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New York Times, Tuesday, November 9, 2004

Author:
Robert Dillman
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Across : Buries
TotalDebutLatest
265/16/19881/14/2008
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Robert Dillman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 42 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 20 for Mr. Dillman. Tuesday freshness: 45%
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© 2004, The New York Times11/9/4 ( No. 20,090 )
Across
1
Cyber-junk mail : SPAM
5
Nose-in-the-air type : SNOB
9
"And thereby hangs ___" : ATALE
14
To boot : ALSO
15
Suffix with soft or china : WARE
16
Movado competitor : ROLEX
17
Jib or spanker : SAIL
18
Eyebrow shape : ARCH
19
Let up : ABATE
20
Invoice surprises : HIDDENCHARGES
23
Carol starter : ADESTE
24
Aussie jumper : ROO
25
Beanball target : HEAD
28
One with answers : KNOWER
33
Guitarist Eddy : DUANE
37
Antlers point : TINE
39
Comic Rudner : RITA
40
James Bond, e.g. : UNDERCOVERAGENT
43
"___ Kampf" : MEIN
44
Mimicker : APER
45
Avian mimickers : MYNAS
46
To the rear : ASTERN
48
Slangy prefix meaning "mechanical" : ROBO
50
Abbr. after an attorney's name : ESQ
52
Buries : INTERS
57
Hunter concealer : CAMOUFLAGENET
61
"Ulysses" author : JOYCE
63
Pupil controller : IRIS
64
Captain of the Nautilus : NEMO
65
"___ Day's Night" (Beatles film) : AHARD
66
Demolish : RAZE
67
Small combo : TRIO
68
Miser's fixation : MONEY
69
Airport postings, for short : ETAS
70
"The ___ Baltimore" (Lanford Wilson play) : HOTL
Down
1
Skater Cohen : SASHA
2
Tartan pattern : PLAID
3
Stage digression : ASIDE
4
Chocolatiers' equipment : MOLDS
5
"Old Folks at Home" river : SWANEE
6
Drug buster : NARC
7
Philharmonic grp. : ORCH
8
Joy on "The View" : BEHAR
9
Catherine of ___ : ARAGON
10
"Hamlet" soliloquy starter : TOBE
11
"Sad to say ..." : ALAS
12
Court do-over : LET
13
Program file extension : EXE
21
It'll knock you out : ETHER
22
Al of "Today" : ROKER
26
At the peak of : ATOP
27
Navy Seal, e.g. : DIVER
29
Bacchanalian blast : ORGY
30
Austria's capital, to Austrians : WIEN
31
Sicilian spouter : ETNA
32
"Phooey!" : RATS
33
Russian legislature : DUMA
34
French singles : UNES
35
Mine opening : ADIT
36
Hawaii's state bird : NENE
38
Emperor who presided over a great fire : NERO
41
Reply to a childish taunt : CANSO
42
In the company of : AMONG
47
Pain reliever, e.g. : REMEDY
49
Skewed views : BIASES
51
Paper purchase : QUIRE
53
Tither's amount : TENTH
54
Month after diciembre : ENERO
55
Send as payment : REMIT
56
Barfly's seat : STOOL
57
Printer's color : CYAN
58
Plot measure : ACRE
59
Beer bust locale : FRAT
60
Four-time-wed Minnelli : LIZA
61
Wing it, musically : JAM
62
Cry of revelation : OHO

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

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