
Backpack item, maybe : TENT
Down
1
Court ploy : LOB
2
Struggling, as a pitcher : INASLUMP
3
The Velvet Fog : MELTORME
4
He said "Knowledge is power" : BACON
5
Retin-A treats it : ACNE
6
Poodle, perhaps : TOY
7
Startled cries : OHS
8
With all one's heart : DEEPLY
9
Evoking an "eh" : DRAB
10
Lot sights : SETS
11
Rotten to the core : ODIOUS
12
Deal with commercially : SELLTO
13
It touches the Gulf of Bothnia : SWEDEN
18
Recovered from : OVER
23
Brainstormer's cry : AHA
24
Haberdashery stock : TIES
25
2, to 1/2 : INVERSE
26
Where "besuboru" is played : JAPAN
29
Indo-___ languages : ARYAN
30
He-Man's toon sister : SHERA
31
Caesar's end? : EAN
33
Time to get back to work, maybe : ONEPM
37
Big D.C. lobby : NRA
38
One kicking oneself : RUER
39
Record collection : DATABASE
40
1996 Madonna role : EVAPERON
44
Tel. no. add-on : EXT
45
Black key : CSHARP
46
Eyepiece : OCULAR
47
Got by : MADEDO
48
Pines : YEARNS
49
Spending restraints : LIDS
54
Like a rare baseball game : NOHIT
56
Part of VISTA: Abbr. : AMER
57
Bundle up : BALE
58
Oodles : ATON
61
Emergency ___ : KIT
62
Musician Brian : ENO
63
Tolkien creature : ENT

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

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