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New York Times, Wednesday, November 9, 2005

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Down : Fox or turkey follower
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FQX} This is puzzle # 44 for Mr. Early. Wednesday freshness: 87%
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© 2005, The New York Times11/9/5 ( No. 20,455 )
Across
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See 24-Down : JIVE
5
Easy ___ : ASABC
10
Mental keenness : WITS
14
Nebraska native : OTOE
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Unlikely to defect : LOYAL
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"The Plague" city : ORAN
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Bandleader known for 55-Down : COUNTBASIE
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Seine feeder : OISE
20
Many Tyson finishes : KOS
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Capek play : RUR
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"Gullible's Travels" writer : LARDNER
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URL ending : COM
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Cemetery, informally : BONEYARD
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Up : ATBAT
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Judd of "Taxi" : HIRSCH
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Vestments, e.g. : GARB
31
Big jerk : TUG
32
1926 Channel swimmer : EDERLE
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Suffix with psych- : OTIC
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Open, in a way : UNBAR
39
Start of many Hope/Crosby film titles : ROAD
40
Philippine locale in W.W. II : BATAAN
42
___ Gratia Artis : ARS
43
A bunch of : MANY
44
Absorbed, in a way : LEARNT
46
Krone spenders : DANES
47
Zigged and zagged : SLALOMED
50
Door sign : MEN
51
Conestoga driver : WAGONER
52
Guff : LIP
53
Atlantic City mecca, with "the" : TAJ
56
"Vidi," translated : ISAW
57
Bandleader known for 47-Down : LOUISPRIMA
60
St. Petersburg's river : NEVA
61
Kegger wear, maybe : TOGAS
62
"Mockingbird" singer Foxx : INEZ
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Colored like a certain hound : GREY
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Blow hard : STORM
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Daimler partner : BENZ
Down
1
Varsity letter earner : JOCK
2
Words of agreement : ITOO
3
Part of R.S.V.P. : VOUS
4
Poetic contraction : EEN
5
Vinyl collectible : ALBUM
6
Go parasailing : SOAR
7
Cries of regret : AYS
8
Entruster of property : BAILOR
9
Under-the-sink items : CLEANSERS
10
Bandleader known for 25-Down : WOODYHERMAN
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"Three Sisters" sister : IRINA
12
Stun gun : TASER
13
Bergen dummy : SNERD
18
Fox or turkey follower : TROT
23
Invoice abbr. : RECD
24
Bandleader known for1-Across : CABCALLOWAY
25
See 10-Down : BIGBAND
26
"A Girl, A Guy and ___" (1941 Ball movie) : AGOB
27
"Later" : TATA
28
Old chap, say : BRIT
29
Barbarous one : HUN
31
Lunch counter orders : TUNAMELTS
33
Horse coloring : ROAN
34
Pool path : LANE
35
Breyers rival : EDYS
38
Verb with thou : ART
41
Interminable time : AEON
45
Transplant : REROOT
46
Johnny who played Willy Wonka : DEPP
47
See 57-Across : SWING
48
Surgery tool : LASER
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Tequila source : AGAVE
50
The "Divine" Bette : MISSM
52
Cry in a mudslinging contest : LIAR
53
Trident part : TINE
54
Call from the flock : AMEN
55
See 17-Across : JAZZ
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Actor Tognazzi : UGO
59
Thorax protector : RIB

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

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