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New York Times, Saturday, February 25, 2006

Author:
Henry Hook
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Across : Bygone epidemic cause
TotalDebutLatest
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Henry Hook

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 35 Missing: {FJQX} This is puzzle # 45 for Mr. Hook. Saturday freshness: 29%
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© 2006, The New York Times2/25/6 ( No. 20,563 )
Across
1
Boarders' spots : STATIONS
9
Excites, with "up" : AMPS
13
Declaration from Mama Rose in "Gypsy" : IHADADREAM
15
Seethe : BOIL
16
Resolution phrase : NEVERAGAIN
17
Nitwit : BOZO
18
Italian TV channel : TRE
19
Sleuth's outburst : AHA
20
Richard's longtime partner on Broadway : LORENZ
22
Down-home entertainment : OPRY
24
High, in a way : ONDOPE
26
Served as : WAS
28
Drop off : WANE
29
Shade of bleu : AZUR
30
Kind of infection : STAPH
32
One and the same : MONADS
34
Bygone epidemic cause : POLIO
35
Asian peppers : BETELS
38
Shared sleeping accommodations : BUNKED
39
Serengeti creature : ELAND
40
Some are made with chocolate : STAINS
43
Pie chart dividers : RADII
44
Pardner's mount : HOSS
45
Proves otherwise, briefly : ISNT
49
Sugar amt. : TSP
50
Tell off in no uncertain terms : SCATHE
52
Burrow : LAIR
53
Letter opener : TOWHOM
55
Series of articles, maybe : ACT
57
"Give ___ hug" : MEA
58
Bannister's length : MILE
59
Overhead : UPINTHESKY
62
Big hearts? : ACES
63
Bums : POSTERIORS
64
"Over here" : PSST
65
"Not necessarily" : OHIDUNNO
Down
1
Guide : SHERPA
2
Bar : TAVERN
3
Vitamin C provider : ADE
4
1999 best seller "___ Road" : TARA
5
208 people : IDAHOANS
6
Dress material : ORGANZA
7
Supportive org. since 1965 : NEA
8
Bluejackets : SAILORS
9
Lane with smooth curves : ABBE
10
Michael Jackson autobiography : MOONWALK
11
Can you top this? Why, yes! : PIZZAPIE
12
Mo preceder : SLO
13
Following : INTOW
14
L train : MNOP
21
Like the "Wheel of Fortune" wheel, again and again : RESPUN
23
Mocha native : YEMENI
25
Turkey : DUD
27
Booted, maybe : SHOD
31
Renal : kidney :: amygdaline : ___ : TONSIL
33
Getting up there : OLDISH
35
Q*___ (vintage video game) : BERT
36
Office holders : ELASTICS
37
Larval amphibians : TADPOLES
38
Split : BISECTED
40
Flex, for example : SHAMPOO
41
Squirt : TOT
42
One-named singer with the 2002 #1 hit "Foolish" : ASHANTI
46
One known for a bad hair day : SAMSON
47
Phil who was a five-time Gold Glove winner : NIEKRO
48
Photocopier selections : TRAYS
51
Feat : COUP
54
Cold war faction : WEST
56
In and out, quickly : THRU
58
"The Amazing Race" prop : MAP
60
-esque : ISH
61
Hamburger's one : EIN

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 4 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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