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New York Times, Saturday, December 16, 2006

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Across : A position of prominence
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David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Quarfoot. Saturday freshness: 71%
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© 2006, The New York Times12/16/6 ( No. 20,857 )
Across
1
Faux finish : SILENTX
8
Ancient fertility goddess : ASTARTE
15
A position of prominence : THEFORE
16
Fundamental group : THREERS
17
Pedigree, e.g. : DOGFOOD
18
Father's Day gift, perhaps : TIECLIP
19
Prefix with center : EPI
20
Bowwows : POOCHES
22
Wait at the motor vehicle bureau, say : EON
23
Ball material : NERF
25
Closer to perfection : PURER
26
Its motto is "Lux et veritas" : YALE
27
Capri, e.g. : ISOLA
29
Identify : TAG
30
Alter : RESEW
31
Scarlatti's "Capriccio," e.g. : SONATA
33
Composes : TYPESETS
35
Kind of support : TECH
37
When doubled, a shore dinner order : MAHI
38
1988 Burt Reynolds flop : RENTACOP
42
Persian attraction : CATNIP
46
Time after retiring? : ONEAM
47
General Mills brand : KIX
49
Tundra or rain forest : BIOME
50
1960's soul record label : STAX
51
Back parts of keels : SKEGS
53
Suffix with game : STER
54
Flight board abbr. : ARR
55
Headdress wearer : PHARAOH
57
Call : UMP
58
Home of the Moai statues : RAPANUI
60
Certain Playgirl centerfold : MRAPRIL
62
Trapped : INABIND
63
French politician ___ de Silhouette, from whom the word "silhouette" comes : ETIENNE
64
Italian city, setting of a Walpole novel : OTRANTO
65
Like some couples : SAMESEX
Down
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Martyred bishop of Paris : STDENIS
2
Wishful reply : IHOPESO
3
Shackle : LEGIRON
4
With 61-Down, 14th president's inits. : EFF
5
Informal denial : NOOP
6
March : TROOP
7
Struck : XEDOUT
8
Where to work out, maybe : ATTHEGYM
9
Less social : SHIER
10
"___ bon" : TRES
11
Post-Manhattan Project org. : AEC
12
Issue : RELEASE
13
French poetic form : TRIOLET
14
Cable program with team coverage? : ESPNEWS
21
Political suffix : CRAT
24
Recurring economic proposal : FLATTAX
26
Answer to "No, that's not!" : YESITIS
28
1980's TV quartet : ATEAM
30
Doctor's order : REHAB
32
Maryland and Virginia are in it: Abbr. : ACC
34
Campaign grp. : PAC
36
Seikan Tunnel terminus : HOKKAIDO
38
"Will & Grace" maid : ROSARIO
39
Competitor : ENTRANT
40
Like some bond prices : NEARPAR
41
Debarking point : PIER
43
Intersection interdiction : NOTURNS
44
Last song recorded by the Beatles : IMEMINE
45
Puzzle : PERPLEX
48
Annual competition since 1995 : XGAMES
51
Surgical implant : SHUNT
52
A little, colloquially : SORTA
55
Nabokov novel : PNIN
56
Corey of "The Lost Boys" : HAIM
59
Grp. concerned with defense : ABA
61
See 4-Down : PEE

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later.

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