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New York Times, Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Author:
Ken Stern
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : Heros
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Ken Stern

This puzzle:

Rows: 16, Columns: 15 Words: 83, Blocks: 40 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Stern. Wednesday freshness: 91%
Jim Horne notes:

The normal rebus rules don't apply to this Halloween puzzle. Six squares read TRICK in one direction and TREAT in the other. Three have TRICK Across and TREAT Down; the others have the reverse. The grid here shows the correct Across rebus entry stacked above the correct Down entry.

1
W
2
A
3
S
4
P
5
S
6
W
7
K
8
R
9
P
10
M
11
S
12
R
13
P
14
A
G
O
R
A
15
O
L
I
O
16
O
T
O
E
17
X
A
X
E
S
18
L
U
G
S
19
O
P
A
L
20
TRICK
S
21
O
F
T
H
E
22
T
R
A
D
E
23
I
24
M
25
A
M
26
P
E
E
T
27
R
E
TREAT
S
28
Q
U
E
E
29
N
E
D
30
S
31
U
E
D
32
T
U
R
N
E
D
33
TREAT
I
S
E
34
J
35
I
36
F
37
E
M
O
T
E
38
S
O
D
A
39
P
I
N
E
40
S
U
B
S
41
R
A
R
E
42
V
E
N
T
I
43
T
U
E
44
H
A
T
TRICK
45
H
O
A
X
E
S
46
K
I
W
I
47
T
E
N
C
E
N
T
48
D
49
C
I
V
50
R
51
O
A
M
52
E
D
D
Y
53
J
E
A
N
E
54
K
I
R
K
P
55
A
TRICK
56
A
I
R
S
57
A
C
T
E
58
N
I
59
E
60
C
61
E
62
N
O
D
E
63
O
A
H
U
64
D
E
L
L
A
65
E
N
TREAT
Y
66
S
L
O
P
67
A
S
S
E
T
© 2007, The New York Times10/31/7 ( No. 21,176 )
Across
1
Big stingers : WASPS
6
Johnny Fever's workplace, in 1970s-'80s TV : WKRP
10
Amt. at a car dealership : MSRP
14
Ancient marketplace : AGORA
15
Mixed bag : OLIO
16
Siouan tribe : OTOE
17
Some horizontal lines : XAXES
18
Carries : LUGS
19
Birthstone of someone born on Halloween : OPAL
20
Professional secrets : TRICKSOFTHETRADE
23
Muslim holy man : IMAM
26
Amanda of "The Whole Nine Yards" : PEET
27
Off-site meetings, maybe : RETREATS
28
Promoted, as a pawn : QUEENED
30
Took to court : SUED
32
Went bad : TURNED
33
Formal discourse : TREATISE
34
"Choosy moms choose ___" : JIF
37
Ham it up : EMOTE
38
___ pop : SODA
39
Ride the ___ (sit out a baseball game) : PINE
40
Heros : SUBS
41
Red in the middle : RARE
42
Large, at Starbucks : VENTI
43
Elec. Day, e.g. : TUE
44
Hockey feat : HATTRICK
45
Some urban legends : HOAXES
46
Aussie's neighbor : KIWI
47
Like some old stores : TENCENT
48
Early seventh-century year : DCIV
50
Wander : ROAM
52
Whirlpool : EDDY
53
U.N. ambassador under Reagan : JEANEKIRKPATRICK
56
Shows : AIRS
57
Entr'___ : ACTE
58
Certain flower girl : NIECE
62
Focal point : NODE
63
Honolulu's home : OAHU
64
Reese of "Touched by an Angel" : DELLA
65
Plea : ENTREATY
66
Swill : SLOP
67
Balance sheet listing : ASSET
Down
1
Candle material : WAX
2
Turkish title : AGA
3
Red ___ : SOX
4
Stain looseners on washday : PRETREATMENTS
5
Lip : SASS
6
Gobbled up, with "down" : WOLFED
7
Movie for which Jane Fonda won an Oscar : KLUTE
8
Starboard : RIGHTSIDE
9
You might strike one : POSE
10
Docked : MOORED
11
Mid-March honoree : STPATRICK
12
Map lines : ROADS
13
New York Cosmos star : PELE
21
Like some columns : OPED
22
Fig or fir : TREE
23
Hurdle for Mensa membership : IQTEST
24
Hawaiian dress : MUUMUU
25
Organism needing oxygen : AEROBE
29
Born : NEE
31
Can. neighbor : USA
33
Something said while holding a bag : TRICKORTREAT
34
Having bad luck, say : JINXED
35
Mean : INTEND
36
Spunky : FEISTY
38
Like The Onion : SATIRICAL
39
War enders : PEACETREATIES
41
Uncooked : RAW
42
Designer Diane ___ Furstenberg : VON
44
Honey site : HIVE
45
Rope material : HEMP
46
"Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" author : KINSEY
47
Begin, as a hobby : TAKEUP
48
Two-sport Sanders : DEION
49
Entertainment from a magician : CARDTRICK
51
Brand name in lawn care : ORTHO
53
Chimpanzee researcher Goodall : JANE
54
"Get Smart" org. : KAOS
55
"... ___ bottle of rum" : ANDA
59
Choices for Chicago commuters : ELS
60
Cavs, on a scoreboard : CLE
61
Nag (at) : EAT

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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