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New York Times, Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
14-Across : They may crunch when you bite into them
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David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 131 for Mr. Kahn. Wednesday freshness: 32%
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© 2008, The New York Times9/3/8 ( No. 21,484 )
Across
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Legree's creator : STOWE
6
Pants part : SEAT
10
Grain containers : BINS
14
They may crunch when you bite into them : TACOS
15
Mound : PILE
16
One : UNIT
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Providers of excellent service? : ACERS
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Hungarian city known for its thermal baths : EGER
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Frozen dessert chain since 1981 : TCBY
20
Printer's type: Abbr. : ITAL
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Colossus : BEHEMOTH
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Part that's cut off and thrown away : RIND
24
Conn. summer hours : EDT
25
Singer Easton : SHEENA
28
Carnival food on sticks : CORNDOGS
31
Law partner? : ORDER
32
Coral reef dweller : EEL
33
___ flakes (cereal) : OAT
35
It may be found in a box in the basement : FUSE
36
Subject of this puzzle : MICHAELPHELPS
40
Subway fare? : HERO
41
Club ___ : MED
42
Cathedral city near Cambridge : ELY
43
More men do this than women, studies show : SNORE
45
Raises, as a surface design : EMBOSSES
49
Treeless area : TUNDRA
51
Part of E.U.: Abbr. : EUR
52
Walked : TROD
54
As expressly said : STATEDLY
56
Macbeth or Lady Macbeth : ROLE
57
Beautiful race in an H. G. Wells novel : ELOI
59
Israeli flag carrier : ELAL
60
"Same here" : SODOI
61
Author L. Frank ___ : BAUM
62
Jamaica or Barbados : ISLE
63
___ shooting : SKEET
64
Word often prefixed with kilo- : BYTE
65
Snipers' place : NEST
66
Bit of sleepwear : TEDDY
Down
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It may lead to a landing : STAIR
2
Ploy : TACTIC
3
El Atlántico, por ejemplo : OCEANO
4
What each of seven 36-Across events at the 2008 Olympics ended in : WORLDRECORDTIME
5
Tee preceder : ESS
6
Brand name associated with 36-Across : SPEEDO
7
Singular achievement by 36-Across at the 2008 Olympics : EIGHTGOLDMEDALS
8
Protected from the wind : ALEE
9
Provisions : TERMS
10
One technique used by 36-Across : BUTTERFLYSTROKE
11
Increased slowly : INCHEDUP
12
Pen point : NIB
13
Pen : STY
21
Madhouse : BEDLAM
22
Comment of surprise : OHO
26
Tight end? : NESS
27
Go for, in price : ARE
29
O.T. book : NEH
30
Chump : SAP
34
Something to be tested : THEORY
36
List of alternatives : MENU
37
Smooths over : IRONSOUT
38
Wide shoe spec : EEE
39
Chicago carriers : ELS
40
Pres. elected in '48 : HST
44
Procter & Gamble detergent : ERA
46
The Baltimore ___ (nickname of 36-Across) : BULLET
47
Like some banks : ERODED
48
Performed without help : SOLOED
50
Didn't do takeout : ATEIN
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Saturn or Venus : DEITY
55
"Anything ___?" : ELSE
57
Decline : EBB
58
Set (down) : LAY
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Bygone aircraft, briefly : SST

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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