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New York Times, Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Author:
Nancy Salomon
Editor:
Will Shortz
22-Across : Heavenly ladle
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1868/13/199511/7/2012116
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
3633533719611
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
1521.5890833%
Nancy Salomon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 33 Missing: {VXZ} This is puzzle # 107 for Ms. Salomon. Wednesday freshness: 62%
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© 2003, The New York Times6/11/3 ( No. 19,573 )
Across
1
"Baywatch" beauties : BABES
6
Gulf war missiles : SCUDS
11
Purged : RID
14
Water colors : AQUAS
15
"My Cousin Vinny" Oscar winner : TOMEI
16
Leb. neighbor : ISR
17
Start of a point to ponder : JUSTWHATWAS
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Thickness : PLY
20
Gofer : AIDE
21
"... but is it ___?" : ART
22
Heavenly ladle : DIPPER
24
Once, once : ERST
26
"That feels good!" : AAH
28
Chorus girl? : ALTO
29
"The Raven" writer's monogram : EAP
31
Part 2 of the point to ponder : THEGREATEST
34
Parkinson's treatment : LDOPA
36
Take back : RECANT
37
One waltzing Down Under : MATILDA
39
Now and then : ATTIMES
43
Kind of salad : CAESAR
45
No-goodniks : HEELS
46
Part 3 of the point to ponder : THINGBEFORE
50
Point to argue : NIT
51
Half: Prefix : HEMI
52
Part of E.T.A.: Abbr. : ARR
53
Strike callers : UMPS
55
Medicinal syrup : IPECAC
57
Dander : IRE
59
Some punches : AWLS
62
DVD player maker : RCA
63
End of the point to ponder : SLICEDBREAD
66
Perp prosecutors : DAS
67
Coffee break time, perhaps : TENAM
68
Japan's second-largest city : OSAKA
69
Pig's pad : STY
70
Grps. : ASSNS
71
She played the 10 in "10" : DEREK
Down
1
Mexican peninsula : BAJA
2
Here, in 1-Down : AQUI
3
End of the line : BUSDEPOT
4
Lotus-___ : EATER
5
Sacramento-to-Santa Cruz dir. : SSW
6
Top banana : STAR
7
Vacation home : COTTAGE
8
Underground org. : UMW
9
Tie : DEADHEAT
10
"Aye aye, capitán!" : SISI
11
Wee wave : RIPPLE
12
Sea spots : ISLETS
13
Wood worry : DRYROT
18
Possesses, old-style : HATH
23
Peppermint ___ (candy purchase) : PATTIE
25
"Hogan's Heroes" setting : STALAG
27
Five-time Derby winner : ARCARO
29
Nightmarish street : ELM
30
Org. for drillers and fillers : ADA
32
Chalkboard accessory : ERASER
33
Country music? : ANTHEM
35
Walk in the park, so to speak : PICNIC
38
Complete collapses : DEBACLES
40
Department store department : MENSWEAR
41
Samuel's mentor : ELI
42
Atl. crosser : SST
44
Kind of violet : AFRICAN
46
Fair portions for the Andrews Sisters : THIRDS
47
Cool dude, 50's-style : HEPCAT
48
"Makes no difference to me" : IMEASY
49
Lamented : RUED
54
Analyze syntactically : PARSE
56
Wirehair of film : ASTA
58
Radiation units : REMS
60
Superior, e.g. : LAKE
61
Badlands state: Abbr. : SDAK
64
Seat holders : INS
65
10's pride : BOD

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2 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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