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New York Times, Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Across : 60-Across play
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 69 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Tuesday freshness: 81%
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© 2006, The New York Times5/23/6 ( No. 20,650 )
Across
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What buoys do on the water : BOB
4
Wail : BAWL
8
60-Across play : GHOSTS
14
Wrath : IRE
15
Singer India.___ : ARIE
16
Item obviated by cable TV : AERIAL
17
Hair goop : GEL
18
60-Across play : HEDDAGABLER
20
Drink with vitamin D : MILK
22
Courtoom figures: Abbr. : ATTS
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"Shame!" : TSK
24
60-Across play : ADOLLSHOUSE
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With 39-Across, a 60-Across play : THE
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Chocolate source : CACAO
31
Thinks the cutest thing in the world : ADORES
33
Seriously : TOHEART
38
Jump : LEAP
39
See 27-Across : MASTERBUILDER
42
45 or 78 : DISC
43
Weapons supply : ARSENAL
44
Attack : LASHAT
46
Dads : PAPAS
50
"It ___" (reply to "Who's there?") : ISI
51
60-Across play : THEWILDDUCK
56
Gangster's gun : GAT
58
With 69-Across, baseball great with 2,165 career runs : PETE
59
Urban athlete's locale, in brief : YMCA
60
Playwright who died on May 23, 1906 : HENRIKIBSEN
64
N.Y.C. subway : IRT
65
"Lawrence of Arabia" star : OTOOLE
66
Broadway's Prof. 'iggins : ENRY
67
Stick in a parlor : CUE
68
Home of 60-Across : NORWAY
69
See 58-Across : ROSE
70
Suffix with auction : EER
Down
1
Sandwich introduced in 1968 : BIGMAC
2
Maker of Tater Tots : OREIDA
3
Hilaire who wrote "The Bad Child's Book of Beasts" : BELLOC
4
"___, humbug!" : BAH
5
Neighborhoods : AREAS
6
One rectangle measure : WIDTH
7
Caused : LEDTO
8
Joke or choke : GAG
9
Angry, as an argument : HEATED
10
Eyes, poetically : ORBS
11
Ornamental plant with fernlike foliage : SILKTREE
12
Menlo Park inits. : TAE
13
Camera type, familiarly : SLR
19
Tempe sch. : ASU
21
Casual gathering : KLATSCH
25
Plunder : LOOT
26
Attended as an observer : SATIN
28
Try, as a case : HEAR
29
Mind reading, for short : ESP
32
Wife, in slang : OLDLADY
34
Moor plant : HEATH
35
Bobble : ERR
36
Tummy muscles : ABS
37
Wish to take back : RUE
39
Military list, quickly : MIAS
40
Property transferor : ASSIGNOR
41
Org. for Lt. Columbo : LAPD
42
Mid-sixth-century year : DLI
45
The Scourge of God : ATTILA
47
Stonelike abrasive : PUMICE
48
Pile up : ACCRUE
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Roller Derby entrant : SKATER
52
Prefix with center : EPI
53
Big name in grills : WEBER
54
"___ big deal" : ITSNO
55
Lascivious looks : LEERS
57
In ___ (lined up) : AROW
60
Snookums : HON
61
Ike's W.W. II command : ETO
62
Critically important : KEY
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Bill ___, TV's Science Guy : NYE

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 4 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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