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New York Times, Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Author:
Pete Muller
Editor:
Will Shortz
65-Across : French satellite launcher
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251.6013366%
Pete Muller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQVXYZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Muller. Tuesday freshness: 62%
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© 2008, The New York Times6/3/8 ( No. 21,392 )
Across
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Sci-fi's "Doctor ___" : WHO
4
PG or R : RATING
10
From the start : ANEW
14
Suffers from : HAS
15
"The Tempest" king : ALONSO
16
"Later" : CIAO
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Like many planetary orbits : ELLIPTICAL
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Clarinet type : ALTO
20
Ebony, e.g. : WOOD
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Like : ALA
22
Ranch visitor : DUDE
24
Uneaten part of an apple : CORE
26
Long March participants : MAOISTS
29
Airer of Congressional proceedings : CSPAN
32
Bout stopper, for short : TKO
34
Far from wimpy : MACHO
35
Question posed by a 1987 children's best seller : WHERESWALDO
38
Fighter for Jeff Davis : REB
39
Western pal : PARD
40
Sample : TASTE
41
Open widely : GAPE
42
Old spy org. : OSS
43
This puzzle's answer to 35-Across (spelled out four times) : INTHECORNER
45
Pub serving : STOUT
47
A, in Austria : EIN
48
Composer Camille Saint-___ : SAENS
49
Indian oven : TANDOOR
51
It turns the tide : MOON
53
Commotions : ADOS
54
Equinox mo. : SEP
55
Bargain : DEAL
59
Bargain event : SALE
61
Building seen on a nickel : MONTICELLO
64
Moselle tributary : SAAR
65
French satellite launcher : ARIANE
66
West of "My Little Chickadee" : MAE
67
Gum globs : WADS
68
City with a view of Vesuvius : NAPLES
69
Do zigzags, maybe : SEW
Down
1
"That was close!" : WHEW
2
Symbol of sanctity : HALO
3
Nobel Institute city : OSLO
4
Grammy category : RAP
5
Rite site : ALTAR
6
Light perfume : TOILETWATER
7
Pizarro foe : INCA
8
Code-cracking org. : NSA
9
Israel's Meir : GOLDA
10
Maine's ___ National Park : ACADIA
11
1990s-2000s sitcom shrink : NILESCRANE
12
Absorb, as a loss : EAT
13
Wine and dine : WOO
18
It may be swiped : IDCARD
23
Man, in 68-Across : UOMO
25
Canadian "loonie" denomination : ONE
26
Material used in casting : MOLTENMETAL
27
It's "mightier," in a saying : THEPEN
28
Gets over drunkenness, with "up" : SOBERS
29
Breakfast cereal pioneer : CWPOST
30
Cascades peak : SHASTA
31
Purchase of one who's looking for love : PERSONALAD
33
Whole-grain cereal brand : KASHI
36
RR stop : STN
37
Boxing Day mo. : DEC
41
Starbucks size : GRANDE
43
Langston Hughes poem : ITOO
44
Bear, in Bolivia : OSO
46
Jersey parts? : UDDERS
50
Ottoman Turk leader : OSMAN
52
Speak one's mind : OPINE
54
Salon sound : SNIP
56
"Slippery" trees : ELMS
57
Wings: Lat. : ALAE
58
MGM mogul Marcus : LOEW
59
Phila.-to-Miami dir. : SSW
60
Tow-providing org. : AAA
62
"... man ___ mouse?" : ORA
63
These, in Tours : CES

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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