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New York Times, Thursday, July 18, 2002

Author:
Kevin McCann
Editor:
Will Shortz
28-Across : Like the fox, among all animals
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Kevin McCann

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} Spans: 3 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. McCann. Thursday freshness: 60%
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© 2002, The New York Times7/18/2 ( No. 19,245 )
Across
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Tex-Mex treat : FAJITA
7
"Once more ..." : IREPEAT
14
Flatter, in a way : IMITATE
16
"Let's go elsewhere" : NOTHERE
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Mr. abroad : SRI
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City liberated by Bolívar, 1819 : BOGOTA
21
Bite : TANG
23
Single : LONE
24
Attention-getter : PSST
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Like the fox, among all animals : SLYEST
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Seminole War leader : OSCEOLA
33
More tense : TAUTER
36
Broadcasting : ONAIR
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"You ___?!" : AGAIN
42
Oscar-nominated composer Danny : ELFMAN
43
Informant : TIPSTER
45
Clear : UNCLOG
49
Being : ESSE
50
___ Fyne, Scotland : LOCH
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Architect Saarinen : EERO
54
Gulf war allies : SAUDIS
56
Wild West : MAE
57
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Agreeing, after "of" : ONEMIND
64
Popular tenor : DOMINGO
65
Writes between the lines? : NOTATES
66
Three-time Wimbledon winner : TILDEN
Down
1
Ones for the record books : FIRSTS
2
Lacking in scruples : AMORAL
3
___ Peak (Massachusetts ski resort) : JIMINY
4
"Make ___ double" : ITA
5
Go for the bronze? : TAN
6
Get from ___ (make progress) : ATOB
7
Celebrating : INHONOROF
8
Itinerary info : ROUTES
9
View from Catania : ETNA
10
What a candidate might go for : PHD
11
Suffix with profit : EER
12
"You ___" (Lionel Richie hit) : ARE
13
Poet Hughes : TED
15
Hydroxyl compound : ENOL
18
Cause of a power trip : EGO
22
Smarten up : GETWISE
24
What some sinners do : PENANCE
25
Fly high : SOAR
26
Faux pas : SLIP
27
Hands at sea : TARS
29
Peter, Paul or Mary : SAINT
30
King in 1922 headlines : TUT
32
"Over There" composer : COHAN
34
What rumors make : THEROUNDS
35
Photo lab order: Abbr. : ENL
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Actress Jackson : KATE
38
Sponsorship: Var. : EGIS
39
Doesn't shut up : YAPS
40
Texas Mustangs, for short : SMU
44
Mother of Sir Galahad : ELAINE
46
Three-time Tour de France winner : LEMOND
47
County in California : ORANGE
48
Doesn't shut up : GOESON
51
The year Innocent I became pope : CDI
52
Posterior : HIND
54
Struck, once : SMIT
55
Word with car or machine : SLOT
57
Name part meaning "from" : VON
58
Rescuer of Odysseus, in myth : INO
59
Holiday in Asia : TET
60
Org. with a widely read journal : AMA
61
Brit. record label : EMI
62
.001 inch : MIL

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

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