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New York Times, Monday, December 22, 2003

Author:
Joy C. Frank
Editor:
Will Shortz
63-Across : Old bandleader Columbo
TotalDebutLatest
312/22/20032/5/2007
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Joy C. Frank

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Frank. Monday freshness: 30%
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© 2003, The New York Times12/22/3 ( No. 19,767 )
Across
1
Event attended by Cinderella : BALL
5
Dumbbells : DODOS
10
Totally unexciting : BLAH
14
Black-and-white cookie : OREO
15
W.W. II plane ___ Gay : ENOLA
16
Plumb crazy : LOCO
17
Song from Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" : SENDINTHECLOWNS
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Aria flourishes : CADENZAS
21
Start : ONSET
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Sound repeated while marching : HEP
23
Company with a crocodile logo : IZOD
25
Soft shade : PASTEL
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High rank : EMINENCE
33
Cast member : ACTOR
34
Kukla, ___ and Ollie : FRAN
35
"Eureka!" : AHA
36
Scene of dazzling goings-on : THREERINGCIRCUS
40
Loving murmur : COO
41
Toledo's lake : ERIE
42
Vermont city : BARRE
43
Catcher's position : HOMEBASE
46
Drives back : REPELS
47
___ liquor : MALT
48
Disfigure : MAR
49
Stream : CREEK
52
Scale interval : SEMITONE
57
"The Greatest Show on Earth" purveyors : BARNUMANDBAILEY
60
"Holy Toledo!" : EGAD
61
Bar patron's request, with "the" : USUAL
62
Edward who popularized the limerick : LEAR
63
Old bandleader Columbo : RUSS
64
___ roof : GABLE
65
Dashed : TORE
Down
1
Pear variety : BOSC
2
Vicinity : AREA
3
Allow temporary use of : LEND
4
Ore's locale : LODE
5
Washington of Hollywood : DENZEL
6
Alternative to "in a bottle" : ONTAP
7
Cries from Homer Simpson : DOHS
8
Spanish cheer : OLE
9
Baglike structure : SAC
10
Mae West, for one : BLONDE
11
Temperature extremes : LOWS
12
Clearasil target : ACNE
13
Party-giver : HOST
18
Be a natural part : INHERE
19
Diving bird with a weird call : LOON
23
Public persona : IMAGE
24
Multivitamin additive : ZINC
25
Quilt part : PATCH
26
Sneezer's cry : ACHOO
27
Late Sen. Thurmond : STROM
28
Stubbed item : TOE
29
"Sesame Street" Muppet : ERNIE
30
Button material : NACRE
31
Rude person : CHURL
32
Simplifies : EASES
34
Blue-ribbon position : FIRST
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True : REAL
38
Spain and Portugal : IBERIA
39
Eminem's music : RAP
44
Corrects : EMENDS
45
Azerbaijan's capital : BAKU
46
Walk aimlessly : RAMBLE
48
Olympic award : MEDAL
49
"Good buddy" : CBER
50
Spaghetti sauce brand : RAGU
51
Historical times : ERAS
52
Social rebuff : SNUB
53
Pinball error : TILT
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Yellow sub? : OLEO
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Close in on : NEAR
56
Brontë's "Jane ___" : EYRE
58
Root beer order : MUG
59
Happy ___ lark : ASA

Answer summary:
2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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