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New York Times, Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Author:
Allan E. Parrish
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
23-Across : Takes out surgically
TotalDebutLatest
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Allan E. Parrish

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 23 for Mr. Parrish. Tuesday freshness: 67%
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© 2008, The New York Times10/28/8 ( No. 21,539 )
Across
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Place for a dictionary : SHELF
6
In pursuit of : AFTER
11
Asian holiday : TET
14
Skater-turned-actress Sonja : HENIE
15
Sculpted figure : TORSO
16
"Xanadu" band, to fans : ELO
17
Dickens lad : OLIVERTWIST
19
Align the cross hairs : AIM
20
Itinerary word : VIA
21
Motorcyclist's wear : HELMET
22
Rental ad abbr. : RMS
23
Takes out surgically : EXCISES
26
Red dye : EOSIN
28
Small equine : SHETLANDPONY
32
___ nous : ENTRE
35
Thurman of "Gattaca" : UMA
36
W.W. I fighter plane : SPAD
37
MGM's lion : LEO
38
Activity exemplified in the '60s by the ends of 17-, 28-, 48- and 64-Across : DANCING
42
Summer, in Sèvres : ETE
43
Caesarean rebuke : ETTU
45
Last article in the Constitution : VII
46
Grant portrayer on TV : ASNER
48
Weightlifter's lift : CLEANANDJERK
52
Oscar winner Marisa : TOMEI
53
From one side only, in law : EXPARTE
57
AOL, e.g., for short : ISP
58
Norman of the Clinton and Bush cabinets : MINETA
62
Hole-making tool : AWL
63
Brandy label letters : VSO
64
Rum/vodka cocktail : BRASSMONKEY
67
Wriggly fish : EEL
68
Singer/actress Lenya : LOTTE
69
Lets loose : FREES
70
NNW's opposite : SSE
71
Showy display : ECLAT
72
Take a sip of : TASTE
Down
1
Action on a crowded subway : SHOVE
2
Double ___ (DNA structure) : HELIX
3
Computer that debuted in 1946 : ENIAC
4
Actress Tyler : LIV
5
Attorney's charge : FEE
6
Swear to : ATTEST
7
Poultry : FOWL
8
Far from pudgy : TRIM
9
Latin 101 verb : ESSE
10
Went bad : ROTTED
11
Unwraps in a hurry : TEARSOPEN
12
Rule out : ELIMINATE
13
"The Tomorrow Show" host : TOMSNYDER
18
South Korea's first president Syngman ___ : RHEE
24
Mount Carmel's locale: Abbr. : ISR
25
Lawn mower's spot : SHED
27
Photo ___ (media events) : OPS
29
Readily comprehended : LUCID
30
"What a good boy ___!" : AMI
31
Bert Bobbsey's twin sister : NAN
32
Nonrequired courses : ELECTIVES
33
Red ink entries : NETLOSSES
34
Indian carving : TOTEMPOLE
39
Frank Sinatra's wife before Mia : AVA
40
"Collages" novelist : NIN
41
"The World According to ___" : GARP
44
Oil-rich land: Abbr. : UAE
47
Jamaican music : SKA
49
Hardly clumsy : NIMBLE
50
Trendy travelers : JETSET
51
Proctored event : EXAM
54
Landscapers' tools : RAKES
55
Call from a nest : TWEET
56
"Family Ties" mother : ELYSE
59
___-Z (zippy Camaro) : IROC
60
N.L.R.B. part: Abbr. : NATL
61
"Cómo ___ usted?" : ESTA
65
Frequently, to bards : OFT
66
New Deal inits. : NRA

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