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New York Times, Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Author:
Pete Muller
Editor:
Will Shortz
26-Across : Lake that is a source of the Mississippi
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Pete Muller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQX} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Muller. Tuesday freshness: 38%
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© 2007, The New York Times7/10/7 ( No. 21,063 )
Across
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Completely wreck : TOTAL
6
Pipe shape : ELL
9
Twin Falls's home : IDAHO
14
High home : AERIE
15
Finder's reward : FEE
16
Generous soul : GIVER
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Loan to a company before it goes public, say : BRIDGEFINANCING
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Computer command after cut : PASTE
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Gill opening : SLIT
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D.C. insider : POL
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N.F.L. position: Abbr. : CTR
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Lake that is a source of the Mississippi : ITASCA
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Spilling out : OVERTHEEDGE
34
Director Browning : TOD
35
Russian country house : DACHA
36
Slangy turndown : NAH
37
History chapters : ERAS
38
Periods of unrest : TROUBLEDTIMES
42
Life stories : BIOS
43
Unedited : RAW
44
South Beach plan and others : DIETS
46
Seating info : ROW
47
Remover of impurities : WATERFILTER
50
"___ Song" (John Denver tune) : ANNIES
52
___ one-eighty : DOA
53
Mormons, initially : LDS
54
Crash-probing agcy. : NTSB
56
Place to shop in Tokyo : GINZA
59
The starts to 17-, 30-, 38- and 47-Across, collectively : SONGBYPAULSIMON
65
Arboreal Aussie : KOALA
66
Be short : OWE
67
Pour out from : EMPTY
68
On the tail of : AFTER
69
Ernie of golf : ELS
70
Social level : CASTE
Down
1
Treater's pickup : TAB
2
"___ the land of the free ..." : OER
3
Racing feat : TRIPLECROWN
4
Broadway musical with the song "The Gods Love Nubia" : AIDA
5
Crab morsels : LEGS
6
Lacking vigor : EFFETE
7
Handout at a tiki bar : LEI
8
Shutterbug's purchase : LENS
9
Set off : IGNITE
10
Formal rulings : DICTA
11
Bird: Prefix : AVI
12
Old biddy : HEN
13
.com alternative : ORG
18
Impress clearly : ETCH
19
Land (on) : ALIGHT
22
Part of a commercial name after "i" : POD
23
It may be standing : OVATION
25
Extended, as a membership : RENEWED
27
Lights on posts, perhaps : STREETLAMPS
28
Didn't work that hard : COASTED
29
They may pop up nowadays : ADS
31
Greek R's : RHOS
32
Greek T : TAU
33
Nascar ___ : DAD
37
Expressionist Nolde : EMIL
39
Harsh and metallic : BRASSY
40
Long. crosser : LAT
41
___ Amin : IDI
42
It has a supporting role : BRA
45
Grads-to-be: Abbr. : SRS
47
Home mixologist's spot : WETBAR
48
___ gallery : ROGUES
49
Go bankrupt : FAIL
51
Fireplace : INGLE
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Fraternal org. : BPOE
57
Tiny fraction of a min. : NSEC
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Coors brand : ZIMA
59
Calypso cousin : SKA
60
Punch-in-the-gut response : OOF
61
Rebellious Turner : NAT
62
Saddler's tool : AWL
63
Baseball's Master Melvin : OTT
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Carrie of "Creepshow" : NYE

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

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