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New York Times, Tuesday, November 11, 2003

Author:
M. Francis Vuolo
Editor:
Will Shortz
33-Across : Stage opening
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Michael Vuolo

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Vuolo. Tuesday freshness: 73%
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© 2003, The New York Times11/11/3 ( No. 19,726 )
Across
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Quirky habits : TICS
5
Ars longa, ___ brevis : VITA
9
Toward the stern : ABAFT
14
Wax-covered cheese : EDAM
15
"You said it!" : AMEN
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"Stompin' at the ___" : SAVOY
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Bug spray : REPELLENT
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Hollywood Walk of Fame sights : STARS
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Hancock Tower architect : IMPEI
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"... baked in ___" : APIE
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A musical Jackson : TITO
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"Lord of the Rings" actor : IANMCKELLEN
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Windbag's output : HOTAIR
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"Take this!" : HERE
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At the drop of ___ : AHAT
33
Stage opening : ACTI
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Speck in the ocean : ISLET
40
Original "Star Trek" actress : NICHELLENICHOLS
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Boarded : GOTON
44
Arabian Peninsula land : OMAN
45
Creative spark : IDEA
46
Farm sounds : MOOS
48
Enter the picture : APPEAR
50
Short or long, in phonetics : VOWELLENGTH
55
Plug of tobacco : CHAW
56
One-named New Ager : ENYA
57
Straight: Prefix : ORTHO
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Jewish sectist : HASID
64
2001-2 sitcom, or an apt title for this puzzle, with "The" : ELLENSHOW
66
Really steamed : IRATE
67
Sounds of sorrow : SOBS
68
Useful item : TOOL
69
Hikers' routes : PATHS
70
Piece of cake : SNAP
71
Org. whose workers may be left carrying the bag : USPS
Down
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Actress Garr : TERI
2
Same, in footnotes : IDEM
3
Andy in the funnies : CAPP
4
Hook's underling : SMEE
5
Kilmer of "The Doors" : VAL
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"That is to say ..." : IMEAN
7
News hr., maybe : TENPM
8
Unfriendly to Beijing : ANTICHINA
9
Beast of burden : ASS
10
It may have the name of a state : BATTLESHIP
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Be of use : AVAIL
12
Strong point : FORTE
13
Iron Mike : TYSON
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Chapter 53 : LIII
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___ out (just manage) : EKE
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Asia's shrinking ___ Sea : ARAL
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McCormack of "Will & Grace" : ERIC
27
Suspend : HANG
28
John Glenn's state : OHIO
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Diplomat's asset : TACT
30
Handling comfortably : ATHOMEWITH
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Proximity : CLOSENESS
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Pro ___ (for now) : TEM
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Miner's strike : LODE
38
Home of Zeno : ELEA
39
Bygone despot : TSAR
41
Organic compound : ENOL
42
___ the finish : INAT
47
Ring cheer : OLE
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Sound: Prefix : PHON
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TV screening device : VCHIP
51
Tara family name : OHARA
52
Attended : WASAT
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Stocking material : NYLON
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Emperor after Nero : GALBA
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Queue after Q : RSTU
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Pres. Jefferson : THOS
60
Earring style : HOOP
61
Hooters : OWLS
63
___ Plaines : DES
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John Edward's supposed ability : ESP

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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