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New York Times, Thursday, March 16, 2006

Author:
Ben Tausig
Editor:
Will Shortz
30-Down : Coast-to-coast hwy.
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Ben Tausig

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 37 Missing: {QVW} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Tausig. Thursday freshness: 64%
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© 2006, The New York Times3/16/6 ( No. 20,582 )
Across
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Shark rival : JET
4
Rosemary and sage : SHRUBS
10
National, previously : EXPO
14
Flurry : ADO
15
Berate : RAILAT
16
Pick stuff up : SHOP
17
Manipulative technique : REVERSEPSYCHOLOGY
19
Parks of Alabama : ROSA
20
Letter that's not really at the end of the Greek alphabet : ZETA
21
She, in Italy : ESSA
22
Web surfer, e.g. : USER
23
They can carry a tune : IPODS
26
Thrown in the air : UPCAST
28
Discrimination against a majority : REVERSERACISM
31
"Dallas" mother : ELLIE
33
Baloney : ROT
34
Kind of consciousness : CLASS
36
Asian capital whose name means "place of the gods" : LHASA
40
More lustrous : SLEEKER
42
Lay off : ABSTAIN
44
Kicking dance : CONGA
45
Over and over : OFTEN
47
Stand at home? : BAT
48
Booker, at times : AGENT
50
What mirrors show : REVERSEIMAGES
52
Something in the air : OXYGEN
55
New Zealand native : MAORI
57
Satisfy : MEET
58
Stage actress Caldwell and others : ZOES
60
Watch part : FACE
64
Arctic exclamation : BRRR
65
Search-by-definition tool : REVERSEDICTIONARY
68
Film lead-in for Cop : ROBO
69
Love letter salutation : MYDEAR
70
Make it while the sun shines : HAY
71
Checkup : EXAM
72
Puts forth : EXERTS
73
Casual greetings : YOS
Down
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Rapper who co-founded Roc-a-Fella Records : JAYZ
2
Hipness : EDGE
3
Binge : TOOT
4
Hit sign : SRO
5
"That'll show him!" : HAH
6
Put through a sieve : RICED
7
Novel that begins "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan ..." : ULYSSES
8
Low pitch : BASS
9
Minnesota twin? : STPAUL
10
Red Sox fans' slogan until 2004 : REVERSETHECURSE
11
Nelson Mandela's native tongue : XHOSA
12
Sits for a shot : POSES
13
Eyeball benders : OPART
18
Like some church matters : LAIC
24
Bundle : PACKAGE
25
Shield border : ORLE
27
Heineken, e.g. : PILSNER
28
Richie's mom, to the Fonz : MRSC
29
Play alone : SOLO
30
Coast-to-coast hwy. : ITEN
32
Future atty.'s hurdle : LSAT
35
Middle name of The King : ARON
37
Rhyme scheme of the "Rubáiyát" : AABA
38
Kingdom in a 1951 Broadway musical : SIAM
39
No pro : ANTI
41
Home equity conversion : REVERSEMORTGAGE
43
"Eso ___" (Paul Anka hit) : BESO
46
N.S.A. headquarters near Baltimore : FTMEADE
49
It may cause a breakdown : ENZYME
51
Knack : GIFT
52
Card game without 8's, 9's and 10's : OMBRE
53
Copy : XEROX
54
San Francisco's ___ Buena Island : YERBA
56
Grant portrayer in 1970's-80's TV : ASNER
59
Endangered antelope : ORYX
61
Hurting : ACHY
62
"Ta-ta!" : CIAO
63
"Grand" brand : EDYS
66
Granola grain : OAT
67
Auditing org. : IRS

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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