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New York Times, Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
56-Across : End of the quip
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
521.6225255%
Michael Shteyman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJKQZ} This is puzzle # 31 for Mr. Shteyman. Wednesday freshness: 78%
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© 2005, The New York Times7/27/5 ( No. 20,350 )
Across
1
1952 Winter Olympics site : OSLO
5
Way up? : TBAR
9
Mexican gelt : PESOS
14
Religious leader born Giovanni de Medici : LEOX
15
Hitchhiked, e.g. : RODE
16
___ nous : ENTRE
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Like morning grass : DEWY
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Start of a quip : YOUCANLEAD
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Product at a gas station : STP
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Puts in firmly : IMBEDS
22
Museo holdings : ARTE
23
Quip, part 2 : AHORSE
25
Key of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 : CMINOR
27
More twisted : WRIER
28
Romantic comedies, e.g. : GENRE
31
Workplaces with openings, for short? : ORS
32
Phoenix team : SUNS
33
Perils for spelunkers : CAVEINS
35
Quip, part 3 : TOWATERBUTA
38
Warming : DETENTE
39
Take ___ (doze) : ANAP
42
Suddenly became attentive, with "up" : SAT
45
Helpers: Abbr. : ASSTS
46
Symbol of leakiness : SIEVE
47
Rachmaninoff, for one : EMIGRE
49
Quip, part 4 : PENCIL
50
Fencer's weapon : EPEE
51
Obsequious sort : YESMAN
55
Dis's partner : DAT
56
End of the quip : MUSTBELEAD
58
Words of denial : NOTI
59
Extract, as a chemical from a solution : ELUTE
60
Arab statesman : EMIR
61
Loads : ATON
62
Point on a line : DEPOT
63
Jungle climber : VINE
64
Only about 10% of it is visible : BERG
Down
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Proverbs : OLDSAWS
2
Transparent, modern-style : SEETHRU
3
Nadir : LOWPOINT
4
Prefix with acetylene : OXY
5
Open dare : TRYME
6
Ninny : BOOB
7
Together, on a score : ADUE
8
Bank stamp abbr. : RECD
9
Encage : PEN
10
China's Zhou ___ : ENLAI
11
Camping fuel : STERNO
12
One raising one's voice : ORATOR
13
Religious feasts : SEDERS
19
Attribute : ASCRIBE
21
It touches the River Jordan: Abbr. : ISR
24
Do over, as a lawn : RESOD
26
Waiter's handout : MENU
28
Series on a ski slope : GATES
29
100-meter dash, e.g. : EVENT
30
"Shoot!" : NERTS
33
Pretty marble : CATSEYE
34
Spot : STAIN
36
Bit of fraying : WEAR
37
Opening of many a speech : ANECDOTE
40
Pilot : AVIATOR
41
Action in a snowball fight : PELTING
42
Felt : SEEMED
43
Lab glass : AMPULE
44
Binds : TIESUP
46
Upper house member: Abbr. : SEN
48
Really irk : GETTO
49
Military chaplain : PADRE
52
Map abbr. : ELEV
53
Circular opening? : SEMI
54
Primary : MAIN
57
Stake : BET
58
Catch red-handed : NAB

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

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