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New York Times, Monday, February 4, 2008

Author:
Dave and Tracy Mackey
Editor:
Will Shortz
54-Down : Perfectly pitched
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Dave Mackey
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Tracy Mackey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {HJQX} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Mackey. This is the debut puzzle for Ms. Mackey. Monday freshness: 41%
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© 2008, The New York Times2/4/8 ( No. 21,272 )
Across
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"___ upon a time ..." : ONCE
5
Like a score of 10 out of 10 : IDEAL
10
Speedy : FAST
14
"Star Wars" princess : LEIA
15
Dated yet trendy : RETRO
16
Knowing of : ONTO
17
"See you again!" : DONTBEASTRANGER
20
Longtime CBS and NBC newsman Roger : MUDD
21
Touchdown destination : ENDZONE
22
Blacktops : PAVES
25
Tricky curves : ESSES
27
Bud's partner in comedy : LOU
28
Had dinner : ATE
29
___ B'rith : BNAI
30
Coarse file : RASP
31
"Veni, vidi, vici" speaker : CAESAR
34
The "R" of NPR : RADIO
37
"See you again!" : DROPINANYTIME
41
Henry Blake's rank on "M*A*S*H": Abbr. : LTCOL
42
Many IM recipients : AOLERS
44
Letterhead design : LOGO
47
"___ Green" (Kermit the Frog song) : BEIN
49
Snooze : NAP
50
In the style of : ALA
51
Mah-jongg pieces : TILES
53
Domineering : BOSSY
55
The dole : WELFARE
57
Chief Norse deity : ODIN
59
"See you again!" : YALLCOMEBACKNOW
64
Suffix with sock : EROO
65
Ship-related : NAVAL
66
Lawman Wyatt : EARP
67
Former Cub ___ Sandberg : RYNE
68
Entrap : SNARE
69
Where "you can do whatever you feel," in a hit 1978 song : YMCA
Down
1
Outdated : OLD
2
Recent: Prefix : NEO
3
The Reds, on scoreboards : CIN
4
Words on a Wonderland cake : EATME
5
Steamed : IRED
6
Muffle, as a sound : DEADEN
7
U.F.O. fliers : ETS
8
Kind of well : ARTESIAN
9
Michaels of "Saturday Night Live" : LORNE
10
"Happy Days" cool cat, with "the" : FONZ
11
Country north of Namibia : ANGOLA
12
Dictation takers : STENOS
13
Shredded : TOREUP
18
Greyhound vehicle : BUS
19
TV spots : ADS
22
Grp. funding 19-Down in campaigns : PAC
23
Just slightly : ATAD
24
Swerve : VEER
26
"Nobody doesn't like" her, in a slogan : SARALEE
29
___-a-brac : BRIC
30
Stir up : ROIL
32
Lindbergh's classic flight, e.g. : SOLO
33
Fitting : APT
35
Actress Cannon : DYAN
36
"How was ___ know?" : ITO
38
Duke or earl : NOBLEMAN
39
Restroom door word : MENS
40
Chapters in history : ERAS
43
Austin Powers, e.g. : SPY
44
Perry Mason, e.g. : LAWYER
45
Clinton cabinet member Hazel : OLEARY
46
Gasoline unit : GALLON
48
Weather map line : ISOBAR
51
Tic-___-toe : TAC
52
Cattle branding tools : IRONS
53
Lighter and pen maker : BIC
54
Perfectly pitched : ONKEY
56
A polar bear might be found on one : FLOE
58
Valley : DALE
60
Actress Mendes : EVA
61
'60s conflict site : NAM
62
Tolkien creature : ORC
63
F.D.R. initiative : WPA

Answer summary:
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