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New York Times, Wednesday, January 16, 2002

Author:
Linda Bushman
Editor:
Will Shortz
41-Down : Loosen, in a way
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Linda Bushman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QX} Spans: 3 This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Bushman. Wednesday freshness: 37%
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© 2002, The New York Times1/16/2 ( No. 19,062 )
Across
1
Read (through) : WADE
5
Guanaco's cousin : LLAMA
10
Singing style : SCAT
14
Harbinger : OMEN
15
See 70-Across : ALLEN
16
"Heaven forbid!" : OHNO
17
Like most of Aeschylus' plays? : LOSTANDPROFOUND
20
Quaker : FRIEND
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Like a mandolin : STRINGED
22
Diplomatic to-do : RIFT
24
Turn one way : ZAG
25
Position : JOB
28
Breakable things : LAWS
30
Dojo teaching : KARATE
35
God defeated twice by Hercules : ARES
37
Response to "Shall we?" : LETS
39
Paris, to Romeo : RIVAL
40
Round cameo? : CIRCULARPROFILE
43
Sacred text : KORAN
44
Caffeine-rich nut : KOLA
45
Lawn sculpture, maybe : FAUN
46
Says unpleasantly : SNARLS
48
Marrow : PITH
50
Govt. org. that employs mathematicians : NSA
51
Triumphant cry : AHA
53
Goon : THUG
55
201, e.g. : AREACODE
60
Bump result : BRUISE
64
Students' objections to a big exam? : MIDTERMPROTESTS
66
Walt Kelly creation : POGO
67
Promotional campaign adjunct : TIEIN
68
Unwanted e-mail : SPAM
69
Check : STEM
70
With 15-Across, 1950's "Tonight Show" host : STEVE
71
Daly of "Judging Amy" : TYNE
Down
1
Bolt (down) : WOLF
2
Omnia vincit ___ : AMOR
3
TV's Arnaz : DESI
4
Log : ENTER
5
Crow's-nest sighting : LANDFALL
6
M.L.K.'s honorary deg. from Yale : LLD
7
Skiing mecca : ALPS
8
Fred or Ethel of "I Love Lucy" : MERTZ
9
Hooded jacket : ANORAK
10
Presently : SOON
11
Perform a bar dare : CHUG
12
Sister of King Arthur : ANNE
13
Mrs. Lincoln's maiden name : TODD
18
Shrub that yields indigo : ANIL
19
Mozart's "Le Nozze di ___" : FIGARO
23
Fine-tune : TWEAK
25
Game with a ball : JACKS
26
Betelgeuse's constellation : ORION
27
Hall of Fame catcher : BERRA
29
Barbershop band : STROP
31
Improvised bit : RIFF
32
Of interest to bird-watchers : AVIAN
33
Anklebone : TALUS
34
Tennis player Dementieva : ELENA
36
Rocky outlook : SCAR
38
Gymnast's feat : SPLIT
41
Loosen, in a way : UNLACE
42
1940's Holmes player : RATHBONE
47
Features before main features : SHORTS
49
Smart : HURT
52
Concede : ADMIT
54
Talk show interviewee : GUEST
55
Concert gear : AMPS
56
Laugh ___ : RIOT
57
Margin : EDGE
58
Speck : ATOM
59
Foil alternative : EPEE
61
1960's Cosby show : ISPY
62
Satirist Freberg : STAN
63
Salinger heroine : ESME
65
"6 Rms ___ Vu" (play) : RIV

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3 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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