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New York Times, Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Author:
Richard Silvestri
Editor:
Will Shortz
51-Across : What Cassius Clay said starting in 1964?
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Richard Silvestri

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 40 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 130 for Mr. Silvestri. Wednesday freshness: 1%
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J
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O
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K
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© 2005, The New York Times6/15/5 ( No. 20,308 )
Across
1
Friars Club offering : JOKE
5
Great time : BLAST
10
Surgery aftermath : SCAR
14
J ___ judge : ASIN
15
Abu Dhabi deity : ALLAH
16
Southern dish : PONE
17
A question of timing : WHEN
18
Fraternal fellow : MOOSE
19
Part of xoxox : HUGS
20
Successfully defended in court by Melvin? : SAVEDBYTHEBELLI
23
16 1/2 feet : ROD
24
Big name in cosmetics : ARDEN
25
Southwestern gully : ARROYO
29
Quench : SLAKE
32
Mutual fund fee : LOAD
33
Electron tube : DIODE
34
Gretna Green beret : TAM
37
Donates a small bird on behalf of actor Jacques? : GIVESTITFORTATI
41
Cask serving : ALE
42
Draw a bead on : AIMAT
43
Occasion for proctors : EXAM
44
Sovereign : RULER
45
What to do at a turning point : DECIDE
47
"Wake of the Ferry" painter : SLOAN
50
Have miseries : AIL
51
What Cassius Clay said starting in 1964? : YOUCANCALLMEALI
59
Learning method : ROTE
60
It comes from the heart : AORTA
61
Hawkish Olympian : ARES
62
Software buyer : USER
63
Sound from the fold : BLEAT
64
Abundant : RIFE
65
Walkers, for short : PEDS
66
Get goggle-eyed : STARE
67
Like the White Rabbit : LATE
Down
1
Blockbuster movie of 1975 : JAWS
2
Dept. of Labor division : OSHA
3
Capital of Ukraine : KIEV
4
Feminine suffix : ENNE
5
Shoots to eat : BAMBOO
6
"Safety Last" star Harold ___ : LLOYD
7
Heaps : ALOT
8
Pane holder : SASH
9
What you used to be : THEE
10
Field of activity : SPHERE
11
"You ___ say that" : COULD
12
Special approach : ANGLE
13
Amber material : RESIN
21
Teetotaling : DRY
22
Apron wearer : BAKER
25
Aquarium growth : ALGA
26
Muddy up : ROIL
27
Carry on : RAVE
28
Dedicated lines : ODE
29
"Norwegian Wood" instrument : SITAR
30
Room at the top : LOFT
31
Flap : ADO
33
Stopping place? : DIME
34
Hack : TAXI
35
Not much : ATAD
36
Performer in whiteface : MIME
38
Hot spot : SAUNA
39
"Open ___ midnight" : TIL
40
Private eye : TEC
44
Derby entries : RACERS
45
Swell : DILATE
46
Shady street : ELM
47
Sundae topping : SYRUP
48
One way to hang : LOOSE
49
Exposed : OUTED
50
Nuptial site : ALTAR
52
Makes a collar : NABS
53
Farm newborn : COLT
54
Side by side? : AREA
55
___ of Essex : EARL
56
Oratorio highlight : ARIA
57
Sailor's port : LEFT
58
Conversational filler : ISEE

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

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