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New York Times, Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Author:
Jim Page
Editor:
Will Shortz
18-Down : ___ de combat
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This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {GJQX} This is puzzle # 143 for Mr. Page. Wednesday freshness: 67%
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© 2007, The New York Times4/18/7 ( No. 20,980 )
Across
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Playground retort : DIDSO
6
Pre-bedtime ritual : BATH
10
Flower people?: Abbr. : FTD
13
Passes over : OMITS
14
Made an overthrow, say : ERRED
16
Milne baby : ROO
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Rectory : PARISHHOUSE
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Coastal bird : ERN
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Super server : ACER
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Multivolume refs. : OEDS
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Neckline? : LASSO
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Minor-league club, in baseball : FARM
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Jumper alternative : SETSHOT
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Locked up : INPRISON
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Make secure : LASH
33
Christopher of "Back to the Future" : LLOYD
34
Kinski title role : TESS
36
Look after : TEND
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Delicacy that may be pickled : EEL
40
Worthless pile : ASHHEAP
43
Fish spawn : ROE
44
Speaker in the Hall of Fame : TRIS
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"___ were ..." : ASIT
47
Easy pace : AMBLE
49
Keep one's distance from : SHUN
51
Glare blocker : SUNVISOR
53
Erudite sort : SCHOLAR
56
Foot specialist? : POET
57
___ water : INHOT
58
Part of A.A.R.P.: Abbr. : ASSN
60
Autocrat of old : CZAR
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___ fault : TOA
65
Feast of Trumpets : ROSHHASHANA
68
Balance provider, for short : ATM
69
___-Detoo : ARTOO
70
Sounds to shop by : MUZAK
71
Hi-___ monitor : RES
72
Harsh cry : YAWP
73
Tickle : AMUSE
Down
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L-___ (treatment for parkinsonism) : DOPA
2
Apple variety : IMAC
3
Desperate : DIRE
4
Wok preparation : STIRFRY
5
Bygone covert org. : OSS
6
Whales, elephants, etc. : BEHEMOTHS
7
Dominican-American major-league slugger, to fans : AROD
8
Tie up tightly : TRUSS
9
Cock and bull : HES
10
Sprigs from the garden : FRESHHERBS
11
Sculpted form : TORSO
12
"___ disturb!" (and a hint for 17-, 40- and 65-Across, and 10- and 30-Down) : DONOT
15
American rival : DELTA
18
___ de combat : HORS
23
Tel. message taker, maybe : ASST
25
1953 Loren title role : AIDA
27
Mrs. Einstein : ELSA
28
"Why should ___ you?" : ILET
29
D-back, for one : NLER
30
Deli selections : POLISHHAMS
31
Classic sodas : NEHIS
35
Go into business : SETUPSHOP
37
Court plea, for short : NOLO
38
They're game : DEER
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Mideast capital : SANA
42
Cobble, for example : PAVE
45
"Amscray!" : SHOO
48
"The Night of the Hunter" star, 1955 : MITCHUM
50
To-the-max prefix : ULTRA
52
Hendryx of the group Labelle : NONA
53
"Norwegian Wood" instrument : SITAR
54
Franklin's on it : CNOTE
55
Dreadlocked one : RASTA
59
Keep an appointment : SHOW
61
Bird in "The Lion King" : ZAZU
62
Literary olios : ANAS
63
Croupier's tool : RAKE
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Suffix with direct : ORY
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Little, to a lass : SMA

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

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