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New York Times, Thursday, October 6, 2005

Author:
Daniel C. Bryant
Editor:
Will Shortz
1-Down : Start to take?
TotalDebutLatest
94/22/20047/6/2014
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
11.589466%
Daniel C. Bryant

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: {JKQVX} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Bryant. Thursday freshness: 33%
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© 2005, The New York Times10/6/5 ( No. 20,421 )
Across
1
Pepperdine University site : MALIBU
7
"___ little spice to your life" : ADDA
11
Rotund : FAT
14
1950 Asimov classic : IROBOT
15
You name it : NOUN
16
Blood-type letters : ABO
17
Each animal has one in "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" : STANZA
18
Crux : GIST
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Excessively : TOO
20
Shakespearean bird call : OHWUTTIHWUT
23
Devils and Angels, e.g. : TEAMS
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Highest score in baccarat : NINE
28
Many an office has one : OATH
29
Forearm part : ULNA
30
Learns : ABSORBS
32
"Laughed myself silly!" : TOOHATAHW
34
National Poetry Month : APRIL
38
Set of advantages : UPSIDE
39
National airline of Afghanistan : ARIANA
40
Request on a memo from the boss : SEEME
41
Advice of patience : TUOTITIAW
44
Like some chest pain : ANGINAL
46
X ___ xylophone : ASIN
47
Engrave : ETCH
50
Ones making pantry raids? : ANTS
51
They usually have two runners on : SLEDS
52
Radar's hometown, in "M*A*S*H" : AWOIAWMUTTO
55
Kind of tax : SIN
56
Been in bed : LAIN
57
Officially choose : ANOINT
62
Epilogue : END
63
Prong : TINE
64
Item literally useful in reading the answers to 20-, 32-, 41- and 52-Across : MIRROR
65
Late July birth : LEO
66
Linear : ONED
67
Nutso : SCREWY
Down
1
Start to take? : MIS
2
___ nouveau : ART
3
Mauna ___ : LOA
4
___ Saud, founder of Saudi Arabia : IBN
5
Yahoos : BOZOS
6
Jazz venue : UTAH
7
Worry : ANGUISH
8
"Stop procrastinating!" : DOITNOW
9
Close pitch : DUSTER
10
No pro : ANTI
11
Islamic declaration : FATWA
12
"It's ___ time!" : ABOUT
13
Kind of fairy : TOOTH
21
N.Y. Liberty's org. : WNBA
22
Ward site : HOSPITAL
23
Ballet apparel : TUTUS
24
Sneak off : ELOPE
25
Win by ___ : ANOSE
26
Dolphinfish : MAHIMAHI
30
Grazed : ATE
31
Italian port : BARI
33
Yemeni port : ADEN
35
Bring up : RAISE
36
Grants-___ : INAID
37
Many yards : LAWNS
39
Azores locale: Abbr. : ATL
41
Bolivian underground? : TINMINE
42
Off-key : UNTUNED
43
Kiln : OAST
45
"Sir ___ and the Green Knight" : GAWAIN
47
Oil holder : EASEL
48
Rope : TWINE
49
Unit in a multiunit building : CONDO
51
Seattle athlete, briefly : SONIC
53
Low woman : ALTO
54
Scot's tops : TAMS
58
Legendary stick figure : ORR
59
Eng. neighbor : IRE
60
Feminist org. since 1966 : NOW
61
"___ me!" : TRY

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