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New York Times, Thursday, February 28, 2008

Author:
Matt Ginsberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
43-Across : Respectful refusal
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
331.5731274%
Matt Ginsberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Ginsberg. Thursday freshness: 17%
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© 2008, The New York Times2/28/8 ( No. 21,296 )
Across
1
Sari, e.g. : WRAP
5
Gloomy : GRIM
9
Place for an emoticon : EMAIL
14
Life of Riley : EASE
15
Asian princess : RANI
16
Dodger All-Star pitcher Eric : GAGNE
17
Some : ABIT
18
Deuce follower : ADIN
19
Begin operating or stop operating : GOOFF
20
Confirmation or uncertainty : RESERVATION
23
Fathomed : GOT
24
Stadium sound : ROAR
25
Some Grammy winners : DUOS
27
Belief in a life of harmony with nature : TAOISM
30
Unchanged or novel : ORIGINAL
34
Kobold : ELF
35
Repeated setting for Georges Seurat paintings : SEINE
37
Discussion spots : FORA
38
Words of praise or words of condemnation : NOTHINGISBETTER
42
TV's Kojak : THEO
43
Respectful refusal : NOSIR
44
Pen's partner : INK
45
Approve or penalize : SANCTION
48
Willie Mays and teammates : GIANTS
50
Deborah nominated for six Academy Awards : KERR
51
Accord : PACT
52
It's definite : THE
55
Easy to see or impossible to see : TRANSPARENT
60
Entangle or disentangle : RAVEL
62
Minimal tide : NEAP
63
E.R. part: Abbr. : EMER
64
Comedic title role for Renée Zellweger, 2000 : IRENE
65
Univ. : COLL
66
California's ___ Valley : SIMI
67
Chaotic : MESSY
68
Olaf's girlfriend in Lemony Snicket books : ESME
69
Sporty car roof option : TTOP
Down
1
Last under use or erode under use : WEAR
2
"Hurlyburly" playwright David : RABE
3
"No returns" : ASIS
4
"Great" czar : PETERI
5
Grounds for legal action : GRAVAMEN
6
Gary Burghoff role of TV and film : RADAR
7
L., B. or J. : INIT
8
Revealing garment : MINIDRESS
9
It might be spiked : EGGNOG
10
Jiang's husband : MAO
11
Like kids at a circus, maybe : AGOG
12
Dope : INFO
13
Remaining or gone : LEFT
21
Martini's partner : ROSSI
22
Paris accord : OUI
26
Sort through : SIFT
27
Fair housing? : TENTS
28
Welcome to paradise? : ALOHA
29
Commonly : OFTEN
30
___ ring : ONION
31
Away from the office : NOTIN
32
Don't exist : ARENT
33
Shenanigans : LARKS
36
"No nation is permitted to live in ___ with impunity": Jefferson : IGNORANCE
39
Equine ankle : HOCK
40
Gotham : BIGAPPLE
41
Dr. ___ Hahn of "Grey's Anatomy" : ERICA
46
Twinings competitor : TETLEY
47
Non-std. : IRR
49
Sitting : ATREST
51
"O, sing to the Lord a new song," for one : PSALM
52
Add to or remove from : TRIM
53
Fabled slacker : HARE
54
12/24 and 12/31 : EVES
56
Converts to a cause, briefly : NEOS
57
Broadcast : EMIT
58
Fictional submariner : NEMO
59
Move gracefully or move clumsily : TRIP
61
Nav. rank : ENS

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

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