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New York Times, Tuesday, February 1, 2005

Author:
Kevan Choset
Editor:
Will Shortz
52-Down : Marine ___
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Kevan Choset

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {QXZ} This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Choset. Tuesday freshness: 30%
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© 2005, The New York Times2/1/5 ( No. 20,174 )
Across
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Morocco's capital : RABAT
6
"Oh, my stars!" : GOSH
10
Recipe amt. : TBSP
14
They're not PC : IMACS
15
Inner: Prefix : ENTO
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Pro ___ (one way to divide things) : RATA
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African language family : BANTU
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Close : NEAR
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They can be refined : ORES
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Ford explorer? : INDIANAJONES
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Jock: Abbr. : ATH
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Sailor's affirmative : AYE
27
Mississippi city where Elvis was born : TUPELO
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Hospital's ___ center : TRAUMA
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Positioned : LAID
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Far Eastern bread : YEN
33
"The Hours" role for which Nicole Kidman won an Oscar : VIRGINIAWOOLF
36
Genre for Aretha Franklin : SOUL
37
Dashboard inits. : MPH
38
Pupil's locale : IRIS
41
Billiards great : MINNESOTAFATS
46
Org. with a complex code : IRS
48
"... ___ the whole thing!" : IATE
49
Rejoinder to "Am, too!" : ARENOT
50
With grace : NICELY
52
Computer monitor: Abbr. : CRT
53
Bout enders, for short : KOS
54
Ambassadors and such, or an appropriate title for this puzzle : STATESPEOPLE
58
Ambience : AURA
59
Det. Tiger or N.Y. Yankee : ALER
60
Blow one's lid : ERUPT
64
Kind of mile: Abbr. : NAUT
65
Cry out : YELP
66
Where the Decalogue was received : SINAI
67
Shade trees : ELMS
68
Talk back to : SASS
69
Ability : SKILL
Down
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Josh : RIB
2
Physician's org. : AMA
3
Roll-on brand : BAN
4
When Hamlet sees the ghost : ACTI
5
Literally, "harbor wave" : TSUNAMI
6
One often seen in a turban : GENIE
7
Fit for drafting : ONEA
8
Ollie's partner : STAN
9
Friend of Hamlet : HORATIO
10
Jamboree group : TROOP
11
Longtime Massachusetts congressman : BARNEYFRANK
12
Writer Shelby : STEELE
13
Give, as a gene : PASSON
21
Actress Cannon : DYAN
22
Sport in which Israel won its first Olympic medal : JUDO
23
Off-roaders, for short : ATVS
24
ZZ Top, musically : TRIO
25
Reckless : HARUMSCARUM
29
Trademarked fruit name : UGLI
30
Discontinuance : LAPSE
31
Seuss's "Horton Hears ___" : AWHO
34
"___ a man with seven wives" : IMET
35
Popular cereal or magazine : LIFE
39
Langston Hughes poem : ITOO
40
Discontinued fliers, quickly : SSTS
42
River past Luxor : NILE
43
Rejects : NAYSAYS
44
Protective covering : TARP
45
Unaffected : ARTLESS
46
Demented : INSANE
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Initiation, for one : RITUAL
51
French political divisions : ETATS
52
Marine ___ : CORPS
55
Nolo contendere, e.g. : PLEA
56
Unagi, in a sushi bar : EELS
57
Best-selling author Larson : ERIK
61
Prefix with cycle : UNI
62
Chum : PAL
63
Up to, informally : TIL

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

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