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New York Times, Wednesday, February 2, 2005

Author:
Richard Leva and Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Across : Talking birds
TotalDebutCollabs
12/2/20051
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1.58335%
Richard Leva
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1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 1 This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Leva. This is puzzle # 137 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 55%
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© 2005, The New York Times2/2/5 ( No. 20,175 )
Across
1
Exemplar of grace : SWAN
5
Bidder's site : EBAY
9
Fancy duds : GETUP
14
Stay near the shore, say : WADE
15
1963 film "___ la Douce" : IRMA
16
Eyeball benders : OPART
17
Pierce portrayer on TV and film : ALDA
18
C : FAIR
19
Raggedy Ann and friends : DOLLS
20
What a scary Doris Day did on the film set? : PETRIFIEDROCK
23
Cried a river : SOBBED
24
Congressional committee subject : ETHICS
27
Slippery sort : EEL
28
Nursery noise : WAH
30
Lather : SNIT
31
More miffed : SORER
34
Talking birds : MYNAS
36
60's muscle car : GTO
37
What the lexicographer/dairy expert did? : CLARIFIEDBUTTER
40
Ring master? : ALI
41
Family nickname : AUNTY
42
Adam of "The O.C." : BRODY
43
Air ball, e.g. : MISS
45
Math ordinal : NTH
46
RR depot : STA
47
Sounded like a chick : PEEPED
49
Oracle site : DELPHI
52
What the paranoid C.I.A. publicist did? : CLASSIFIEDADS
56
Diet guru Jenny : CRAIG
58
Temple University team, with "the" : OWLS
59
Snack with a lickable center : OREO
60
In reserve : ONICE
61
River Kwai locale, formerly : SIAM
62
Gem for some Libras : OPAL
63
More together : SANER
64
Hill inhabitants : ANTS
65
Auditioner's goal : ROLE
Down
1
Give and take : SWAP
2
Dylan Thomas's home : WALES
3
Build on : ADDTO
4
Weak brew : NEARBEER
5
Tower designer : EIFFEL
6
Hair twist : BRAID
7
Gallic girlfriend : AMIE
8
Prison exercise area : YARD
9
Beckett's no-show : GODOT
10
Historical periods : EPOCHS
11
Stern lecture : TALKINGTO
12
www bookmark : URL
13
N.B.A. stats: Abbr. : PTS
21
Land south and west of the Pyrenees : IBERIA
22
Post-op program : REHAB
25
Referred to : CITED
26
Bedtime request : STORY
28
See 29-Down : WYETH
29
With 28-Down, noted 20th-century American artist, informally : ANDY
31
Little rascal : SCAMP
32
Kukla's puppet pal : OLLIE
33
Scream and holler : RAISECAIN
34
Breath freshener : MINT
35
Understated : SUBTLE
38
Bankrolls : FUNDS
39
Magician's secret exit : TRAPDOOR
44
Repair, as film : SPLICE
46
Quakes : SEISMS
48
Fired up : EAGER
49
C sharp equivalent : DFLAT
50
Comedic horn honker : HARPO
51
Ultimate goal : IDEAL
53
Sluggin' Sammy : SOSA
54
Victor's cry : IWIN
55
Fish dish : SOLE
56
Comedian Bill, for short : COS
57
Some strands in a cell : RNA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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