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New York Times, Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Author:
Harriet Clifton
Editor:
Will Shortz
61-Across : Rodeo contestant
TotalDebutLatest
49/20/20058/19/2008
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0220000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.621413%
Harriet Clifton

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FJQXZ} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Clifton. Tuesday freshness: 9%
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© 2008, The New York Times8/19/8 ( No. 21,469 )
Across
1
Admirer of Beauty, with "the" : BEAST
6
Sing like Ella Fitzgerald : SCAT
10
Genesis victim : ABEL
14
Longtime G.E. chief with the best seller "Jack: Straight From the Gut" : WELCH
15
Mrs. Dithers in "Blondie" : CORA
16
1950s-'70s Yugoslav leader : TITO
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Loud, as a crowd : AROAR
18
Place for a roast : OVEN
19
Not duped by : ONTO
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And others of the same sort: Abbr. : ETC
24
Circle section : ARC
25
Comment after 20-Across : CANYOUHEARMENOW
34
Not just once : AGAIN
35
Word from the crib : DADA
36
Etiquette maven Vanderbilt : AMY
37
Restrain, with "up" : COOP
38
Andrea Bocelli deliveries : ARIAS
40
Sicilian spewer : ETNA
41
Male gobbler : TOM
42
Say "one club," say : OPEN
43
Like something communicated with a wink and a nod : TACIT
44
Comment after 25-Across : IDIDNTCATCHTHAT
48
MSN rival : AOL
49
Lode load : ORE
50
Comment after 44-Across : ILLTRYREDIALING
59
___ Inn : DAYS
60
Wild cat : PUMA
61
Rodeo contestant : ROPER
62
Neutral shade : ECRU
63
The "U" in 21-Down : UNIT
64
Puccini opera : TOSCA
65
In the public eye : SEEN
66
Head of France? : TETE
67
Like a cigar bar : SMOKY
Down
1
N.Y.C. theater district, for short : BWAY
2
One of the Saarinens of Finland : EERO
3
Baseball's Moises : ALOU
4
"The Lion King" villain : SCAR
5
Bases loaded : THREEON
6
Burn with an iron : SCORCH
7
Place to moor a boat : COVE
8
See 58-Down : AREA
9
Big mugs : TANKARDS
10
"A.S.A.P.!" : ATONCE
11
Cherry variety : BING
12
Caesarean rebuke : ETTU
13
Chicago district, with "the" : LOOP
21
Abbr. on an appliance sticker : BTU
22
"___ la Douce" : IRMA
25
Desert flora : CACTI
26
"Ha! That's ___ one!" : AGOOD
27
One of the Judds : NAOMI
28
Litter cry : YIP
29
Minneapolis suburb : EDINA
30
Fine bond rating : AAA
31
"But of course!" : NATCH
32
___ vincit amor : OMNIA
33
Jane of "Father Knows Best" : WYATT
38
Well said : APTLYPUT
39
Tape deck button : REC
40
Have a bite : EAT
42
___ about (roughly) : ONOR
43
Opera, ballet and so on : THEARTS
45
Bygone Japanese car name : DATSUN
46
Until now : TODATE
47
Dernier ___ : CRI
50
When 12-Down was uttered : IDES
51
Valentine decoration : LACE
52
Stringed instrument of old : LYRE
53
Letter in a mysterious inscription : RUNE
54
Throw off : EMIT
55
Appear ominously : LOOM
56
___ facto : IPSO
57
Chicken part that's good for soup : NECK
58
With 8-Down, source of an ethical dilemma : GRAY

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