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New York Times, Saturday, August 30, 2008

Author:
Michael Shteyman
Editor:
Will Shortz
20-Across : Fix, as sails
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Michael Shteyman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 26 Missing: {JQVX} Spans: 6 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. This is puzzle # 44 for Mr. Shteyman. Saturday freshness: 32%
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© 2008, The New York Times8/30/8 ( No. 21,480 )
Across
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Bum : HEINIE
7
Florist's container : CACHEPOT
15
Burning : ARDENT
16
Former senator with the memoir "Power, Pasta and Politics" : ALDAMATO
17
Carrier of fatty acids : GOODCHOLESTEROL
19
Part of a deg. : MIN
20
Fix, as sails : RERIG
21
Cartoon cat with an exclamation mark in his name : EEK
22
Play makers? : ACTS
24
Health claim on a food label : LOFAT
26
2004 N.B.A. All-Star Michael : REDD
29
Western deal since 1994: Abbr. : NAFTA
31
Kind of support : MORAL
33
Kia model : RIO
34
___ Island, discovery of Sunday, April 5, 1722 : EASTER
36
Rake : LECHER
38
Common restaurant offering that was Julia Child's last meal : FRENCHONIONSOUP
41
Silent's opposite : TALKIE
42
Undisturbed : INSITU
43
Teeny "tiny" : LIL
44
Singer of sewing machine fame : ISAAC
46
Like "m" or "n," to linguists : NASAL
49
It's barely noticeable : BLIP
51
Knighted English composer : ELGAR
53
Auctioned property, maybe : REPO
54
Crucial : KEY
56
Oil, e.g. : LIPID
58
Brawl : ROW
59
Name associated with spirits : EBENEZERSCROOGE
63
Anodyne : PAINPILL
64
Ace, say : HURLER
65
Cirque du Soleil troupe, e.g. : ARTISTES
66
"Ratatouille" rat and namesakes : EMILES
Down
1
1970s-'80s prime-time soap star : HAGMAN
2
Symphony inspired by Napoleon : EROICA
3
Unenthusiastic response to an offer : IDONTFEELLIKEIT
4
Songwriter Washington : NED
5
Elevation: Abbr. : INCR
6
One of the Barrymores : ETHEL
7
1965 hit parodied by the Beatles' "Back in the U.S.S.R." : CALIFORNIAGIRLS
8
Sour condiment : ALEGAR
9
Spinning circles? : CDS
10
Not like : HATE
11
Arab commander : EMEER
12
Bakery item folded in half : PARKERHOUSEROLL
13
Plains native : OTO
14
"My mama done ___ me" : TOL
18
Start of a cry by Juliet : OROMEO
23
Exhibited signs of spoilage : STANK
25
Brass guardian of Crete, in myth : TALOS
27
Word in many French family mottoes : DIEU
28
Hamlet : DORP
30
Computer acronym : ASCII
32
"What Is to Be Done?" writer : LENIN
35
"___ Dreams," 1986 #1 hit : THESE
37
Cool red giant : CSTAR
38
Work unit abbr. : FTLB
39
Bitterly complain : RAIL
40
With emphasis, as text : INCAPS
45
Mutated gene : ALLELE
47
Peak : APOGEE
48
Brings down : LOWERS
50
Old Finnish coin : PENNI
52
Like un millionnaire : RICHE
55
Slangy assents : YEPS
57
Oil holder : DRUM
59
Abbr. in car ads : EPA
60
Setting of many jokes : BAR
61
Accutane target, slangily : ZIT
62
"... ___ will die" : ORI

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

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