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New York Times, Saturday, July 23, 2005

Author:
Joe DiPietro
Editor:
Will Shortz
64-Across : Came undone, as a robe
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1418/26/19955/9/20241
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
311092443303
RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
331.591,23673%
Joe DiPietro

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 30 Missing: {JKQ} This is puzzle # 76 for Mr. DiPietro. Saturday freshness: 49%
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© 2005, The New York Times7/23/5 ( No. 20,346 )
Across
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Maximal : UTMOST
7
Are products of : COMEFROM
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It may be lowered to hear music : NEEDLE
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Dominated : OVERBORE
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Openness : CANDOR
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Certified : MADESURE
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Day division, in Venice : ORA
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___ the Lucky Rabbit, first Disney character to generate merchandise : OSWALD
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Remain unused : SIT
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18-20 in a sequence : RST
24
Thimblerig prop : PEA
25
Department store section : LINENS
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Place for private lines? : DIARY
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Do some lifting : THIEVE
33
Respecting : INRE
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Froze : STOODSTILL
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Bill producers : ATMS
39
Convenient, in commercial names : HANDI
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"Can't argue with that" : TRUE
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Continues on a bad streak : LOSESAGAIN
43
Misspent : LOST
44
Richard's "Manhattan" collaborator : LORENZ
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It's represented after a "." : CENTS
46
"...!!" : ORELSE
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Rice and Lloyd Webber's "Waltz for ___ and Che" : EVA
51
Experiences : HAS
52
Shoot down : NIX
53
Makeup of some blocks : CINDER
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"So ___ have I invoked thee for my Muse": Shak. : OFT
57
"No question" : OFCOURSE
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Leonidas's land : SPARTA
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Had no co-pilot : FLEWSOLO
63
One breaking down in school? : PARSER
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Came undone, as a robe : FELLOPEN
65
King of Belgium beginning 1993 : ALBERT
Down
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Chilly : UNCORDIAL
2
Dresses down : TEARSINTO
3
Soldiers : MENATARMS
4
Without a match : ODD
5
Title girl in a 1965 #1 hit : SLOOPY
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Hardly sesquipedalian : TERSE
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Possible result of a shock : COMA
8
Place for a run : OVAL
9
Tampered with improperly : MEDDLEDIN
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It may appear before long : ERE
11
Some N.F.L. ball carriers : FBS
12
Fire up : ROUSE
13
Big name in Utah politics : ORRIN
14
Parts of some athletic schedules : MEETS
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Power : WATTAGE
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They have tubes attached : IVS
27
Rub the wrong way : NETTLE
29
Turn around : RESELL
31
Chengchow's province : HONAN
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Like some salt : IODIZED
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Farm, in a way : SHARECROP
35
Old West whistler : IRONHORSE
36
Covet : LUSTAFTER
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"Off we go" : LETSSTART
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Message that's often repeated : SOS
45
Kind of tunnel : CARPAL
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Like a toggle switch : ONOFF
47
Go through : RIFLE
48
Shine : EXCEL
50
Popular Italian motor scooter : VESPA
54
Key : ISLE
55
Light up in a bar : NEON
58
Fly-by-nighter? : OWL
59
___ show : USO
61
Wall St. type : ARB

Answer summary:
6 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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