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New York Times, Monday, October 13, 2008

Author:
Anthony J. Salvia
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Sen. McCain
TotalDebutLatest
210/13/20088/24/2009
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.70620%
Anthony J. Salvia

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {KZ} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Salvia. Monday freshness: 37%
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© 2008, The New York Times10/13/8 ( No. 21,524 )
Across
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No-frills : BASIC
6
Alternative to buttons on a jacket : SNAPS
11
Proof finale : QED
14
Stewpots : OLLAS
15
Small flock of birds : COVEY
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___ Today : USA
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Caribbean area where pirates plundered : SPANISHMAIN
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After-hours bank convenience : ATM
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"The Sweetheart of Sigma ___" : CHI
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Tic-tac-toe win : OOO
22
Poet Nash : OGDEN
24
Harrison Ford's "Star Wars" role : HANSOLO
27
Fermented apple juice : CIDER
29
Sherlock Holmes adventure, in brief : THELIONSMANE
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Truth ___ (interrogation injection) : SERUM
36
Annual coll. basketball competition : NIT
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Interceptions or yards rushing : STAT
38
Oaf : CLOD
39
Translucent dessert : JELLO
41
Turner who sang "We Don't Need Another Hero" : TINA
42
With competence : ABLY
43
"Based ___ novel by ..." : ONA
44
Outspoken, as a critic : VOCAL
45
Faux Chinese dish : BEEFCHOWMEIN
49
Jupiter's Io and Callisto : MOONS
50
Dunk : IMMERSE
54
Rant and rage : STORM
56
French friend : AMI
57
___ lane (commuters' aid) : HOV
58
S.O.S ___ : PAD
59
City on the Penobscot River : BANGORMAINE
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Firefighter's tool : AXE
65
Skin cream additives : ALOES
66
Relating to an arm bone : ULNAR
67
Zero, in soccer : NIL
68
___ incognita : TERRA
69
Hero's acclaim : GLORY
Down
1
Painter of "The Garden of Earthly Delights" : BOSCH
2
Beta preceder : ALPHA
3
Assassinated : SLAIN
4
Suffix with Freud : IAN
5
CBS forensic drama : CSI
6
Academy, e.g. : SCHOOL
7
Hurler Hideo : NOMO
8
Gardner who was once married to Frank Sinatra : AVA
9
Louvre Pyramid architect : PEI
10
Ecclesiastical councils : SYNODS
11
Kind of equation graphed as a parabola : QUADRATIC
12
Italy's Villa d'___ : ESTE
13
Censure : DAMN
18
The heel is attached to it : SOLE
23
Diamond or ruby : GEMSTONE
25
Prepare in advance of : STUDYFOR
26
Physicist Georg : OHM
27
Rattlesnake's shape : COIL
28
Enthusiastic about : INTO
30
Postnuptial relative : INLAW
31
Mom's mom, e.g. : NANA
32
Footnote abbr. : ETAL
33
Healing formation : SCAB
34
Dresden's river : ELBE
35
Someone to emulate : ROLEMODEL
39
Sen. McCain : JOHN
40
Grandson of Adam : ENOS
44
Get-up-and-go : VIM
46
Hand-to-hand fighting : COMBAT
47
Brunch cocktail : MIMOSA
48
Kuwaiti pooh-bah : EMIR
51
Heavyweight zoo attraction, for short : RHINO
52
Sub's navigational aid : SONAR
53
"___ Breath You Take" (#1 hit by the Police) : EVERY
54
Reach across : SPAN
55
Alternative to the subway : TAXI
56
Teen-___ : AGER
60
It's poured in pints : ALE
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___'easter : NOR
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Serving of root beer : MUG
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100% : ALL

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