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New York Times, Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Author:
Barry C. Silk
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Request to a switchboard oper.
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Barry C. Silk

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Q} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 13 for Mr. Silk. Tuesday freshness: 75%
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R
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O
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C
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S
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N
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A
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R
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L
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T
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A
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M
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C
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P
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X
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L
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C
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C
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S
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X
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L
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C
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J
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B
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H
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M
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O
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W
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L
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F
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T
H
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P
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K
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F
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W
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D
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H
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R
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M
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B
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K
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K
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S
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N
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Y
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K
© 2007, The New York Times6/5/7 ( No. 21,028 )
Across
1
Bird in the "Arabian Nights" : ROC
4
Traffic tie-up : SNARL
9
Morning hour : TENAM
14
Actor Gulager : CLU
15
Playful sprite : PIXIE
16
Throat dangler : UVULA
17
Alphabetic trio : CDE
18
38-Across, in a sense : ACEOFSPADES
20
Decides one will : OPTSTO
22
Afternoon social : TEA
23
Request to a switchboard oper. : EXT
24
Secular : LAIC
25
Composer of the "Brandenburg Concertos," in brief : JSBACH
28
38-Across, in a sense : ALPHAMALE
31
Throw out : OUST
35
Verdi aria : ERITU
36
Squanders : WASTES
38
1964 #1 hit by the Shangri-Las ... or this puzzle's theme : LEADEROFTHEPACK
42
Excite : AROUSE
43
Italian flowers : FIORI
44
Mural site : WALL
45
38-Across, in a sense : DENMOTHER
49
Personify : EMBODY
52
Five-star : AONE
53
Letters before a pseudonym : AKA
56
U.R.L. ending : ORG
57
"Uncle" of old TV : MILTIE
59
38-Across, in a sense : MARLBOROMAN
63
Former Vladimir Putin org. : KGB
64
Zhou ___ : ENLAI
65
Being of service : UTILE
66
Funnyman Philips : EMO
67
Seat that may have a swivel top : STOOL
68
All-night trucker's aid : NODOZ
69
Tibetan beast : YAK
Down
1
Soft drink since 1905 : RCCOLA
2
Friend since high school, say : OLDPAL
3
Place for chalk : CUETIP
4
Petty quarrel : SPAT
5
One-named singer for the 1960s Velvet Underground : NICO
6
Firefighter's tool : AXE
7
Resort city that shares its name with a Duran Duran hit : RIO
8
Did not disturb : LEFTBE
9
Rapper Shakur : TUPAC
10
"Little" '60s singer : EVA
11
Hosiery shade : NUDE
12
Third baseman Rodriguez : ALEX
13
Schooner part : MAST
19
Pirate's domain : SEA
21
Plan : SCHEDULE
25
Mil. plane's boosted launch : JATO
26
Discarded: Var. : SLUFFED
27
Setting for TV's "House" : HOSPITAL
29
War god on Olympus : ARES
30
Muddy area : MIRE
32
Actress Hagen : UTA
33
Jiffy : SEC
34
"Naughty!" : TSK
36
Often-misused pronoun : WHOM
37
Prefix with space : AERO
38
Murphy's is well known : LAW
39
Period to remember : ERA
40
Gmail alternative : AOL
41
Microscopic : TINY
45
Area connected to a kennel : DOGRUN
46
Computer user's shortcut : HOTKEY
47
Conundrum : ENIGMA
48
Adidas competitor : REEBOK
50
It merged with Exxon : MOBIL
51
"What's shakin', ___?" : BRO
53
Skunk River city : AMES
54
Categorical imperative philosopher : KANT
55
Guthrie who sang about Alice : ARLO
57
Opposite of bueno : MALO
58
"Mockingbird" singer Foxx, 1963 : INEZ
60
Southeast Asian language : LAO
61
Oklahoma native : OTO
62
Prefix with afternoon : MID

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

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