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New York Times, Wednesday, March 2, 2005

Author:
James M. Jenista and Dana McLemore
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : Van ___, Calif.
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQX} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Jenista. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. McLemore. Wednesday freshness: 50%
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© 2005, The New York Times3/2/5 ( No. 20,203 )
Across
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Strip ___ : MALL
5
Favored by God : BLEST
10
Wielding a peeler, maybe : ONKP
14
Locket shape : OVAL
15
Instant message sender, perhaps : AOLER
16
Disney lioness : NALA
17
Purse item : COMB
18
Popular group dance : HOKEYPOKEY
20
Like dessert wines : SWEET
22
Top-2% group : MENSA
23
"Ich bin ___ Berliner" : EIN
24
Travelers' org. : AAA
26
Plod along : TRUDGE
28
Toasters do it : CLINKGLASSES
34
River islet : AIT
35
Farmer's letters? : EIEIO
36
Salinger title girl : ESME
40
Desk set item : PERSONALIZEDPEN
44
Van ___, Calif. : NUYS
45
Enter again : RELOG
46
Neighbor of Braz. : ARG
47
Four-runner? : GRANDSLAMMER
51
Break into parts, as a monopoly : BUSTUP
54
Hoo-ha : ADO
55
Notebook maker : IBM
56
Unwelcome forecast : SLEET
60
Potter's potions professor : SNAPE
64
One with a half-interest : JOINTOWNER
67
Laundry item : IRON
68
Earthen pot : OLLA
69
Commercial prefix with liner : METRO
70
Grant for a film? : CARY
71
Lone Star State sch. : UTEP
72
Rodeo critter : BRONC
73
Girl or boy lead-in : ATTA
Down
1
Comfy footwear : MOCS
2
Swear to : AVOW
3
___ duck : LAME
4
Lands' End competitor : LLBEAN
5
Dickensian epithet : BAH
6
Warp-and-weft machine : LOOM
7
Actress Sommer : ELKE
8
Glimpsed : SEEN
9
Soap opera meetings : TRYSTS
10
A Beatle bride : ONO
11
In one's natural state : NAKED
12
Movie set light: Var. : KLEIG
13
John of "Miracle on 34th Street" : PAYNE
19
Peel : PARE
21
1970's Japanese P.M. ___ Fukuda : TAKEO
25
Not "fer" : AGIN
27
Worked with : USED
28
___ Crunch : CAPN
29
Place : LIEU
30
Humble response to praise : ITRY
31
Pick up : LEARN
32
Felt under the weather : AILED
33
Taints : SOILS
37
Most of it nowadays is filtered : SPAM
38
___ mortals : MERE
39
Many an M.I.T. grad: Abbr. : ENGR
41
U.S.A.F. rank : SSGT
42
"Nana" author : ZOLA
43
Old oath : EGADS
48
Sign of disuse : RUST
49
Self-assurance : APLOMB
50
Friend on "Friends" : MONICA
51
Exquisite trinket : BIJOU
52
Letter-shaped fastener : UBOLT
53
Prepare to get shot? : SMILE
57
Water holder : EWER
58
Course on insects, for short : ENTO
59
Fork-tailed flier : TERN
61
"I smell ___" : ARAT
62
Left side : PORT
63
"Only Time" singer : ENYA
65
Quick rest : NAP
66
Bird in the "Arabian Nights" : ROC

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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