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New York Times, Thursday, June 2, 2005

Author:
Levi Denham
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Narrow grooves
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
108/18/200412/15/20062
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21.535946%
Levi Denham

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Denham. Thursday freshness: 82%
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© 2005, The New York Times6/2/5 ( No. 20,295 )
Across
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Fund-raising org. : PTA
4
Noted Tommy Dorsey Orchestra alumnus : SINATRA
11
Bridge builder, maybe: Abbr. : DDS
14
Wild thing? : OAT
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Gear : CLOTHES
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Fictional TV planet : ORK
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Start of a quip : THESHORTEST
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Rapa ___ (Easter Island) : NUI
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Fabric named after a French town : LISLE
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"A place you can go ... when you're short on your dough," in a 1979 hit : YMCA
22
Stereo part : AMP
23
Eventually : INTIME
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___ Planet (United Nations magazine) : OUR
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Schedule abbr. : TBA
27
Quip, part 2 : DISTANCEBETWEEN
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Close up : SEAL
32
Bedevil : EATAT
33
Compressed electronic file format : MPEG
37
Quip, part 3 : TWO
39
Colon parts : DOTS
40
Eschews help : SOLOS
42
Bruin Phil, familiarly : ESPO
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Quip, part 4 : POINTSISUSUALLY
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Intoxicating agent: Abbr. : ALC
53
Commonly memorized info : PIN
54
Narrow grooves : STRIAE
55
Top-rated TV show of 2002-04 : CSI
56
Arguin' with : AGIN
58
Former track star ___ Rudolph : WILMA
59
Caltech rival : MIT
60
End of the quip : UNDERREPAIR
63
Suffix with orange : ADE
64
Early automaker Henry and others : LELANDS
65
Atlanta-based media co. : CNN
66
___ Washington, who wrote "When You Wish Upon a Star" : NED
67
Not get hung up on : SEEPAST
68
Overseas carrier : SAS
Down
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Chef's cover : POTLID
2
Sesame paste : TAHINI
3
Controversial explosions : ATESTS
4
Diagrams : SCHEMAS
5
1969 Peace Prize grp. : ILO
6
Here/there connector : NOR
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Suit maker: Abbr. : ATTY
8
Cosa Nostra : THEMOB
9
Coast Guard job : RESCUE
10
Ancient fertility goddess : ASTARTE
11
Fund : DONATETO
12
Time keeper : DRUMBEAT
13
Close-fitting garment : SKIPANTS
18
Start of a tear : SLIT
24
Pilot's heading: Abbr. : ENE
28
Clawer : CAT
29
Actor Cary : ELWES
30
Large amount : WAD
33
Popular 1980's arcade game : MSPACMAN
34
Place to lounge : POOLSIDE
35
Gleaned : ELICITED
36
Shape-indicating suffix : GON
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The Cowboys of the Big Twelve Conf. : OSU
41
London cathedral : STPAULS
43
Brief letter additions : PSS
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Where many American pioneers settled : OUTWEST
46
John Hancock, for one : SIGNEE
47
Out of gear : INIDLE
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Give ___ (care) : ARIP
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Blooms in a Whitman poem : LILACS
50
Thin sheet : LAMINA
51
Pines : YEARNS
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Kind of tide : NEAP
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Messenger ___ : RNA
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Map lines: Abbr. : RDS

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

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