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New York Times, Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Author:
Jim Hyres
Editor:
Will Shortz
3-Down : Hearty slices
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CircleScrabDebutFresh
31.588052%
Jim Hyres

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {FGJQ} This is puzzle # 19 for Mr. Hyres. Tuesday freshness: 52%
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© 2007, The New York Times5/29/7 ( No. 21,021 )
Across
1
Catch on a ranch : LASSO
6
Root beer brand : DADS
10
In : HOT
13
W.W. II conference site : YALTA
14
Counterpart of lyrics : MUSIC
15
Ending with pay or plug : OLA
16
#1 hit : CHARTTOPPER
18
Brooch : PIN
19
Country's McEntire : REBA
20
Summer coolers : ADES
21
Comforting words : ITSOK
23
Magazine and newspaper revenue source : ADSPACE
25
Larger-than-life : EPIC
26
Some 1960s-'70s attire : BELLBOTTOMS
31
Potpourri holder : SACHET
35
Directional suffix : ERN
36
www page creation tool : HTML
37
English horn relatives : OBOES
38
It can precede the starts of 16-, 26-, 43- and 58-Across and 10- and 33-Down : BAR
39
Muslim pilgrim's goal : MECCA
40
Alan of "Betsy's Wedding" : ALDA
41
Sunday offering: Abbr. : SER
42
Faulty shot, as in tennis : MISHIT
43
Watch : KEEPANEYEON
46
Carter of "Gimme a Break!" : NELL
47
Spa treatment : MUDBATH
52
Madrid museum : PRADO
54
Not orig. : IMIT
56
Middle name at Menlo Park : ALVA
57
___ shot (joke follow-up) : RIM
58
However : NONETHELESS
61
Rocks in a glass : ICE
62
Skyrockets : ZOOMS
63
Prince's "Raspberry ___" : BERET
64
Deletes, with "out" : XES
65
"That wasn't good!" : OHNO
66
Dropped a line : WROTE
Down
1
Stretchy synthetic : LYCRA
2
Sounded content : AAHED
3
Hearty slices : SLABS
4
Feedbag part : STRAP
5
Feedbag morsel : OAT
6
Pull a fast one on : DUPE
7
Egyptian slitherers : ASPS
8
Casino cube : DIE
9
Actor's reading : SCRIPT
10
Playground game : HOPSCOTCH
11
Mixed bag : OLIO
12
Fail miserably : TANK
14
Strut on the runway : MODEL
17
"Be silent," in scores : TACET
22
Worshipers' payments : TITHES
24
Lincoln and Vigoda : ABES
25
Seeming eternity : EON
27
'60s guru Timothy : LEARY
28
Shiverer's sound : BRR
29
Start of the 22nd century : MMCI
30
Strip under the mattress : SLAT
31
Enjoy a tub : SOAK
32
Up to the task : ABLE
33
Manhattan Project and Operation Overlord : CODENAMES
34
Piled up : HEAPED
38
Competition of sorts : BEE
39
Give a darn : MIND
41
NBC hit starting in '75 : SNL
42
Yap, so to speak : MOUTH
44
Mourning of the N.B.A. : ALONZO
45
Sends out : EMITS
48
Farm bundler : BALER
49
Bygone Olds : ALERO
50
Cable box holder : TVSET
51
Cause of sloppiness, maybe : HASTE
52
___ fixe : PRIX
53
Paella need : RICE
54
Home ___ : INON
55
Staff note : MEMO
59
"La-la" preceder : OOH
60
"Charlotte's Web" author's monogram : EBW

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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