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New York Times, Tuesday, March 1, 2005

Author:
Gilbert H. Ludwig
Editor:
Will Shortz
68-Across : Put ___ in one's ear
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Gilbert H. Ludwig

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 14 for Mr. Ludwig. Tuesday freshness: 11%
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© 2005, The New York Times3/1/5 ( No. 20,202 )
Across
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Film mogul Louis B. (whose company mascot was 26-Across) : MAYER
6
"Funny!" : HAHA
10
Hard to fluster : CALM
14
Mrs. David O. Selznick, daughter of 1-Across : IRENE
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Assist in wrongdoing : ABET
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Hodgepodge : OLIO
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One lacking courage : SCAREDYCAT
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On the briny : ASEA
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___ Tuesday : SHROVE
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Take the first step : STARTOUT
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Poland's Walesa : LECH
25
Tam sporter : SCOT
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Roarer in film intros : LEO
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Sty fare : SLOP
31
Eucalyptus-loving "bears" : KOALAS
35
Drive-thru dispenser, maybe : ATM
36
Gazetteer statistic : AREA
38
Sporty Mazda : MIATA
39
Courage seeker in a 1939 film : THECOWARDLYLION
43
Top man in the choir? : TENOR
44
___ proprietor : SOLE
45
SSW's opposite : NNE
46
Fake : ERSATZ
48
Crowe's "A Beautiful Mind" role : NASH
50
Suffix with chariot : EER
51
Pack and send : SHIP
53
Reply to "That so?" : ITIS
55
Deuterium and tritium, to hydrogen : ISOTOPES
59
Make unreadable, for security : ENCODE
63
Island near Java : BALI
64
One feigning courage : PAPERTIGER
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Tied in score : EVEN
67
"___ homo" : ECCE
68
Put ___ in one's ear : AFLEA
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An earth sci. : GEOG
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Not fake : REAL
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Cake sections : TIERS
Down
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Fail to catch : MISS
2
Keystone's place : ARCH
3
Reunion number : YEAR
4
Sign up : ENROL
5
Superman player George : REEVES
6
Barn loft contents : HAY
7
Basics : ABCS
8
Puts on the burner : HEATS
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Tear into : ATTACK
10
Formal jacket feature : COATTAIL
11
What's more : ALSO
12
In ___ of : LIEU
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A drawbridge may span one : MOAT
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Render harmless, perhaps, to 26-Across's kin : DECLAW
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Hardly cramped : ROOMY
24
Round dances : HORAS
26
Starbucks order : LATTE
27
Old anesthetic : ETHER
28
Prophetic signs : OMENS
30
Argentina's Juan : PERON
32
Frankie or Cleo : LAINE
33
Do penance : ATONE
34
Less dotty : SANER
37
Ike's two-time opponent : ADLAI
40
Exerting little effort : COASTING
41
Straight: Prefix : ORTHO
42
Former Georgia governor Maddox : LESTER
47
Sleeping bag closer : ZIPPER
49
Suggest subtly : HINTAT
52
Treaty result : PEACE
54
"Star Wars" genre : SCIFI
55
"___ to differ" : IBEG
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Except for : SAVE
57
Promise product : OLEO
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Shelter org. : SPCA
60
Gape at : OGLE
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Whitetail, e.g. : DEER
62
Notable times : ERAS
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Slithery swimmer : EEL

Answer summary:
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