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New York Times, Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Author:
Karen M. Tracey
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Tennis star Mandlikova
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Karen M. Tracey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QX} This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Tracey. Tuesday freshness: 100%
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© 2006, The New York Times7/11/6 ( No. 20,699 )
Across
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"If ___ suggest ..." : IMAY
5
Bangladesh's capital, old-style : DACCA
10
Wrathful foe of Captain Kirk : KHAN
14
Wine valley : NAPA
15
"___ Like You" (1967 hit) : AGIRL
16
Saturn or Mercury : AUTO
17
Treat variety #1 : SHORTBREAD
19
Hammer's end : CLAW
20
Señorita's curve? : TILDE
21
Earth, to Mahler : ERDE
22
Mata ___ (spy) : HARI
23
Treat variety #2 : OATMEALRAISIN
26
Angle units : DEGREES
28
Nascar airer : ESPN
29
Take ___ view of : ADIM
30
Sporty Pontiac : GTO
32
Lacking good taste : TACKY
36
Tasseled topper : FEZ
37
What 17-, 23-, 50- and 60-Across are types of : COOKIES
40
New Deal program: Abbr. : REA
41
Rome's ___ Fountain : TREVI
43
Comedy/variety inits. since 1975 : SNL
44
Bozo : JERK
45
Bozos : OAFS
48
Bill blockers : VETOERS
50
Treat variety #3 : CHOCOLATECHIP
54
Tennis star Mandlikova : HANA
55
Others, to Ovid : ALII
56
Get together : UNITE
59
Like many J.F.K. arrivals : INTL
60
Treat variety #4 : GINGERSNAP
62
Supper, e.g. : MEAL
63
Aunt's spouse, in France : ONCLE
64
"Pay ___ mind" : ITNO
65
Catch sight of : ESPY
66
Cagers Archibald and Thurmond : NATES
67
Holiday quaffs : NOGS
Down
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R & D site : INST
2
Hawaiian fish, informally : MAHI
3
Simple advice on how to end an argument : APOLOGIZE
4
Sail support part : YARDARM
5
Smidgen : DAB
6
Goes along with : AGREESTO
7
Former Olds Cutlass : CIERA
8
Baby holder : CRADLE
9
Birch relatives : ALDERS
10
Hopi doll : KACHINA
11
Luau dances : HULAS
12
Big arcade name : ATARI
13
Hopeless, as situations go : NOWIN
18
French thinker? : TETE
24
"Let ___!" : MEGO
25
City dwellings: Abbr. : APTS
26
Off one's trolley : DAFT
27
River of Hesse : EDER
31
Approves : OKS
33
Enter sneakily : CREEPINTO
34
Deborah of "The King and I" : KERR
35
Shoots the breeze : YAKS
37
"See ya!" : CIAO
38
Sweet-talk : INVEIGLE
39
A util. : ELEC
42
Out loud : VOCALLY
44
Partakes of, as merriment : JOINSIN
46
Wine vessel : FLAGON
47
Kansas city : SALINA
49
Thanksgiving day: Abbr. : THUR
50
Bell tower sound : CHIME
51
Popular maker of briefs : HANES
52
From the keg : ONTAP
53
Color lightly : TINCT
57
Zingy taste : TANG
58
Poetic saga : EPOS
61
Some M.I.T. grads : EES

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

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