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New York Times, Thursday, April 13, 2006

Author:
Barry Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
73-Across : Unexpected difficulty
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
929/1/20037/8/20166
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
358532741
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
121.6540277%
Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Silk. Thursday freshness: 49%
1
WINTER
2
S
3
E
4
T
5
C
6
R
7
A
8
B
9
W
10
E
11
L
12
L
13
SPRING
14
T
I
M
E
15
A
U
R
A
16
I
D
E
A
L
17
I
D
E
M
18
S
T
E
A
19
K
D
I
A
N
E
20
D
E
E
P
21
N
E
S
S
22
L
E
T
S
A
T
23
E
A
R
T
H
24
O
25
D
E
26
I
L
27
S
28
A
29
R
E
30
P
31
R
32
O
33
V
34
E
35
A
36
D
37
E
N
38
E
L
39
B
E
40
E
A
R
E
D
41
B
I
G
G
42
I
R
L
S
D
43
O
N
T
C
R
Y
44
B
A
I
L
S
45
M
A
G
I
46
T
A
B
S
47
A
S
S
Y
R
48
I
A
49
E
L
50
A
L
51
S
N
52
O
53
H
E
54
A
55
T
56
S
57
M
58
U
59
S
60
C
61
A
T
62
N
63
E
64
G
A
T
I
O
N
65
I
S
A
A
C
S
66
T
E
R
N
67
R
O
B
O
68
D
E
L
V
E
69
R
A
G
A
70
A
L
A
W
71
SUMMER
D
A
Y
S
72
A
L
O
T
73
P
I
T
FALL
© 2006, The New York Times4/13/6 ( No. 20,610 )
Across
1
Iowa town where John Wayne was born : WINTERSET
5
Zodiac symbol : CRAB
9
Source of abundance : WELLSPRING
14
"___ shall unfold what plaited cunning hides": Shak. : TIME
15
Vibrations : AURA
16
Model : IDEAL
17
Footnote word : IDEM
18
Flambéed beef entree : STEAKDIANE
20
Profundity : DEEPNESS
22
Releases to fight : LETSAT
23
Ground : EARTH
24
Ben Jonson wrote one to himself : ODE
26
"Casablanca" role : ILSA
29
Censure : REPROVE
35
Mideast port : ADEN
38
Hamburg's river : ELBE
40
Dog-___ : EARED
41
1962 #1 hit by the group hinted at in this puzzle's theme : BIGGIRLSDONTCRY
44
Jumps (out) : BAILS
45
Gift bearers : MAGI
46
Settings in word processing : TABS
47
Nineveh's home : ASSYRIA
49
Carrier at J.F.K. : ELAL
51
___-cone : SNO
53
Qualifying races : HEATS
57
Mideast capital : MUSCAT
62
Denial : NEGATION
65
Carnegie Hall's main auditorium is named after him : ISAACSTERN
67
"___Cop" : ROBO
68
Dig : DELVE
69
Music of India : RAGA
70
___ unto himself : ALAW
71
1965 Beach Boys album : SUMMERDAYS
72
Often : ALOT
73
Unexpected difficulty : PITFALL
Down
1
December festival : WINTERTIDE
2
Part that's most listened to : SIDEA
3
OPEC V.I.P. : EMEER
4
With allure : TEMPTINGLY
5
Lawyer's assignment : CASE
6
Dead-end jobs : RUTS
7
Response to "Am not!" : ARESO
8
It's heard in a herd : BAA
9
Off the mark : WIDE
10
Polish prose : EDIT
11
Rural expanses : LEAS
12
Turner of "By Love Possessed" : LANA
13
Small water source : SPRINGLET
19
"Ad Parnassum" artist, 1932 : KLEE
21
Flyers' org. : NHL
25
Excavating machine : DREDGE
27
Sun. delivery : SER
28
Rock's ___ Brothers : ALLMAN
30
White House souvenir : PEN
31
One in need of a good inspection : RATTLETRAP
32
Deep-sea killer : ORCA
33
Trick or treat, e.g. : VERB
34
Popular ice cream : EDYS
35
Pop music acronym : ABBA
36
"Buenos ___" : DIAS
37
Auspices: Var. : EGIS
39
Jamboree grp. : BSA
42
Land on the Medit. Sea : ISR
43
Try to loosen : OIL
48
Followers: Suffix : ISTS
50
"I get it!" : AHA
52
Patrick of "The Way We Were" : ONEAL
54
Garlicky mayonnaise : AIOLI
55
Go ___ for : TOBAT
56
Skier's wish : SNOWFALL
57
Early August : MIDSUMMER
58
Not new : USED
59
Spanish hotel reservation : SALA
60
South American rodent : CAVY
61
Super-duper : ACES
63
Thus : ERGO
64
Black fly, e.g. : GNAT
66
Singsong syllable : TRA

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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