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New York Times, Thursday, December 2, 2004

Author:
Patrick Berry
Editor:
Will Shortz
40-Across : What 1-, 6-, 9-, 68-, 69- and 70-Across have in common
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Patrick Berry

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {GJXZ} Spans: 1 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. This is puzzle # 70 for Mr. Berry. Thursday freshness: 44%
Jim Horne notes:

As 40 Across explains, all the answers along the top and bottom edges are folded into the next row. So, 1 Across is QUESADILLA, 68 Across is NEWSPAPERS, etc. They are all, of course, things that can be folded.

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Q
2
U
3
E
4
S
5
A
6
O
7
M
8
E
9
P
10
O
11
K
12
E
13
R
A
L
L
I
D
T
E
L
S
D
N
A
H
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N
E
W
T
S
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T
A
K
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E
A
D
I
V
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D
E
E
S
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N
O
T
I
L
L
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T
E
A
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A
S
S
U
24
R
E
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N
I
M
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H
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P
E
A
28
R
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L
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A
S
I
31
M
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O
33
V
34
S
35
U
36
N
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A
L
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A
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S
39
L
O
V
E
40
T
H
E
41
Y
R
E
A
L
L
42
F
43
O
L
D
E
D
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A
U
R
A
45
L
A
U
R
A
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E
R
A
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T
H
O
R
48
P
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E
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W
R
O
T
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H
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N
E
U
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T
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W
H
O
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M
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P
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S
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L
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A
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B
61
T
R
I
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T
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O
N
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S
E
A
T
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E
M
O
66
T
I
O
N
A
L
67
C
I
R
R
I
68
N
E
W
S
P
69
C
R
A
70
D
E
C
K
C
S
R
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P
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© 2004, The New York Times12/2/4 ( No. 20,113 )
Across
1
Mexican dish : QUESADILLA
6
Cheese ___ : OMELET
9
Gamblers' holdings : POKERHANDS
17
Creatures able to regenerate lost limbs : NEWTS
18
Lose by design : TAKEADIVE
20
Barely passing grades : DEES
21
Plowless planting method : NOTILL
22
After-dinner serving : TEA
23
Guarantee : ASSURE
25
"The Secret of ___" (1982 film) : NIMH
27
Stickpin head : PEARL
30
Writer who said "I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander" : ASIMOV
34
Big shiner : SUN
37
Protective cover? : ALIAS
39
Motherly instinct : LOVE
40
What 1-, 6-, 9-, 68-, 69- and 70-Across have in common : THEYREALLFOLDED
44
Mystique : AURA
45
Radio host Schlessinger : LAURA
46
Historical topic : ERA
47
1912 Olympics track star : THORPE
50
Angry : WROTH
52
Like some nouns in Lat. : NEUT
54
Beats handily : WHOMPS
58
Science center : LAB
61
Moon of Neptune : TRITON
64
Accommodate : SEAT
65
Worked up : EMOTIONAL
67
Wispy clouds : CIRRI
68
Items sold at stands : NEWSPAPERS
69
Neckcloth : CRAVAT
70
Places to sit on a ship : DECKCHAIRS
Down
1
Informal interview : QANDA
2
1997 film "___ Gold" : ULEES
3
Cary of "The Princess Bride" : ELWES
4
Starts to rise from bed : SITSUP
5
Commercials : ADS
6
Palindromic guy : OTTO
7
Crux : MEAT
8
Satirical novelist Stanley : ELKIN
9
Whence the line "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet" : PSALMS
10
Anomalous : ODD
11
Make winter wear, maybe : KNIT
12
Overhang : EAVE
13
Mother of Zeus : RHEA
19
"Last Essays of ___," 1833 : ELIA
21
Writer Zora ___ Hurston : NEALE
24
Employee entrance location : REAR
26
Sledding spot : HILL
28
Iranian coin : RIAL
29
1980's-90's ensemble drama : LALAW
31
Fashion : MODE
32
Of higher rank than : OVER
33
Sacred Hindu book : VEDA
34
Figure : STAT
35
"That's a lie!" : UHUH
36
Claudius's successor : NERO
38
Defamatory statement : SLUR
41
Shaggy-dog story : YARN
42
Dirty look : FROWN
43
It follows "Repeat after me" : OATH
48
Marius ___, "the father of classical ballet" : PETIPA
49
100 cents : EURO
51
One stocking stockings : HOSIER
53
Coloring : TINCT
55
Keats's "La Belle Dame Sans ___" : MERCI
56
Fur-trimmed garment : PARKA
57
Line of poetry : STICH
58
Eye piece : LENS
59
From the States: Abbr. : AMER
60
1992-93 heavyweight champ : BOWE
62
1939 movie setting : TARA
63
Patron saint of Norway : OLAV
66
Medicinal amt. : TSP
67
File holders, for short : CDS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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