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New York Times, Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
68-Across : An inert gas
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 71 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Tuesday freshness: 38%
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© 2006, The New York Times11/28/6 ( No. 20,839 )
Across
1
Clear away : ERASE
6
Japanese beer brand : ASAHI
11
Huck Finn's raftmate : JIM
14
Canon competitor : XEROX
15
Some Poe works : TALES
16
___, amas, amat : AMO
17
"The Joy of Sex" author : ALEXCOMFORT
19
PC's "brain" : CPU
20
Rapper ___ Def : MOS
21
Underdog's win : UPSET
22
Many a backpacker : HIKER
24
Chicago-to-D.C. dir. : ESE
25
Common prop in close-up magic : NAPKIN
26
So-called "King of Vibes" : LIONELHAMPTON
32
A deadly sin : ENVY
33
Lecherous goat-men : SATYRS
34
Suffix with novel : IST
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Canine woe : FLEAS
39
Sale item, maybe: Abbr. : IRR
40
Good news for a job applicant : OFFER
42
Road crew's supply : TAR
43
To the rear, at sea : ASTERN
46
Houston hockey player : AERO
47
"Lady Sings the Blues" autobiographer : BILLIEHOLIDAY
50
Cup holder : SAUCER
52
Realm of 3-Down : WAR
53
Start of a toast : HERES
54
At full speed : AMAIN
57
Bake sale org. : PTA
60
Give a boost to : AID
61
Possible title for this puzzle : THEINNCROWD
64
Caviar : ROE
65
Garlicky sauce : AIOLI
66
Like "Twilight Zone" episodes : EERIE
67
What 61-Across contains : PUN
68
An inert gas : XENON
69
Some picker-uppers : TONGS
Down
1
Oral, e.g. : EXAM
2
Move, to a Realtor : RELO
3
Mars, to the Greeks : ARES
4
Either of two A.L. nines : SOX
5
"The dog ate my homework," e.g. : EXCUSE
6
PIN takers : ATMS
7
Out of harm's way : SAFE
8
Jillions : ALOT
9
Yon maiden : HER
10
"Really?!" : ISTHATSO
11
Like many a disabled semi : JACKKNIFED
12
Louvre pyramid architect : IMPEI
13
Express grief : MOURN
18
Some German autos : OPELS
23
Wall St. opening : IPO
24
Singer with an Oscar-nominated song in "The Lord of the Rings" : ENYA
25
"All Things Considered" airer : NPR
26
Headed out : LEFT
27
"To Live and Die ___" : INLA
28
Pile too much on : OVERBURDEN
29
Half of Hispaniola : HAITI
30
Cornered, after "up" : ATREE
31
A gift of the Magi : MYRRH
35
Hospital fluids : SERA
36
"Iliad" city : TROY
38
Invoice add-on : SALESTAX
41
Worth a C : FAIR
44
Camera type, briefly : SLR
45
Like a hopeless situation : NOWIN
48
Clinch : ICE
49
Surgeon's tool : LANCET
50
Mentally acute : SHARP
51
Grade school quintet : AEIOU
54
Interminable time : AEON
55
Actor O'Shea : MILO
56
Have ___ (be connected) : ANIN
57
X-rated stuff : PORN
58
Bit of kindling : TWIG
59
Fruity drinks : ADES
62
Rush : HIE
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Auto co. whose name was its founder's initials : REO

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

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