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New York Times, Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Author:
Lucy Gardner Anderson
Editor:
Will Shortz
58-Down : Neighbor of Switz.
TotalDebutLatest
49/7/200610/14/2008
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.571326%
Lucy Gardner Anderson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {QXZ} Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzles. This is puzzle # 4 for Ms. Anderson. Tuesday freshness: 66%
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© 2008, The New York Times10/14/8 ( No. 21,525 )
Across
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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie : WATTS
6
Netting : MESH
10
One of the S's in U.S.S. : SHIP
14
___ water (facing trouble) : INHOT
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Pollster Roper : ELMO
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Sizable sandwich : HERO
17
Nancy Drew author Carolyn : KEENE
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Y's guys? : ELIS
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Epps of TV's "House" : OMAR
20
With 59-Across, highway that goes through the 15 places indicated in this puzzle, in order, north to south : INTERSTATE
22
Ice Capades venue : RINK
23
Kind of deck for a fortuneteller : TAROT
24
Asset in answering the question "Does this dress make me look fat?" : TACT
26
Bruce or Kravitz : LENNY
29
Traditional Christmas sentiment : PEACE
33
Needing directions : LOST
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Con's opposite : PRO
38
"Dueling ___" : BANJOS
39
Declare openly : AVOW
40
Longtime "S.N.L." announcer Don : PARDO
42
Lawman Wyatt : EARP
43
Do lexicographical work : DEFINE
45
Phoenix cager : SUN
46
Strong cart : DRAY
47
Harsh Athenian lawgiver : DRACO
48
Online health info site : WEBMD
50
Cole Porter's "Well, Did You ___?" : EVAH
52
College town near Bangor : ORONO
56
Final Four org. : NCAA
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See 20-Across : NINETYFIVE
63
Mideast missile : SCUD
64
___-Tass news agency : ITAR
65
In the year ___ Lord ... : OFOUR
66
Movie lioness : ELSA
67
Nintendo rival : SEGA
68
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf," e.g. : FABLE
69
Half of an E.P.A. rating : CITY
70
Before, once : ERST
71
Skedaddles : FLEES
Down
1
User-edited online reference : WIKI
2
Concerning : ANENT
3
Letter before iota : THETA
4
Copier additive : TONER
5
Unsaturated alcohol : STEROL
6
Convene : MEET
7
Jazz's Fitzgerald : ELLA
8
Old Walter Berndt comic strip about a teen : SMITTY
9
Old Testament prophet : HOSEA
10
Abridged : SHORTENED
11
Hot-rod engine, briefly : HEMI
12
Tehran's land : IRAN
13
Much-criticized Congressional spending : PORK
21
Treeless plain : STEPPE
25
Expert with I.R.S. returns : CPA
27
Gun lobby inits. : NRA
28
Like Loki or Thor : NORSE
30
Slightly open : AJAR
31
Mrs. Dithers in "Blondie" : CORA
32
Catch sight of : ESPY
33
Cheryl of TV's "Charlie's Angels" : LADD
34
On the high side, as a guess : OVER
35
Couch : SOFA
36
Every 12 hours : TWICEADAY
38
Bit of wit : BONMOT
41
Make a knight : DUB
44
Follower of Oct. : NOV
48
Like sheets after bleaching : WHITER
49
Use a towel : DRYOFF
51
Biscotti flavoring : ANISE
53
Butcher's byproducts : OFFAL
54
Weeper of myth : NIOBE
55
Small egg : OVULE
56
Minute part of a min. : NSEC
57
251, in old Rome : CCLI
58
Neighbor of Switz. : AUST
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Carps, carps, carps : NAGS
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Part of Q.E.D. : ERAT
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"___ Tu" (1974 hit) : ERES

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

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