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New York Times, Thursday, September 25, 2003

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Across : Roller-coaster parts
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Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: none – this is a pangram. Spans: 1 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 21 for Mr. Merrell. Thursday freshness: 22%
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P
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A
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T
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C
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H
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V
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© 2003, The New York Times9/25/3 ( No. 19,679 )
Across
1
Crown : PATE
5
Store : CACHE
10
Spout nonsense? : SCAT
14
Bird in a bevy : SWAN
15
Dupont's "Fiber A" : ORLON
16
Cass, e.g. : MAMA
17
Biblical verb : HAST
18
Roller-coaster parts : RAILS
19
Brand under a sink : AJAX
20
___ Lindgren, creator of Pippi Longstocking : ASTRID
22
Unwelcome strains : FLUS
24
Action film staple : UZI
25
Popular show : WHEELOFFORTUNE
28
Way off base? : LEAVE
29
Robert Burns's "O, ___ Thou in the Cauld Blast" : WERT
30
Inn order : ALE
32
Formicary resident : ANT
34
Like some kitchens : EATIN
38
The show's partly completed puzzle (category: hosts) : PTSJKNDVNNWHITE
43
Old Ford : EDSEL
44
___ Paulo : SAO
45
Shorten, in a way : MOW
46
Subtracting : LESS
49
"I'm innocent!" : NOTME
52
Request that will complete the show's puzzle : IDLIKETOBUYANA
57
Compound ending : ANE
58
Impending : NEAR
59
Traveler's complaint : JETLAG
60
Interrogate : QUIZ
62
Place for a French lesson : ECOLE
64
Powder holder : HORN
65
Motivation : URGE
66
Issue : TOPIC
67
First word of "The Raven" : ONCE
68
With 40-Down, popular fashion label : ANNE
69
Clean, as a floor : SWEPT
70
Appt. with an analyst : SESS
Down
1
"Stop yer joshin'!" : PSHAW
2
Soaked : AWASH
3
Kitschy : TASTELESS
4
Part of an order : ENTREE
5
Soft leather : CORDOVAN
6
Coach Parseghian : ARA
7
Bluff : CLIFF
8
Like jack-o'-lanterns : HOLLOW
9
Protect : ENSURE
10
Wee, in the Hebrides : SMA
11
Spicy cuisine : CAJUN
12
Floor : AMAZE
13
Kind of stand : TAXI
21
Pier grp. : ILA
23
Scatter : STREW
26
Manage : FEND
27
The Beehive State : UTAH
30
Lug : APE
31
Old Ford : LTD
33
DVD displayers : TVS
35
Soul searcher's need : TIMEALONE
36
L.A. law figure : ITO
37
Modernized : NEW
39
Set : JELL
40
See 68-Across : KLEIN
41
Prefix with technology : NANO
42
What money is to some : NOOBJECT
47
Clay targets : SKEETS
48
Placid Everglades denizen : SEACOW
50
Calendar abbr. : TUE
51
Underlying system of beliefs : MYTHOS
52
Bury : INURN
53
See fit : DEIGN
54
Figure of speech : TROPE
55
Ones who make raids : NARCS
56
Moorehead of "Bewitched" : AGNES
57
Soothing shade : AQUA
61
Last in a series : ZEE
63
Fat ___ (fight memento) : LIP

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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