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New York Times, Monday, August 18, 2008

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Across : High point of a story
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Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FKQ} This is puzzle # 34 for Ms. Gamache. Monday freshness: 65%
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© 2008, The New York Times8/18/8 ( No. 21,468 )
Across
1
Univ. military program : ROTC
5
Samsung and Sony products : TVS
8
In unison : ASONE
13
Type that leans: Abbr. : ITAL
14
Hurry : HIE
15
High point of a story : CLIMAX
16
*1981 film starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner : BODYHEAT
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If all goes exactly according to plan : ATBEST
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Peter Pan lost his : SHADOW
20
Thomas ___ Edison : ALVA
22
Fed. auditing agency : GAO
23
List ender: Abbr. : ETAL
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*Hoopster's complete miss : AIRBALL
27
A/C meas. : BTU
30
Night before a holiday : EVE
31
Encl. with a manuscript : SASE
32
*Z, alphabetically : LASTLETTER
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"Livin' La ___ Loca" : VIDA
39
Former Montreal team : EXPOS
40
Sea, to Debussy : MER
41
Like Robin Hood's men : MERRY
42
Trace of smoke : WISP
43
*Painted highway divider : CENTERLINE
45
Amo, ___, amat : AMAS
47
Collection of scenes : ACT
48
Call for help : SOS
49
*Touchdown site : ENDZONE
52
Sticky stuff : GOOP
54
Here-there link : NOR
55
Eye part : UVEA
57
Setting for many a fairy tale : CASTLE
61
Title girl in a 1983 Kool & the Gang hit : JOANNA
63
Jerry Garcia fan ... or what each part of the answers to the starred clues can take : DEADHEAD
65
Sedated, perhaps : ONMEDS
66
Follower of Mar. : APR
67
Adolescent outbreak : ACNE
68
Poet William Butler ___ : YEATS
69
Moms : MAS
70
"Say ___" (pourer's request) : WHEN
Down
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Barbecue dish : RIBS
2
From a different perspective, in chat room lingo : OTOH
3
"Look what I did!" : TADA
4
Outlaw partner of Bonnie : CLYDE
5
Motion made by fans in a stadium : THEWAVE
6
By way of : VIA
7
___ good example : SETA
8
Hitching posts? : ALTARS
9
Bro or sis : SIB
10
The end, to Euripides : OMEGA
11
Vocally twangy : NASAL
12
Shower with praise : EXTOL
15
Expensive topping served with a tiny spoon : CAVIAR
17
Monopoly purchases : HOTELS
21
Team game with infrared-sensitive targets : LASERTAG
24
"I'll try to think of something ..." : LETMESEE
26
Cut at an angle : BEVEL
27
Missed, as a chance : BLEW
28
Ride that's hailed : TAXI
29
Mail carrier's grp. : USPS
33
November birthstone : TOPAZ
34
Countdown start : TEN
36
Bearded flower : IRIS
37
Early 007 foe : DRNO
38
Affirmative votes : AYES
41
"The Wind in the Willows" amphibian : MRTOAD
43
Sail material : CANVAS
44
High-m.p.g. vehicles : ECOCARS
46
Hershey's bar with coconut : MOUNDS
49
Take pleasure in : ENJOY
50
Nary a soul : NOONE
51
Euripides' genre : DRAMA
53
"Shucks!" : PSHAW
56
Funnyman Sandler : ADAM
58
Engineers' school, briefly : TECH
59
Lois of the Daily Planet : LANE
60
Place of bliss : EDEN
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Take-home pay : NET
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Org. monitoring industrial wastes : EPA

Answer summary:
3 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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