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New York Times, Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Author:
Dave Mackey
Editor:
Will Shortz
29-Down : It's no short story
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Dave Mackey

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {QX} Spans: 2 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 5 for Mr. Mackey. Tuesday freshness: 61%
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© 2008, The New York Times4/8/8 ( No. 21,336 )
Across
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Kaplan of "Welcome Back, Kotter" : GABE
5
Tally : ADDUP
10
Émile who wrote "Truth is on the march" : ZOLA
14
Is in hock : OWES
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More than sore : IRATE
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Leave out : OMIT
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Ronald Reagan movie : BEDTIMEFORBONZO
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Think tank products : IDEAS
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Indy 500 inits. : STP
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Cuban boy in 2000 news : ELIAN
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As a result : THUS
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Chat room shorthand for "Here's what I think" : IMHO
27
"Rule, Britannia" composer : ARNE
30
Doris Day movie, with "The" : PAJAMAGAME
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___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
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Era-spanning story : SAGA
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Greg of "My Two Dads" : EVIGAN
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Honda with a palindromic name : CIVIC
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Gradual decline : EBB
42
Cause of some food poisoning : ECOLI
43
2001 title role for Audrey Tautou : AMELIE
45
Wren or hen : BIRD
47
___ Irvin, longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker : REA
48
Rock Hudson movie : PILLOWTALK
50
Not fem. : MASC
51
Deuce beater : TREY
52
Bonkers : LOCO
54
"___ is human" : TOERR
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Sandy island : CAY
59
Football's Fighting ___ : IRISH
63
Barbara Eden TV series : IDREAMOFJEANNIE
66
___ St. Vincent Millay : EDNA
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Old newspaper sections : ROTOS
68
Touch-and-go : IFFY
69
Support staffer: Abbr. : ASST
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Map detail : INSET
71
Have-___ (lower economic group) : NOTS
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Mongolian expanse : GOBI
2
Impressed and then some : AWED
3
"Venerable" monk : BEDE
4
Bequeathed property : ESTATE
5
Colgate competitor : AIM
6
Equestrian competition : DRESSAGE
7
Bonkers : DAFT
8
A world without 71-Across : UTOPIA
9
According to : PER
10
Of the animal kingdom : ZOOLOGIC
11
First Dodge with front-wheel drive : OMNI
12
Minnelli of "Arthur" : LIZA
13
Like ___ of bricks : ATON
18
Suffix with bull or bear : ISH
19
Didn't act up : BEHAVED
24
Work ___ lather : UPA
26
Flaubert's Bovary, e.g.: Abbr. : MME
27
B.M.I. rival : ASCAP
28
"Spider-Man" director Sam : RAIMI
29
It's no short story : NOVEL
31
___ the Hutt of "Star Wars" : JABBA
32
Ancient meeting place : AGORA
33
Maxim's target audience : MALES
34
Pioneering 1940s computer : ENIAC
36
Annabella of "The Sopranos" : SCIORRA
39
"It's on me!" : ILLTREAT
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Subject of a 1976 film "ode" : BILLYJOE
44
Stand-in for "you" in "Concentration" : EWE
46
"Flying Down to Rio" studio : RKO
49
Captain of industry : TYCOON
50
Informal greeting at a breakfast shop : MORNIN
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Grp. known as the Company : CIA
54
"___ yellow ribbon ..." : TIEA
55
Bookie's quote : ODDS
56
Coastal raptors : ERNS
58
P.M. periods : AFTS
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Dope : INFO
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Sort (through) : SIFT
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Attention getters : HEYS
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Hosp. procedure : MRI
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Ballpark fig. : EST

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

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