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New York Times, Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Author:
Gail Grabowski
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Across : Bit of dust
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1311/18/20027/8/20144
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0580000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.573411%
Gail Grabowski

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 8 for Ms. Grabowski. Tuesday freshness: 6%
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© 2006, The New York Times10/24/6 ( No. 20,804 )
Across
1
Proofer's mark : STET
5
Hinged fastener : HASP
9
"Fiddlesticks!" : PSHAW
14
In person : LIVE
15
Gen. Bradley : OMAR
16
Get in touch with : REACH
17
Flooring measure : AREA
18
Like some pizza orders : TOGO
19
Skylit lobbies : ATRIA
20
Desktop container : PENCILCADDY
23
Banned insecticide : DDT
24
Place to rehearse : STUDIO
25
Wine bottle datum : YEAR
27
Get-up-and-go : PEP
28
Take step one : STARTOFF
32
Army one-striper: Abbr. : PFC
35
Trash receptacle : ASHCAN
37
Dairy case buy : OLEO
38
Belgrade native : SERB
40
Subject of a cigarette rating : TAR
41
Think ahead : PLAN
42
Ocular woe : STYE
43
Fast-food dispenser items : STRAWS
46
Norm: Abbr. : STD
47
Exhaust tube : TAILPIPE
49
Small battery size : AAA
51
It may be filed : NAIL
52
Premier Khrushchev : NIKITA
55
Unit of work : ERG
57
Software flaw : COMPUTERBUG
61
Mustard choice : DIJON
63
Sites for studs : EARS
64
Bit of dust : MOTE
65
Pong maker : ATARI
66
What's more : ALSO
67
In a bit, to bards : ANON
68
Mandrake's forte : MAGIC
69
New driver, typically : TEEN
70
Hatchling's home : NEST
Down
1
Prelude to a duel : SLAP
2
Runs out of steam : TIRES
3
Media attraction : EVENT
4
It sits in a saucer : TEACUP
5
Nickname on "M*A*S*H" : HOTLIPS
6
Oil company that merged with BP : AMOCO
7
It's a long story : SAGA
8
Cowherd's tool : PROD
9
Bedtime appeal : PRAYER
10
Good to go : SET
11
Crusty bakery buys : HARDROLLS
12
Battery fluid : ACID
13
"Come again?" : WHAT
21
Think tank nugget : IDEA
22
Cannon of Hollywood : DYAN
26
On the peak of : ATOP
28
Close call : SCARE
29
The O'Hara estate : TARA
30
Heroic deed : FEAT
31
Sweet on, with "of" : FOND
32
Low-key "Hey!" : PSST
33
Cheese in salads : FETA
34
Blubberer's binge : CRYINGJAG
36
Letters before ://www : HTTP
39
Composer Bartók : BELA
43
Feed holder : SILO
44
Serves at a restaurant : WAITSON
45
Sushi go-with : SAKE
48
Ant attractor : PICNIC
50
Barnstormer, e.g. : AIRMAN
52
Clara Barton, for one : NURSE
53
Steakhouse selection : TBONE
54
Ends of 20- and 57-Across and 11- and 34-Down : AUTOS
55
Cheese in a ball : EDAM
56
Meter maid of song : RITA
58
Spam, e.g. : MEAT
59
Hardly tanned : PALE
60
Mannerly sort : GENT
62
"... ___ quit!" : ORI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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