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New York Times, Thursday, March 17, 2005

Author:
David Pringle
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Maintains careful control
TotalDebutLatest
91/10/20053/18/2008
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David Pringle

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Pringle. Thursday freshness: 67%
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© 2005, The New York Times3/17/5 ( No. 20,218 )
Across
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Livestock feed : MASH
5
Float device? : STRAW
10
Blowup : SPAT
14
Panasonic competitor : AIWA
15
Tropical palm : ARECA
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Like puppies : CUTE
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Abbr. in a musical score : CRES
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Bar sites : LIMOS
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Commedia dell'___ : ARTE
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Maintains careful control : KEEPSATIGHTREIN
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N.Y.C. summer hrs. : EDT
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Prefix with meter : ODO
25
Concerns, with "to" : REFERS
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Religious believer that humankind is descended from aliens : RAELIAN
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Long time : EON
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Actress Susan : DEY
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Other : ELSE
31
Overrun : FLOOD
33
Patriotic cry : LETFREEDOMREIGN
40
S.A.T. sight : TIMER
41
Hem length, maybe : KNEE
42
Things to crunch : ABS
45
Go to : SEE
46
Relative of a glockenspiel : CELESTA
49
Hardly a workaholic : LOAFER
51
Western Indian : UTE
52
Longtime Dungeons & Dragons maker : TSR
53
1962 Everly Brothers hit : CRYINGINTHERAIN
57
Slayer of Ymir, in myth : ODIN
58
Livid : IRATE
59
Princess born 8/15/1950 : ANNE
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Sell : VEND
61
Recipient of 400,000 votes in 2004 : NADER
62
Old Corvette competitors : GTOS
63
Energy units : ERGS
64
You may use a stick for these : GEARS
65
ID's for the I.R.S. : SSNS
Down
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Yellowfish, for one : MACKEREL
2
Black-and-tan pet : AIREDALE
3
"Success is counted ___ / By those who ne'er succeed": Dickinson : SWEETEST
4
Gate fastener : HASP
5
Popular tea maker : SALADA
6
Greek god with a conch-shell trumpet : TRITON
7
Do follower : REMI
8
Slip ___ : ACOG
9
Place for a sink : WASHROOM
10
Boa : SCARF
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Like some peaches : PUREED
12
Dress : ATTIRE
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Wee : TEENSY
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"___ see!" : SOI
22
Drift : TENOR
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Went : LEFT
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"Olé ___" (1976 hit album) : ELO
31
Subj. of a three-volume Arthur Schlesinger history : FDR
32
Fraternity brother of Dubya : DEKE
34
Up : RISEN
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Opposite of mature : EMERGING
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Large shoe width : EEE
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Seconds : INSTANTS
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Joins : GETSINON
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Proximity : NEARNESS
42
Recess : ALCOVE
43
Guard's locale : BORDER
44
Saw : SAYING
46
Saw : CUTTER
47
Ethyl oxides : ETHERS
48
Jeans brand : LEE
50
Comes across : FINDS
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"Dies ___" : IRAE
55
Nil : NADA
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Teases mercilessly : RAGS

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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