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New York Times, Monday, July 25, 2005

Author:
Lynn Lempel
Editor:
Will Shortz
58-Across : Robert ___ ... believe him, or not!
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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91.61331220%
Lynn Lempel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FQZ} Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 10 for Ms. Lempel. Monday freshness: 30%
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© 2005, The New York Times7/25/5 ( No. 20,348 )
Across
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Be in harmony : JIBE
5
Lewis with Lamb Chop : SHARI
10
___ out (barely made) : EKED
14
Functions : USES
15
Poison : TOXIN
16
Editor's strikeout : DELE
17
Removed as with a wave of the hand : SWEPTASIDE
19
Altar area : APSE
20
Asian New Year's festival : TET
21
Forever and a day : AGES
22
Bother : PESTER
24
Upstream swimmer : SALMON
26
Chicken of the Sea product : TUNA
27
Popular sandwich cookie : OREO
28
Gung-ho : AVID
32
Backward-looking : RETRO
35
Field of flowers? : BOTANY
37
Jong who wrote "Fear of Flying" : ERICA
38
Downs' opposite : UPS
41
Coach's encouraging words : PEPTALK
43
Nicotine's partner : TAR
44
R & B singer LaBelle : PATTI
46
Tough time : ORDEAL
48
Santa ___, Calif. : CLARA
49
Santa ___, Calif. : ROSA
50
Every one : EACH
54
Fly catcher? : MITT
56
Baby's noisemaker : RATTLE
58
Robert ___ ... believe him, or not! : RIPLEY
60
Tailless cat : MANX
62
Wee bit : TAD
63
Savvy about : ONTO
64
Mom-and-pop event ... and a hint to the insides of 17- and 41-Across and 11- and 40-Down : PTAMEETING
67
Blow one's horn : BRAG
68
Champing at the bit : EAGER
69
Hankering : URGE
70
Alluring : SEXY
71
Twirls : SPINS
72
First lady before Mamie : BESS
Down
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Precisely : JUSTSO
2
"Honest!" : ISWEAR
3
Classic Volkswagen : BEETLE
4
Psychic ability, for short : ESP
5
Remain in a rut : STAGNATE
6
Hydrant attachment : HOSE
7
Base line on a graph : AXIS
8
Free (of) : RID
9
All thumbs : INEPT
10
Mary Tyler Moore co-star : EDASNER
11
Persisted : KEPTATIT
12
Otherwise : ELSE
13
Does and bucks : DEER
18
Confucian path : TAO
23
"I got it!" : EUREKA
25
Mafia : MOB
29
Water in the air : VAPOR
30
Foreword : INTRO
31
Twosomes : DYADS
33
Major TV maker : RCA
34
Boat mover : OAR
36
Narcotic : OPIATE
38
It's scanned at checkout: Abbr. : UPC
39
Chum : PAL
40
Major irritant for American colonists : STAMPTAX
42
Students : LEARNERS
45
Three-part work : TRILOGY
47
Tennis umpire's cry : LET
51
Garb : ATTIRE
52
Gong sounds : CLANGS
53
Bushes between yards : HEDGES
55
Varieties : TYPES
57
Tree feller : AXE
58
Burglarizes : ROBS
59
Regarding : INRE
60
Visitors to Jesus : MAGI
61
"___, brother!" : AMEN
65
Listening-in device : TAP
66
Where you may get a soaking : TUB

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

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