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New York Times, Saturday, July 19, 2003

Author:
Bob Peoples
Editor:
Will Shortz
65-Across : Highway construction machine
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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Bob Peoples

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 27 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 15 for Mr. Peoples. Saturday freshness: 60%
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© 2003, The New York Times7/19/3 ( No. 19,611 )
Across
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Run-down : RAMSHACKLE
11
See 32-Across : PROM
15
Somehow : INAFASHION
16
Runner's assignment : LANE
17
Silas Marner, say : PINCHPENNY
18
Poet Broumas : OLGA
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They may be chanted : OMS
20
Old reformist plan : NEWDEAL
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End of some company names : SON
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Cela ne ___ rien (never mind): Fr. : FAIT
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Lacking any elements : NULL
26
Intermission follower, maybe : ACTII
28
Old post of the 7th Infantry Div. : FTORD
30
Can. province : PEI
31
Excelled : SHONE
32
With 11-Across, tux-renting occasion : SENIOR
34
Computer control panel options : SETTINGS
36
Pianist/composer Dohnányi : ERNO
38
Massage deeply : ROLF
39
One-up : OUTSMART
43
Iron product? : WAFFLE
47
Treat maliciously : SPITE
48
Pharmacist's "three times" : TER
50
Frigid : POLAR
51
Cousin of a cutlass : SABER
52
"Eat to Win" author Robert : HAAS
54
___ Bayes, who co-wrote "Shine On, Harvest Moon" : NORA
55
Sacramental peyote user : UTE
56
Petite pooch : SCOTTIE
59
Expys. : RDS
60
Dilettantish : ARTY
62
Source of some rushes : ADRENALINE
64
Get between the covers? : READ
65
Highway construction machine : ROADGRADER
66
Urges : YENS
67
New-Agey nightspots : OXYGENBARS
Down
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Shell games : RIPOFFS
2
Energize : ANIMATE
3
Lord's house : MANSION
4
Army noncom: Abbr. : SFC
5
Riordan's successor as Los Angeles mayor : HAHN
6
Summer music festival site : ASPEN
7
Destroy, in a way : CHEWUP
8
Awakens : KINDLES
9
Comparatively isolated : LONELIER
10
Artist with the quadruple platinum album "Shepherd Moons" : ENYA
11
Grp. in peace talks : PLO
12
It introduced Rice Chex in 1950 : RALSTON
13
Like many investigations : ONGOING
14
Malicious ones : MEANIES
21
Race climax : LASTLAP
24
Port bordering Slovenia : TRIESTE
27
Peekaboo material : CHIFFON
29
Some windows : DORMERS
33
H.S. biology topic : RNA
35
It may be covered by insurance : TOW
37
Not at all avant-garde : ORTHODOX
39
Place for bones : OSSUARY
40
Stuck : UPATREE
41
Like Shih Tzus : TIBETAN
42
Sterling server, perhaps : TEATRAY
44
Jupiter's home : FLORIDA
45
"Gullible's Travels" writer : LARDNER
46
Stationery store supply : ERASERS
49
Very clean, in a way : RATEDG
53
Char : SINGE
57
"The Power Broker" author Robert : CARO
58
Make : EARN
61
Some are cubic: Abbr. : YDS
63
Where to find some solutions : LAB

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

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