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New York Times, Monday, May 8, 2006

Author:
Norm Guggenbiller
Editor:
Will Shortz
31-Down : Thick chunks
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Norm Guggenbiller

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQXZ} This is puzzle # 3 for Mr. Guggenbiller. Monday freshness: 76%
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© 2006, The New York Times5/8/6 ( No. 20,635 )
Across
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Jellied garnish : ASPIC
6
Prefix with phobia : ACRO
10
"That was close!" : PHEW
14
Zachary, for daiquiri, e.g. : RHYME
15
Island near Lanai : MAUI
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Narrow path : LANE
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Atkins diet no-nos : CARBS
18
Pickpockets' targets : BILLFOLDS
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Worker with polish and a 23-Across : SHOESHINEBOY
22
Furthermore : AND
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Tattered cloth : RAG
24
Pitching star : ACE
27
Acts like : IMITATES
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Sprinkle with spices : SEASON
34
60's war zone, briefly : NAM
35
Her talk is, like, totally ... : VALLEYGIRL
37
Colorado resort : ASPEN
40
___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
41
"Me, too!" : SODOI
42
Southern fellow : GOODOLEBOY
45
Nav. rank : ENS
46
Make certain : ENSURE
47
Reacts angrily toward : SNARLSAT
50
Chicago-to-Tampa dir. : SSE
51
Bumped into : MET
53
Anonymous John : DOE
54
Madonna, with "the" : MATERIALGIRL
60
Shady, as a street : TREELINED
63
Full of vigor : LUSTY
64
Worker's compensation : WAGE
65
Ration (out) : DOLE
66
Glowing coal : EMBER
67
Run ___ (go crazy) : AMOK
68
"A Day Without Rain" singer : ENYA
69
Thick : DENSE
Down
1
Circle segments : ARCS
2
Former Iranian ruler : SHAH
3
Fire fancier, for short : PYRO
4
Comment at the end of a long, hard day : IMBEAT
5
Big name in small planes : CESSNA
6
Prefix with dextrous : AMBI
7
Brother of Abel : CAIN
8
Sovereign : RULER
9
Primer type : OILBASE
10
Clever tactic : PLOY
11
Computer in "2001" : HAL
12
Conclusion : END
13
"Scream" director Craven : WES
19
Old-fashioned types : FOGEYS
21
Modern viewing option, for short : HDTV
24
Actors' lines to no one in particular : ASIDES
25
Eclipse phenomenon : CORONA
26
Sign up : ENLIST
27
Since way back when : INAGES
28
Bricklayers : MASONS
29
Levy : IMPOSE
30
Simplicity : EASE
31
Thick chunks : SLABS
33
In the past : AGO
36
Diving bird : LOON
38
University Web address suffix : EDU
39
Like a body temperature of 98.6° : NORMAL
43
Water current with the wind : LEETIDE
44
In triplicate, a Seinfeld catchphrase : YADA
48
Wheeled (out) : ROLLED
49
Peanut, for one : LEGUME
52
Mortise insert : TENON
54
Submissive : MEEK
55
Count (on) : RELY
56
"You have no ___" : IDEA
57
Library ID : ISBN
58
Numbered rds. : RTES
59
Greek harp : LYRE
60
Howard Hughes's airline : TWA
61
Hit head-on : RAM
62
Psychologist's "I" : EGO

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

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