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New York Times, Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Author:
Kumar Balani and Lou Sabin
Editor:
Will Shortz
5-Down : Danny of "The Color Purple"
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Lou Sabin

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QX} Spans: 4 This is puzzle # 4 for Mr. Balani. This is puzzle # 136 for Mr. Sabin. Wednesday freshness: 8%
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© 2005, The New York Times5/11/5 ( No. 20,273 )
Across
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Go wide of, say : MISS
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Seven-time Wimbledon champ of the 1980's and 90's : GRAF
9
Celeb's way around town : LIMO
13
Be a brat : ACTUP
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Down time : LULL
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From the top : ANEW
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Georgian's question before a fight? : YOUMACONFUNOFME
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Curry of "Today" : ANN
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Gad about : ROVE
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Siouan speakers : OTOES
23
Archipelago part : ISLE
24
Artist Alex, leader of modern realism : KATZ
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Montanan's comeback? : YOUREAREALBUTTE
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Cortés victim : AZTEC
34
Hang in there : STAY
35
Neighbor of Bulg. : ROM
36
Charles of "Hill Street Blues" : HAID
37
Places to find dates? : OASES
39
Attend : GOTO
40
Tolkien beast : ORC
41
Air : AURA
42
Vinegar holder : CRUET
43
New Yorker's dare? : OKAYTROYTOHITME
47
Pump sign in Canada : ESSO
48
Aid's partner : ABET
49
"___ to every purpose ..." : ATIME
52
Start to flutter one's eyes, say : STIR
53
From Okla. City to Mobile : ESE
56
Alaskan's sorry cry after a fight? : JUNEAUWHATYADID
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Like most bathroom graffiti: Abbr. : ANON
61
Table leveler : SHIM
62
Moose's place : LODGE
63
Sari-clad royal : RANI
64
Traditional snake dancer : HOPI
65
Boston suburb : LYNN
Down
1
Early Yucatán people : MAYA
2
Smiley face, e.g. : ICON
3
Send reeling : STUN
4
Cartesian "I am" : SUM
5
Danny of "The Color Purple" : GLOVER
6
Bit of writing on the wall? : RUNE
7
TV E.T. : ALF
8
Winter bug : FLU
9
Taoism founder : LAOTZU
10
The skinny : INFO
11
Same: Fr. : MEME
12
Is in the red : OWES
14
3.26 light-years : PARSEC
18
Fizzy drink : COLA
19
___ a long shot : NOTBY
23
Really steamed : IRED
24
Shakespeare's shrew, informally : KATE
25
[Sigh] : ALAS
26
Google competitor : YAHOO
27
___ Mountains : OZARK
28
City on the Mohawk : UTICA
29
Piece in The New Republic : ESSAY
30
Rainbow ___ : TROUT
31
Clan emblem : TOTEM
32
Overdo a scene : EMOTE
37
What we have : OURS
38
Suffix with buck : AROO
39
Stick-to-it-iveness : GRIT
41
Tahiti-bound, perhaps : ATSEA
42
Actress Ladd : CHERYL
44
Sana'a citizen : YEMENI
45
Japanese mat : TATAMI
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"In memoriam" item : OBIT
49
Nearly closed : AJAR
50
Sandwich filler : TUNA
51
Privy to : INON
52
FedEx, say : SHIP
53
Countercurrent : EDDY
54
Gemini, for one : SIGN
55
Scene of a fall : EDEN
57
Show theatergoers to their seats, informally : USH
58
"___ cares?" : WHO
59
MSN competitor : AOL

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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