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New York Times, Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Author:
Adam Cohen
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Actresses Ireland and St. John
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Adam Cohen

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Cohen. Tuesday freshness: 79%
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© 2005, The New York Times11/29/5 ( No. 20,475 )
Across
1
Antisub weapon, slangily : ASHCAN
7
Boarded up : SHUT
11
Atty.'s title : ESQ
14
Composer Debussy : CLAUDE
15
Hawaiian fish, on menus : MAHI
16
Thanksgiving, e.g.: Abbr. : THU
17
1984 campaign slogan : RUNJESSERUN
19
___ polloi : HOI
20
Descartes's "therefore" : ERGO
21
Graceful woman : SYLPH
22
Folk singer Joan : BAEZ
23
Actresses Ireland and St. John : JILLS
24
1980's White House nickname : RON
25
The "E" in Alfred E. Smith : EMANUEL
29
Classic drugstore name : REXALL
32
Animated Disney heroine of 1998 : MULAN
33
Main artery : AORTA
36
Sign before Virgo : LEO
37
Song from "Anything Goes" : BLOWGABRIELBLOW
40
Ordinal suffix : ETH
41
Dens : LAIRS
42
Ryan of "The Beverly Hillbillies" : IRENE
43
Rotary phone user : DIALER
45
Pump figures : OCTANES
47
Family girl : SIS
48
Bring back to court : RETRY
50
Samsung or RCA product : HDTV
52
In a way, slangily : SORTA
53
Brewer's kiln : OAST
57
Boise's state: Abbr. : IDA
58
1975 #1 disco hit : FLYROBINFLY
60
It can hold its liquor : VAT
61
John Lennon's "Dear ___" : YOKO
62
Mideast market : BAZAAR
63
Hurricane center : EYE
64
Frankenstein's helper : IGOR
65
Come into view : EMERGE
Down
1
Farm division : ACRE
2
Talk like a drunk : SLUR
3
Nail to the wall : HANG
4
Stephen King canine : CUJO
5
Sidewalk stand quaff : ADE
6
Storied monster, in tabloids : NESSIE
7
Suspect : SMELL
8
Angels' strings : HARPS
9
"No way!" : UHUH
10
Oscar statuette, mostly : TIN
11
Green Mountain Boys leader : ETHANALLEN
12
Clog or pump : SHOE
13
20 questions, say : QUIZ
18
Course outlines : SYLLABI
22
Go rounds in a ring : BOX
23
Lions' "kingdoms" : JUNGLES
24
"The Apprentice" TV genre : REALITY
25
War correspondent, in modern lingo : EMBED
26
Prefix with task : MULTI
27
Hawaii's nickname : ALOHASTATE
28
Slangy refusal : NAW
29
MapQuest offering: Abbr. : RTE
30
Sierra ___ : LEONE
31
Home Depot competitor : LOWES
34
Bruins great Bobby : ORR
35
Italian dish cooked in broth : RISOTTO
38
Berne's river : AAR
39
Woman's support system? : BRA
44
Roman 54 : LIV
46
Buster of Flash Gordon serials : CRABBE
48
Columnist Mike : ROYKO
49
Unwanted computer message : ERROR
50
Center of activity : HIVE
51
June 6, 1944 : DDAY
52
Trudge : SLOG
53
Élève's 11 : ONZE
54
Miles away : AFAR
55
Smeltery refuse : SLAG
56
Radial for a Jaguar, e.g. : TYRE
58
Memo-opening letters : FYI
59
Descartes's "sum" : IAM

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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