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New York Times, Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Across : Sunday seats
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
929/1/20037/8/20166
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
358532741
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
121.6540277%
Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QV} This is puzzle # 11 for Mr. Silk. Wednesday freshness: 35%
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© 2006, The New York Times6/21/6 ( No. 20,679 )
Across
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Lid growth : LASH
5
Let go : FREED
10
Elder, e.g. : TREE
14
It may prey on seals : ORCA
15
Romance or sci-fi : GENRE
16
Modern Maturity org. : AARP
17
Mellow brass : FRENCHHORN
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___ B'rith : BNAI
20
Fiji neighbor : TONGA
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Baseball family name : ALOU
22
Doesn't dilly-dally : ACTS
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Take three of three, say : SWEEP
24
Showing signs of recession? : BALDISH
26
"Frasier" character : ROZ
28
Makes aquatints : ETCHES
31
Sunday seats : PEWS
34
City near Santa Barbara : OJAI
38
Rest on one's laurels : COAST
39
2001 Will Smith biopic : ALI
40
This puzzle's theme : DOUBLEH
42
Fort Meade org. : NSA
43
Jackpot game : LOTTO
45
Legendary archer : TELL
46
Mideast's Gulf of ___ : ADEN
47
Models smaller than minis : MICROS
49
Cake material? : MUD
51
Cigar holder : HUMIDOR
55
It's debatable : TOPIC
59
Cologne cries : ACHS
61
Show worry : PACE
62
Combat venue : ARENA
63
Delete : XOUT
64
One hoping to get picked up : HITCHHIKER
66
Like an eremite : LONE
67
Deliver a keynote, say : ORATE
68
"I don't think so" : NOPE
69
Kitchen extension? : ETTE
70
Hose material : NYLON
71
Understands : GETS
Down
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Places reached by ladders : LOFTS
2
Keyboard quartet member : ARROW
3
Public to-do : SCENE
4
They hold up your pants : HANGERS
5
I may follow these : FGH
6
Kind of center : REHAB
7
Gay leader? : ENOLA
8
The Weasley family owl, in "Harry Potter" : ERROL
9
Strip bare : DENUDE
10
Hot stuff : TABASCO
11
Worker in jeans : RANCHHAND
12
Q.E.D. part : ERAT
13
Certain Prot. : EPIS
18
Family head : CAPO
25
Rash reaction? : ITCH
27
Madhouse : ZOO
29
To be, to Brutus : ESSE
30
Asian nation suffix : STAN
31
Date producer : PALM
32
"The Time Machine" race : ELOI
33
McCarthy's pursuit of Reds, e.g. : WITCHHUNT
35
Protrude : JUT
36
Jurist Fortas : ABE
37
Off one's feed : ILL
40
Banish to Hades : DOOM
41
Massachusetts' state tree : ELM
44
College bigwig : TRUSTEE
46
Reverent : ADORING
48
Gas thief's aid : SIPHON
50
Bryce Canyon locale : UTAH
52
Supermarket section : DAIRY
53
Of base 8 : OCTAL
54
Odd-numbered page : RECTO
56
Tea variety : PEKOE
57
Klutzy : INEPT
58
Gives a fig : CARES
59
Cotter pin's place : AXLE
60
Geezer : COOT
65
Female lobster : HEN

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

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