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New York Times, Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
44-Across : Paid attention to
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 138 for Ms. Salomon. Tuesday freshness: 25%
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© 2005, The New York Times4/12/5 ( No. 20,244 )
Across
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Insubstantial stuff : FROTH
6
"Show Boat" novelist Ferber : EDNA
10
Regarding : ASTO
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Cowpoke competition : RODEO
15
Wiener schnitzel meat : VEAL
16
Mix together : STIR
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"That is to say ..." : IMEAN
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Eliel Saarinen's son : EERO
19
Huff and puff : PANT
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Words following an oath, sometimes : PARDONMYFRENCH
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Writer Roald : DAHL
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Take care of : TENDTO
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Roman god of love : AMOR
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Like Easter eggs : DYED
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Govt. code breakers : NSA
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Peace of mind : REPOSE
34
Womanizer : ROUE
36
Gullible one : SAP
39
Avoid technobabble : USEPLAINENGLISH
42
Something some people return from vacation with : TAN
43
WWW addresses : URLS
44
Paid attention to : HEEDED
45
"Casablanca" pianist : SAM
47
Conductor Klemperer : OTTO
49
Afternoon socials : TEAS
50
Russian plain : STEPPE
53
Cashmere, e.g. : WOOL
55
"I didn't understand a thing you said" : THATSGREEKTOME
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The good life : EASE
61
"Roseanne" star : BARR
62
Sees the sights : TOURS
64
Grandson of Adam : ENOS
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Plumbing problem : DRIP
66
Blue book filler : ESSAY
67
Flat payment : RENT
68
Professional charges : FEES
69
Catches one's breath : RESTS
Down
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Work wk. ender, for most : FRI
2
Cakewalk : ROMP
3
Old music halls : ODEA
4
Pendant gem shape : TEARDROP
5
Accord maker : HONDA
6
Without highs and lows : EVENLY
7
Consider : DEEM
8
___ a soul : NARY
9
Up in the air : ALOFT
10
Trembling trees : ASPENS
11
Get out of the way : STANDASIDE
12
Touch of color : TINCT
13
Garden products brand : ORTHO
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Words of a worrier : OHDEAR
22
Weasel out (on) : RENEGE
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Unable to move, after "in" : ARUT
26
City near Phoenix : MESA
27
Legal hunting period : OPENSEASON
29
Dadaism pioneer Max : ERNST
30
Buck's partner : DOE
33
Batting woes : SLUMPS
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Release, as a chain : UNHOOK
37
Out of port : ASEA
38
Highest degrees : PHDS
40
Worldwide workers' grp. : ILO
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Went wild : LETLOOSE
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Most appropriate : APTEST
48
Pipsqueaks : TWERPS
50
Have the helm : STEER
51
Macbeth's title : THANE
52
Treble clef lines : EGBDF
54
Aquatic mammal : OTTER
56
Nearly unique in the world : RARE
57
Canal of song : ERIE
58
Rumple : MUSS
59
Word after quod : ERAT
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Method: Abbr. : SYS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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