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New York Times, Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Author:
Randall J. Hartman
Editor:
Will Shortz
34-Down : Big box
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Randall J. Hartman

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 5 This is puzzle # 64 for Mr. Hartman. Tuesday freshness: 11%
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© 2008, The New York Times10/21/8 ( No. 21,532 )
Across
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Many fund-raisers : GALAS
6
Electrical coil inventor : TESLA
11
Seattle-to-Las Vegas dir. : SSE
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Oversleeper's need : ALARM
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Parolee, e.g. : EXCON
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All ___ day's work : INA
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"___ With a View" : AROOM
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Warren of the Supreme Court : EARL
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Future J.D.'s : ONELS
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It may be cupped or cuffed : EAR
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Jazz singer Laine : CLEO
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Kind of tea : HERBAL
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Topeka hrs. : CST
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Cries of pain : OWS
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They may make you cry : ONIONS
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"___ hardly believe it!" : ICAN
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___, amas, amat ... : AMO
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Contradict : BELIE
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Myanmar neighbor : LAOS
54
Relatives of nieces : AUNTS
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Sugar Loaf Mountain site, briefly : RIO
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Poppy product : OPIUM
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Five o'clock shadow remover : RAZOR
65
___ Lingus : AER
66
Impertinent : SASSY
67
Space shuttle gasket : ORING
Down
1
It's dispensed from a hose : GAS
2
Remodeled Clay? : ALI
3
Lenient : LAX
4
Public hangings? : ART
5
Dirty tricks on the campaign trail : SMEARS
6
:50 : TENOF
7
Shower with praise : EXTOL
8
Dolt : SCHMO
9
Online chuckle : LOL
10
"Wheel of Fortune" purchase : ANE
11
Instrument played by George Harrison : SITAR
12
Bergen dummy : SNERD
13
Jumping the gun : EARLY
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Suffix with ranch : ERO
19
Eye drop : TEAR
22
Boxer Graziano, formally : ROCCO
23
Holiday visitor, maybe : INLAW
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#2's : VEEPS
25
"The Time Machine" race : ELOI
26
The squares of "three squares" : MEALS
27
Event for Cinderella : BALL
31
Making the dean's list, e.g. : HONOR
32
QB Manning : ELI
33
Sigma preceder : RHO
34
Big box : BIN
35
The four seasons, e.g. : CYCLE
36
Where Rioja wine comes from : SPAIN
37
Doctrine : TENET
39
Heavy volume : TOME
40
Like a game heading into extra innings : TIED
44
Reply to "Are not!" : AMSO
45
Champs-Élysées sight : BISTRO
46
Plant life : FLORA
47
Jack of "The Great Dictator" : OAKIE
48
Helicopter part : ROTOR
49
City of Light : PARIS
50
___ T. Firefly, Groucho's role in "Duck Soup" : RUFUS
51
Any Hatfield, to a McCoy : ENEMY
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MapQuest quests?: Abbr. : STS
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Jackson and Derek : BOS
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Air quality org. : EPA
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Driveway topper : TAR
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Submachine gun : UZI
60
Dijon denial : NON
61
Work unit : ERG

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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