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New York Times, Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Author:
Stephen Edward Anderson
Editor:
Will Shortz
38-Down : Chance
TotalDebutLatest
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Stephen Edward Anderson

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JXZ} This is puzzle # 2 for Mr. Anderson. Wednesday freshness: 70%
Jim Horne notes:

There are so many horsey theme answers it's easy to miss one: Silver (Lone Ranger), Scout (Tonto), Trigger (Roy Rogers), and Topper (Hopalong Cassidy.) Then in the middle, Had a Bit crosses Ride 'em Cowboy.

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V
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O
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P
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© 2008, The New York Times4/23/8 ( No. 21,351 )
Across
1
Low pitch symbol : FCLEF
6
Prepare for a physical exam : STRIP
11
Upper limit : CAP
14
Where the action is : ARENA
15
Not the whole thing : PIECE
16
"Say what?" : HUH
17
Mercury : QUICKSILVER
19
In the past : AGO
20
Wasn't quite vertical : LEANT
21
Where to spend time with moguls? : SKIRUN
23
What French fries are fried in : HOTOIL
26
Poli ___ : SCI
28
Other, in Zaragoza : OTRO
29
All riled up : INASTIR
31
Working the desk, say : ONDUTY
33
Listing in Hoyle's : RULE
34
Tower-top attraction : VIEW
36
Bear, in Bilbao : OSO
37
Chicago-to-Pittsburgh dir. : ESE
38
Ate, but not much : HADABIT
40
"Bill Moyers Journal" airer : PBS
43
Hawks' and Raptors' grp. : NBA
45
Archer who aims for the heart : EROS
46
Sheriff Andy Taylor's kid : OPIE
47
Part of the Kazakhstan landscape : STEPPE
49
Neil Simon's "Lost in ___" : YONKERS
51
Fine spray : MIST
52
Type measures : EMS
54
SATs : BOARDS
55
And so on and so forth : ETCETC
57
Courtier : TOADY
59
Barracks boss, for short : NCO
60
Easily set off, as a temper : HAIRTRIGGER
65
Bygone French coin : SOU
66
"I'm so bored" feeling : ENNUI
67
Smoked or pickled : CURED
68
Tsp. or qt. : AMT
69
Paralegals, e.g.: Abbr. : ASSTS
70
Oglers : EYERS
Down
1
Help page rubric : FAQ
2
Premier ___ (wine designation) : CRU
3
Grass skirt accessory : LEI
4
Hem in : ENCLOSE
5
Try to get by through bluffing : FAKEIT
6
English : SPIN
7
Pinball game stoppers : TILTS
8
Gun in the garage? : REV
9
Strands after a blizzard : ICESIN
10
Free use of a company car, say : PERK
11
#1 on the Hot 100 : CHARTTOPPER
12
Prognostication : AUGURY
13
LP player : PHONO
18
Spit : SALIVA
22
Notes in a pot : IOUS
23
Engage : HIRE
24
Big burden : ONUS
25
Discoverer of stars? : TALENTSCOUT
27
See 30-Down : COWBOY
30
With 27-Down, western cry : RIDEEM
32
Pixel : DOT
35
Wave catcher? : EAR
38
Chance : HAP
39
Weather map line : ISOBAR
41
Word with early or whirly : BIRD
42
Legis. meeting : SESS
44
"La Belle et la ___" : BETE
46
Nice enough fellow : OKAYGUY
47
Soap alternative : SITCOM
48
State trees of Texas : PECANS
50
"I ain't buyin' it!" : NODICE
51
It has a test of brightness : MENSA
53
Walk proudly : STRUT
56
Sister and wife of Hyperion : THEA
58
Former newspaper publisher ___ Chandler : OTIS
61
Elected group : INS
62
M.A. hopeful's test : GRE
63
Suffix with election : EER
64
Pikes, e.g.: Abbr. : RDS

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later.

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