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New York Times, Monday, May 15, 2006

Author:
John R. Conrad
Editor:
Will Shortz
65-Across : Starts of 17-, 27- and 49-Across, collectively
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John R. Conrad

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 9 for Mr. Conrad. Monday freshness: 3%
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© 2006, The New York Times5/15/6 ( No. 20,642 )
Across
1
Problem with an old record : WARP
5
Jalopy : CRATE
10
Glimpse : ESPY
14
Jai ___ : ALAI
15
Chill out : RELAX
16
Buckeye State : OHIO
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Sailor's meteorological concern, in a saying : REDSKYATMORNING
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Classic party host Perle ___ : MESTA
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Bob Marley fan : RASTA
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Links org. : PGA
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"Where would ___ without you?" : IBE
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Gerund's end : ING
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"The Wizard of Oz" route : YELLOWBRICKROAD
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Suffix with pay : OLA
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Frenchman's topper : BERET
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Taste or smell : SENSE
39
"Steee-rike!" callers : UMPS
41
Latin dance : SALSA
43
Labor Day mo. : SEPT
44
Egg sites : NESTS
46
Six-stringed instruments : VIOLS
48
Berg composition : ICE
49
19th-century U.S. money : GREENBACKDOLLAR
52
Letter after sigma : TAU
53
Trick winner, often : ACE
54
The Trojans of the N.C.A.A. : USC
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Steamed : IRATE
61
The British ___ : ISLES
65
Starts of 17-, 27- and 49-Across, collectively : STOPLIGHTCOLORS
68
"___ on Down the Road" : EASE
69
Atlanta's Omni : ARENA
70
Rewrite : EDIT
71
Go bananas : SNAP
72
Tennessee senator Alexander : LAMAR
73
Hankerings : YENS
Down
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In the 80's, temperaturewise : WARM
2
Sheltered, at sea : ALEE
3
X-ray units : RADS
4
Stamen's counterpart : PISTIL
5
Have a bawl : CRY
6
Derriere : REAR
7
Ski resort near Snowbird : ALTA
8
Scottish caps : TAMS
9
Strange and rare : EXOTIC
10
Span longer than an era : EON
11
Use FedEx, say : SHIP
12
Sonar sound : PING
13
Lotus position discipline : YOGA
18
Dish on a skewer : KABOB
19
Major and captain, e.g. : RANKS
24
Lambs' ma'ams : EWES
26
Some college tests, for short : GRES
27
Offspring : YOUNG
28
Cartoondom's ___ Fudd : ELMER
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Run out, as a subscription : LAPSE
30
Cheer for a diva : BRAVA
31
Archaeologist's find : RELIC
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"No problem!" : ITSOK
33
Newsman Roger : ONEIL
34
Pet protection org. : ASPCA
35
Dissuade by threat, maybe : DETER
40
Leave in, as text : STET
42
Hawkeye player on "M*A*S*H" : ALDA
45
Symbol of slowness : SNAIL
47
Prefix with logical : SOCIO
50
Time capsule event : BURIAL
51
Stahl of "60 Minutes" : LESLEY
54
Employs : USES
55
Ollie's partner in comedy : STAN
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___ Nostra : COSA
58
Taj Mahal site : AGRA
59
Those guys : THEM
60
Sicilian volcano : ETNA
62
Valuable vein : LODE
63
Leprechaun's land : ERIN
64
Jet-setters' jets, once : SSTS
66
Vim : PEP
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Train unit : CAR

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