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New York Times, Monday, May 2, 2005

Author:
Tyler Hinman
Editor:
Will Shortz
36-Across : Scotch whiskey drink
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
227/4/20003/31/20115
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.6013148%
Tyler Hinman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} This is puzzle # 12 for Mr. Hinman. Monday freshness: 66%
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© 2005, The New York Times5/2/5 ( No. 20,264 )
Across
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Tiny bit of land in the sea : ISLET
6
Courtroom event : TRIAL
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Weather London is famous for : FOG
14
Thick-skinned critter : RHINO
15
Vietnam's capital : HANOI
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___ Perón, former Argentine first lady : EVA
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Assault : KINDOFRIFLE
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Lobe site : EAR
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Fraction of a joule : ERG
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Danish money : KRONE
22
Friend in war : ALLY
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___ volente (God willing) : DEO
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Shooting marble : TAW
25
Shows approval, as a crowd : ROARS
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Citation : COURTSUMMONS
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Big party : BASH
35
Batman and Robin, e.g. : DUO
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Scotch whiskey drink : ROBROY
37
Measures (out) : METES
39
Econ. datum : GNP
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Carpenter famous in the 1970's : KAREN
42
Get situated : ORIENT
44
Critical hosp. areas : ERS
46
Nasdaq competitor : NYSE
47
Affirmed : CORROBORATED
50
Like Desi Arnaz, by birth : CUBAN
51
Keg opening : TAP
52
Greyhound vehicle : BUS
55
Kind of speed, in "Star Trek" : WARP
57
Scratch-off ticket game : LOTTO
59
I : ONE
60
Second letter before iota : ETA
61
Rare event in horseracing : TRIPLECROWN
64
Show ___ : BIZ
65
Indian title : RANEE
66
Harassed, as in a fraternity : HAZED
67
Hog's home : STY
68
Formally change : AMEND
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Outbuildings : SHEDS
Down
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Annoyed : IRKED
2
English county : SHIRE
3
Specialized talk : LINGO
4
Maze goal : END
5
Began to like : TOOKTO
6
Small floor covering : THROWRUG
7
Flooding cause : RAIN
8
Makes a deduction : INFERS
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Yahoo! competitor : AOL
10
Tell falsehoods : LIE
11
Regret : FEELSORRY
12
Racetrack shape : OVAL
13
"The Far Side" cartoonist Larson : GARY
18
Illegal activity : FRAUD
22
A black one may be worn at a funeral : ARMBAND
26
Not just my or your : OUR
27
Berserk : AMOK
28
"Things aren't so bad!" : CHEERUP
29
Photocopier need : TONER
30
Turndowns : NOES
31
"Auld Lang ___" : SYNE
32
Popular coll. guy : BMOC
33
Prefix with dynamic : AERO
34
1980 Wilder/Pryor comedy : STIRCRAZY
38
One with a turned-up nose : SNOB
40
Went on and on and on and : PRATTLED
43
Sched. "question mark" : TBA
45
The "S" of M.S.U. : STATE
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Surfing the Net, say : ONLINE
49
Long times : EPOCHS
52
Hooch : BOOZE
53
Still single : UNWED
54
Dispatches : SENDS
55
Spiders' creations : WEBS
56
Working away : ATIT
58
Forthright : OPEN
61
___-la-la : TRA
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Computer capacity : RAM
63
"Go team!" : RAH

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

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