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New York Times, Thursday, August 16, 2007

Author:
Alan Arbesfeld
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Across : Narc operation on Amtrak?
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Alan Arbesfeld

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JZ} This is puzzle # 73 for Mr. Arbesfeld. Thursday freshness: 37%
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© 2007, The New York Times8/16/7 ( No. 21,100 )
Across
1
Union demand : RAISE
6
2001 Oscar nominee for the song "May It Be" : ENYA
10
With 37-Across, theme of this puzzle : FROM
14
Monkey's ___ : UNCLE
15
Sugar source : BEET
16
Some artwork : OILS
17
Super bargain : STEAL
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Reason to renovate an opera house? : RUSTINMET
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One cauterizing a skin blemish? : HEATEROFWART
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Prom wear : TUXEDO
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Prefix with warrior : ECO
24
Night school subj. : ESL
27
What flowers do, in poetry : OPE
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Abbr. on a toothpaste box : ADA
31
Caballero : KNIGHT
33
Wrinkly-skinned fruit : CASABA
36
Poem about Paris, in part : ILIAD
37
See 10-Across : STARTTOFINISH
40
Kingdom : REALM
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"When I am dead and gone, remember to ___ me ...": "Henry VI, Part I" : AVENGE
42
Throws out : EXPELS
44
Hieroglyphic symbol for the ancient Egyptian "M" : OWL
45
Bud's bud : LOU
48
Salon supply : DYE
49
Blesses : OKS
51
Pantomime : ACTOUT
54
Narc operation on Amtrak? : RAILWAYSBUST
57
Dropped "The Simpsons" from the TV schedule? : ENDEDBART
60
Florence's ___ Vecchio : PONTE
61
Toni Morrison novel : SULA
62
Iris's place : UVEA
63
Tee off : ANGER
64
Wax remover : QTIP
65
Rectify : MEND
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Can't do without : NEEDS
Down
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Hurry in the direction of : RUSHTO
2
Make a stud payment : ANTEUP
3
Climber's chopper : ICEAXE
4
Ballot listing : SLATE
5
Caught congers : EELED
6
Battle of the ___, in the Spanish Civil War : EBRO
7
Nine, in Nantes : NEUF
8
"___ Have No Bananas" : YESWE
9
War cry : ATTACK
10
Helvetica, for one : FONT
11
A dunker may grab it : RIM
12
Soccer cheer : OLE
13
Boulder hrs. : MST
19
A household chore : IRONING
21
Comical tribute : ROAST
24
Sponsorship: Var. : EGIS
25
Ruler toppled in 1979 : SHAH
26
Bygone Ford : LTD
29
Bank contents : DATA
30
From the beginning : ABOVO
32
"Would ___?" : ILIE
33
Racer Yarborough : CALE
34
Big bag of groceries, e.g. : ARMLOAD
35
Some : AFEW
37
Hot : SEXY
38
Marathon terminus : TAPE
39
Dental work : INLAY
40
Brave opponent : RED
43
Slopes devotee : SKIBUM
45
Waiting area : LOUNGE
46
Given the boot : OUSTED
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Comes out with : UTTERS
50
Work like a dog : SLAVE
52
Hearings airer : CSPAN
53
Steakhouse selection : TBONE
54
Bring in : REAP
55
Word with house or Carolina : WREN
56
Slightly : ATAD
57
Atty.'s title : ESQ
58
Buff : NUT
59
Mid sixth-century date : DLI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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