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New York Times, Monday, November 15, 2004

Author:
Alison Donald
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Across : Soothing cream
TotalDebutLatest
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Alison Donald

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 80, Blocks: 40 Missing: {P} This is puzzle # 2 for Ms. Donald. Monday freshness: 26%
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© 2004, The New York Times11/15/4 ( No. 20,096 )
Across
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Frozen treats : ICES
5
Soothing cream : BALM
9
Cursed : SWORE
14
Chef's serving : DISH
15
Seller of his birthright, in Gen. 25 : ESAU
16
Hizzoner : MAYOR
17
___'acte : ENTR
18
Flexible, electrically : ACDC
19
One with an amorous eye : OGLER
20
Hidden advantage : ACEINTHEHOLE
23
"___ Doone" (romance) : LORNA
24
Run-of-the-mill: Abbr. : ORD
25
Gentle ___ lamb : ASA
28
Lion, by tradition : KINGOFBEASTS
33
Maybes : IFS
36
Den : LAIR
37
Run for the ___ (Kentucky Derby) : ROSES
38
Shingle site : ROOF
40
Lady's title : MADAM
43
Singer Horne : LENA
44
Farm measures : ACRES
46
Dutch cheese : EDAM
48
Yo-yo or Gobot : TOY
49
1950's-60's game show : QUEENFORADAY
53
Neighbor of Syr. : ISR
54
Second letter after epsilon : ETA
55
Dough leavener : YEAST
59
Start of a nursery rhyme : JACKBENIMBLE
63
Actress Kim : NOVAK
66
Hobbling : LAME
67
Israel's Abba : EBAN
68
Nitrous ___ (laughing gas) : OXIDE
69
Shade trees : ELMS
70
New Jersey hoopsters : NETS
71
Light sleeper : DOZER
72
Affirmative votes : YEAS
73
Understanding words : ISEE
Down
1
Perfect : IDEAL
2
___ de Mayo (Mexican holiday) : CINCO
3
Fragrant compound : ESTER
4
Psychiatrist, slangily : SHRINK
5
Regular drumming : BEAT
6
Author Sholem : ASCH
7
Put on board : LADE
8
Not quite all : MUCHOF
9
Burn without a flame : SMOLDER
10
What a worker earns : WAGE
11
Popeye's Olive ___ : OYL
12
Fish eggs : ROE
13
Mess up : ERR
21
It's on the tip of one's finger : NAIL
22
Globe : ORB
25
Winning smile, they say : ASSET
26
Dictation taker : STENO
27
Test mineralogically : ASSAY
29
"Platoon" setting : NAM
30
Actress Scala : GIA
31
Opposite of chaos : ORDER
32
Netscape's owner : AOL
33
Baghdad resident : IRAQI
34
Concentrate : FOCUS
35
More achy : SORER
39
Lawyer's charge : FEE
41
Letters on a toothpaste tube : ADA
42
Irate : MAD
45
Athletic shoe : SNEAKER
47
"___ help you?" : MAYI
50
Agcy. that promotes fair competition : FTC
51
Markswoman Annie : OAKLEY
52
Sana'a native : YEMENI
56
French clerics : ABBES
57
List of candidates : SLATE
58
Not relaxed : TENSE
59
Green gem : JADE
60
Hay bundle : BALE
61
Jane Austen heroine : EMMA
62
Loch ___ : NESS
63
Sign of approval : NOD
64
Losing tic-tac-toe line : OXO
65
Namely: Abbr. : VIZ

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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