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New York Times, Friday, September 29, 2006

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
67-Across : Mae West, for one
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David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 28 Missing: {Q} This is puzzle # 10 for Mr. Quarfoot. Friday freshness: 87%
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© 2006, The New York Times9/29/6 ( No. 20,779 )
Across
1
78th Academy Awards host : JONSTEWART
11
Slugger known as the Big Cat : MIZE
15
Honolulu Harbor landmark : ALOHATOWER
16
"May It Be" singer, 2002 : ENYA
17
Modern loading site : CDROMDRIVE
18
Häagen-___ : DAZS
19
Retail chain started near Detroit in 1962 : KMART
20
A person might drop one while dieting : DRESSSIZE
22
Certain giftwrap design : SANTAS
24
"Bridal Chorus" bride : ELSA
25
Bad: Prefix : DYS
26
It's like -like : OID
27
___ Gen. : MAJ
29
Byzantine emperor called "the Wise" : LEOVI
31
Theo. Roosevelt Natl. Park locale : NDAK
33
Admirer, and then some : BIGGESTFAN
37
"Any man who wants to be president is either an ___ or crazy": Dwight Eisenhower : EGOMANIAC
39
Two-sided : BIPARTISAN
42
Comanche relative : HOPI
46
Fictional town in a 1945 Pulitzer-winning novel : ADANO
47
Maze : WEB
49
Place to take stock? : PEN
50
N.H.L. star nicknamed St. Patrick : ROY
51
Pacer and Rambler : AMCS
55
___ Raiders (activist group) : NADERS
57
It has a place in "herstory" : WOMENSLIB
60
Étoile's field : DANSE
61
Site of a 1992 Al Qaeda attack : ADEN
62
Security alert : DONOTENTER
64
Zest : RIND
65
Conversation closer : OVERANDOUT
66
Suffix with leather : ETTE
67
Mae West, for one : SEXGODDESS
Down
1
State capital on the Pearl River : JACKSON
2
Alternative to war : OLDMAID
3
Rouyn-___, Quebec : NORANDA
4
Cheat, in a way : SHORT
5
Percussion instrument : TAMTAM
6
Sched. info : ETD
7
Promise : WORD
8
"Bird on ___" : AWIRE
9
Cut loose : REVEL
10
Bit of salon waste : TRESS
11
Pharmacy stock, for short : MEDS
12
Helping : INAIDOF
13
Destructive tropical American weevil : ZYZZYVA
14
Starts gently : EASESIN
21
Dip choice : SALSA
23
Cousin of a clog : SABOT
28
First name in psychedelic rock : JIMI
30
Fix firmly : ETCH
32
New Jersey's ___ University : KEAN
34
Something graded between E and F? : GAS
35
Bother, with "at" : GNAW
36
German article : EINEN
38
[Not more homework!] : GROAN
39
Shakers and tongs, e.g. : BARWARE
40
Red Skelton musical comedy : IDOODIT
41
It can make you square : PAYMENT
43
Like some pumps : OPENTOE
44
Rescuer of Andromeda, in myth : PERSEUS
45
Wedges : INSERTS
48
A villain might come to one : BADEND
52
Platform introduced in 1981 : MSDOS
53
Relative of a rose apple : CLOVE
54
Nasal spray brand : SINEX
56
Classic fantasy game, informally : DANDD
58
"The Neverending Story" author Michael : ENDE
59
Evil "Star Trek" group, with "the" : BORG
63
Eastern path : TAO

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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