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New York Times, Saturday, March 12, 2005

Author:
Byron Walden
Editor:
Will Shortz
17-Across : Bond issue?
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Byron Walden

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 68, Blocks: 26 Missing: {FHJQX} This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Walden. Saturday freshness: 89%
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© 2005, The New York Times3/12/5 ( No. 20,213 )
Across
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Cougar : CATAMOUNT
10
Tiramisu topper : COCOA
15
Down after a hand? : ONONEKNEE
16
Places to wear gloves : OVENS
17
Bond issue? : STATEDEBT
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Burns up : RILES
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"I'll have ___ this one out" : TOSIT
20
Pop : SODA
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Prince Hilarion's betrothed, in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta : IDA
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Pit-digging insect : ANTLION
26
Hood's opposite : NICEBOY
28
Didn't get past : RESENTED
30
Lowlife : SLEAZE
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"No argument here" : AGREED
33
Submit : ENTER
34
Victory, to Viktor : SIEG
37
Negative campaign feature : ADWAR
39
Chamber workers: Abbr. : SENS
40
Languor : ENNUI
42
Something pulled down : SALARY
44
Make : ATTEND
46
Important circulation figure : RENEWALS
50
Babe in the woods : BEARCUB
52
Shooter banned from tournaments : STEELIE
53
East or west end : ERN
54
Valentine's Day eve, e.g. : IDES
56
Cartoonist who created Billy, Dolly, Jeffy and P.J. : KEANE
57
___ Leader, South Dakota's largest newspaper : ARGUS
59
Nosy Parker: Var. : BUTTINSKI
62
Unravel : SOLVE
63
Bond alternative : ONIONSKIN
64
___ water : TREAD
65
Capital of the so-called Hermit Kingdom : PYONGYANG
Down
1
Lead splitter : COSTAR
2
"Is Anybody Goin' to San ___?" (1970 #1 country hit for Charley Pride) : ANTONE
3
Reception staples : TOASTS
4
1920's isolationist : ANTILEAGUER
5
Encounter : MEETING
6
Blessed : OKD
7
"___ Charogne" (Baudelaire poem) : UNE
8
Bills : NEBS
9
Lakota speaker : TETON
10
One-person boat made with animal hides : CORACLE
11
Prefix with posit : OVI
12
Like some orders : CELIBATE
13
Carton specification : ONEDOZEN
14
Ones doing rush work? : ASSAYERS
21
Bash : DIS
24
"La ___ Conquista" (hit 1999 Latino film) : OTRA
25
Topic in couples therapy : NEEDS
27
Knee-high to a grasshopper : EENSYWEENSY
29
Handle on a flask? : DEWAR
32
Locales for streams : DALES
34
1926 "Moby-Dick" adaptation starring John Barrymore, with "The" : SEABEAST
35
How fleers flee : INTERROR
36
Trammel : ENTANGLE
38
Many a blog post : RANT
41
Cut marks on : INCISED
43
Offensive, in a way : REEKING
45
Clinker : DUD
47
Its flag shows the Big Dipper and the North Star : ALASKA
48
2002 Grammy-winning rock band ___ Park : LINKIN
49
Going with : SEEING
51
Swing development : BEBOP
55
Fredonia and Old Westbury are parts of it: Abbr. : SUNY
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A.C.C. member : UVA
60
Uruguayan uncle : TIO
61
Slew : TON

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 6 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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