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New York Times, Thursday, September 18, 2008

Author:
Mike Nothnagel
Editor:
Will Shortz
23-Across : Delays set them back: Abbr.
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Mike Nothnagel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {Z} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 28 for Mr. Nothnagel. Thursday freshness: 59%
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© 2008, The New York Times9/18/8 ( No. 21,499 )
Across
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Eric's "Will & Grace" co-star : DEBRA
6
Language from which "divan" is derived : FARSI
11
Dunderhead : OAF
14
Thin as ___ : AREED
15
Strand, somehow : ICEIN
16
Nickname for #6 on the Sixers : DRJ
17
[See circles] : WINDOWSHADE
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D.D.E.'s W.W. II command : ETO
20
Well-dressed, photogenic male : GQTYPE
21
[See circles] : ELEVATOR
23
Delays set them back: Abbr. : ETDS
25
"No horsing around!" : BEGOOD
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Negligent : LAX
29
A.B.A. member's title : ESQ
30
Burger order : RARE
31
"How Do ___" (1997 LeAnn Rimes hit) : ILIVE
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One pointing and clicking : USER
35
Oenophile's interest : NOSE
39
80, for Hg : ATNO
40
Northern Europeans : LAPPS
41
Start time for many a military mission : DAWN
42
Colonel's div. : REGT
43
Check box option on a Spanish survey? : OTRA
44
"Dream Lover" singer, 1959 : DARIN
45
CNBC news topics, for short : IPOS
47
Business with a register : INN
49
Paris's Basilique ___-Clotilde : STE
50
Language that treats "dz" as a single consonant : SLOVAK
53
Use a cell phone outside one's calling area : ROAM
55
[See circles] : SINEWAVE
58
Recess : ALCOVE
62
Dick : TEC
63
[See circles] : STOCKMARKET
65
Egypt's ___ Simbel historical site : ABU
66
Defensive retort : AMTOO
67
Scottish child : BAIRN
68
Seedy sort? : RYE
69
Majority of a crowd at a Jonas Brothers concert : TEENS
70
"I'm outta here!" : SEEYA
Down
1
Family pet in "Hi and Lois" : DAWG
2
Former "ER" co-star La Salle : ERIQ
3
Having one's heart set (on) : BENT
4
Change colors? : REDYE
5
Oliver Twist, for one : ADOPTEE
6
Hi-___ : FIS
7
Result of overstrain : ACHE
8
Concrete : REAL
9
Court huddles : SIDEBARS
10
Taken-aback response : INEVER
11
Start of many dedications : ODETO
12
___-Detoo : ARTOO
13
Finger of the ocean : FJORD
18
Forms a union : WEDS
22
Program : AGENDA
24
Occupies an abandoned building : SQUATS
26
Either of two guests on "To Tell the Truth" : LIAR
27
Der ___ (Konrad Adenauer) : ALTE
28
Deer ___ : XING
30
Garage job : REPAIR
32
Like some candles : VOTIVE
34
When flowers bloom: Abbr. : SPR
36
Crew members : OARS
37
"M*A*S*H" co-star : SWIT
38
Feminizing suffix : ENNE
40
Attention-getting cry : LOOKATME
44
Test sites : DNALABS
46
Handles roughly : PAWSAT
48
Linguist Chomsky : NOAM
50
Relatively cool red giant : SSTAR
51
Remain inactive : LIEBY
52
How actors should appear : ONCUE
54
Jazz's Carmen : MCRAE
56
Drop paper in a box, maybe : VOTE
57
Coll. major : ECON
59
Tex's neighbor : OKIE
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Especially : VERY
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It's about 2 1/2 times as high as Vesuvius : ETNA
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W.B.A. finales : KOS

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

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