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New York Times, Thursday, September 6, 2007

Author:
Daniel C. Bryant
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Across : Not just threaten
TotalDebutLatest
94/22/20047/6/2014
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
6000300
CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.589466%
Daniel C. Bryant

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 74, Blocks: 33 Missing: {QZ} This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Bryant. Thursday freshness: 87%
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© 2007, The New York Times9/6/7 ( No. 21,121 )
Across
1
Burns's tongue : SCOTS
6
Popular desktops since 1998 : IMACS
11
Camel's end? : ASH
14
Cul-de-sac : COURT
15
Wearer of the Yankees' retired #9 : MARIS
16
3.2 million-member org. with a pi in its logo : NEA
17
Wardrobe malfunction? : UNTIEDFRONT
19
Atlantic City hotel, informally, with "the" : TAJ
20
"Blah blah blah blah blah" : BABBLE
21
Start of a musical scale : CDE
22
Arias, usually : SOLI
23
"___ Time" (1952 million-selling Eddie Fisher hit) : ANY
24
Unit of punishment : LASH
26
Result of punishment : PAIN
28
Mood after a military victory? : MARTIALBLISS
32
Polling results, e.g. : DATA
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Tries : ENDEAVORS
36
Beastly : INHUMAN
39
Ranges : EXTENTS
40
Akin : ANALOGOUS
42
Estuaries : RIAS
43
Where porcine pilots arrive? : LANDINGSTIES
46
Narc's discovery, maybe : KILO
47
Believed : HELD
48
Grand Canyon area : RIM
51
Early English actress Nell ___ : GWYN
53
Not just threaten : SUE
55
Threats to World War shipping : UBOATS
57
Certain southeast Asian : LAO
58
Hint to 17-, 28- and 43-Across : ITSREVERSED
60
Hospital dept. : ICU
61
YouTube feature : VIDEO
62
Hardly futuristic : RETRO
63
A.L. city, on scoreboards : BOS
64
A lot : SCADS
65
Beaker : GLASS
Down
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Kind of tank : SCUBA
2
First name in late-night : CONAN
3
Over near : OUTBY
4
Old New York paper, for short : TRIB
5
Artist Frank ___, pioneer in Minimalism : STELLA
6
Org. that lends to countries : IMF
7
Arrive with authority : MARCHIN
8
Nickname among major-league sluggers : AROD
9
It has many pictures : CINEPLEX
10
Boomer, once : SST
11
Director Michelangelo : ANTONIONI
12
Warranty feature : SEAL
13
Muslim honorific : HAJI
18
"___ me" : DEAR
22
Emmy-winning Phil : SILVERS
25
Trial position, for short : STENOG
27
Like ___ out of hell : ABAT
28
Late editorial cartoonist Bill : MAULDIN
29
Carol starter : ADESTE
30
Abbr. on an envelope to Mexico : SRTA
31
Flat sound : SSSS
32
Radio feature : DIAL
33
Eleanor Roosevelt's first name : ANNA
34
Certain notes : THANKYOUS
37
Work hard : MOIL
38
Doubter : AGNOSTIC
41
Like wedding attendees, often : USHERED
44
"___ U" : ILUV
45
Tennis great Stefan : EDBERG
48
Dreadlocks wearer : RASTA
49
Anatomical passages : ITERS
50
Old PC standard : MSDOS
51
Smooth : GLIB
52
"Cross the Brazos at ___" (1964 country hit) : WACO
54
___-approved : USDA
56
Turgenev's home in Russia : OREL
58
Emergency rm. sights : IVS
59
Sister of Helios : EOS

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6 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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