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New York Times, Friday, March 14, 2008

Author:
Kevin G. Der
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : Setting for some columns
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Kevin G. Der

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 25 Missing: {QVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Der. Friday freshness: 77%
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© 2008, The New York Times3/14/8 ( No. 21,311 )
Across
1
Los Angeles's ___ Tower : USBANK
7
They're seen around some cakes : SOAPSUDS
15
Alaska's ___ Sound : NORTON
16
Mom's partner? : APPLEPIE
17
What a toaster may hold : CHAMPAGNEBOTTLE
19
Un article défini : LES
20
Modern greeting : ECARD
21
Plays intensely, in jazz slang : WAILS
22
It often follows something : ELSE
24
Doesn't toss : KEEPS
26
Fictional upper class : ELOI
27
One who doesn't chew the fat? : SPRAT
29
Find ___ for (match) : AMATE
31
TV's Spike, once : TNN
32
Bygone explosive : AMATOL
34
Dungeons & Dragons race : OGRES
36
"The White House," for "the presidency," e.g. : METONYM
38
Abba's style : EUROPOP
42
Rootless sort : NOMAD
44
Lombardia's capital : MILANO
45
Game with sticks : NIM
48
Got on : FARED
50
Dog-___ : EARED
51
It's mild and a bit nutty : EDAM
53
Racket string material : NYLON
55
Coll. elective program : ROTC
56
Serenade, as the moon : BAYAT
58
Noted fifth-century invaders : JUTES
60
Regrettable E.R. status : DOA
61
Refrain from eating pasta? : UHOHSPAGHETTIOS
64
Where to find Nancy : LORRAINE
65
Ready to receive visitors, say : DECENT
66
Held : ASSERTED
67
Beguiles : AMUSES
Down
1
One known for finger-pointing : UNCLESAM
2
"It's the truth" : SOHELPME
3
M.I.T.'s class ring, familiarly : BRASSRAT
4
Long green box? : ATM
5
Informal demurral : NOPE
6
Touch : KNACK
7
Post-W.W. I conference site : SANREMO
8
Setting for some columns : OPEDPAGE
9
It's issued to several stations, briefly : APB
10
Caterpillar product : PLOW
11
Caterpillar hairs : SETAE
12
Raise, as a steering wheel : UPTILT
13
Long Branch Saloon visitor : DILLON
14
Escorts after greeting : SEESIN
18
Earth personified : GAEA
23
Bond girl player Shirley : EATON
25
Choose not to pick? : STRUM
28
___ bricks : TONOF
30
Like some similarities : EERIE
33
Preacher Beecher : LYMAN
35
Like the Julian calendar : SOLAR
37
Small, round sponge cake topped with fruit and whipped cream : MARYJANE
39
Takeoffs : PARODIES
40
Direct : ONETOONE
41
They may be received by free subscriptions : PODCASTS
43
In up to one's neck : DELUGED
45
Interstellar matter : NEBULA
46
Some spuds : IDAHOS
47
LaGuardia and others : MAYORS
49
"How then ___ he now see?": John 9:19 : DOTH
52
Twins' name at the 1984 Olympics : MAHRE
54
"I ___ Lover" (1979 John Cougar hit) : NEEDA
57
Bygone crown : TSAR
59
Brain component : STEM
62
Gambler's place : PIT
63
Fort Worth sch. : TCU

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

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