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New York Times, Thursday, December 26, 2002

Author:
Cathy Millhauser
Editor:
Will Shortz
67-Across : Narrow strait of land: Abbr.
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Cathy Allis

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JKQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 73 for Ms. Allis. Thursday freshness: 22%
Notepad: The seven circled letters, reading in order from top to bottom, will spell the title of this puzzle.
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© 2002, The New York Times12/26/2 ( No. 19,406 )
Across
1
Part of UTEP : PASO
5
Green piece : BILL
9
Bar ___ : CODE
13
It was dropped in the 60's : ACID
14
Organic compound : ENOL
15
Myrrh-bearer : MAGUS
16
Hearty breakfast fare : THREEEGGOMELETS
19
Long-handled tool : HOE
20
Concur : SEEEYETOEYE
21
Beethoven's "Kreutzer ___" : SONATA
23
Fast bucks : DEER
24
Four: Prefix : TETR
26
Labored : TOILED
30
Hagfish by another name : SLIMEEELS
35
Not waste : REUSE
36
Secreted : HID
37
Improve on, say, as a bow : RETIE
39
Big inits. in paperback publishing : NAL
40
Standing : ERECT
43
Yahoo offering : FREEEMAIL
46
Looked hard : PEERED
48
Hair controllers : GELS
49
In a while : ANON
51
Like jungles vis-à-vis deserts : WETTER
55
Jazz trumpeter of the Big Band era : PEEWEEERWIN
60
Will Smith title role : ALI
61
Print version of an online publication, slangily : DEADTREEEDITION
63
Tapestry city : ARRAS
64
Ninny : DOLT
65
View in northern Italy : ALPS
66
Tag word : SOLD
67
Narrow strait of land: Abbr. : ISTH
68
Therapist's remark : ISEE
Down
1
Park network : PATHS
2
Allergy season sound : ACHOO
3
Certain wail : SIREN
4
Calverley's "___ to Tobacco" : ODE
5
Relative of a kingfisher : BEEEATER
6
"Splendor in the Grass" screenwriter : INGE
7
Theater section : LOGE
8
Emily of "A River Runs Through It" : LLOYD
9
Unit of heat : CALORIE
10
Molding shape : OGEE
11
Carrying out the trash, maybe : DUTY
12
Start of North Carolina's motto : ESSE
15
Shower part : METEOR
17
First name in cosmetics : ESTEE
18
Satisfy : MEET
22
It helps you watch your balance: Abbr. : ATM
25
Part of a sail : REEF
27
Moon goddess : LUNA
28
Actor Morales : ESAI
29
Hollow : DELL
30
Name for a big dog : SHEP
31
Euros replaced them : LIRE
32
It comes from a French bean : IDEE
33
Missive: Abbr. : LTR
34
Victory, Viennese-style : SIEG
38
Like Shaquille O'Neal's shoes : EEEWIDTH
41
Freshwater crustacean : CRAWDAD
42
Principles : TENETS
44
Nicholas Gage book : ELENI
45
Colo. is on it : MST
47
Idler's opposite : DOER
50
"___ say more?" : NEEDI
52
Flip response? : TAILS
53
Run off together : ELOPE
54
Dentist's direction : RINSE
55
Modern electronic organizers, for short : PDAS
56
Architect Saarinen : EERO
57
Countess's mate : EARL
58
Model T contemporaries : REOS
59
Mark of punishment : WELT
62
___ chi : TAI

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later.

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