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New York Times, Thursday, June 24, 2004

Author:
Patrick Merrell
Editor:
Will Shortz
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Patrick Merrell

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQ} Spans: 1 Featured in Will Shortz's favorite puzzlemakers. This is puzzle # 32 for Mr. Merrell. Thursday freshness: 60%
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© 2004, The New York Times6/24/4 ( No. 19,952 )
Across
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Doubled, a Polynesian capital : PAGO
5
Animals of the species Pan troglodyte : APES
9
Doubled, a 1969 #1 hit song : SUGAR
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The Phantom of the Opera : ERIK
15
Make way? : PAVE
16
"Century" : CNOTE
17
Figure in a math function : PARAMETER
19
Replies to a host : RSVPS
20
Partly doubled, a call in a game : OLLYOXENFREE
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Explorer ___ Anders Hedin : SVEN
23
Working in a galley : OARING
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Doubled, a Hollywood star : ZSA
30
Guess: Abbr. : EST
31
"Well, let me think ..." : HMM
32
Part of a roller coaster : CAR
33
Center of Florida? : EPCOT
35
Pro shop item : TEE
36
___ Ridge (1972 Derby winner) : RIVA
37
Partly tripled, a lyric from a 1964 #1 pop song : SHELOVESYOUYEAH
41
Head of Haiti : TETE
42
Resident's suffix : ITE
43
Ottoman Empire title : PASHA
44
Sooner than : ERE
45
___ Ten : PAC
46
TV component: Abbr. : CRT
48
Doubled, a drumbeat : TOM
49
Kind of bridge : DENTAL
51
Boxer Spinks : LEON
53
Partly quadrupled, a 1963 comedy : ITSAMADWORLD
59
Orphan of old comics : DONDI
62
Yarn spinner : RACONTEUR
63
Peckish? : AVIAN
64
"My Way" lyricist : ANKA
65
Mystery author Buchanan : EDNA
66
Doubled, home of Whitman College : WALLA
67
Revel, in a way : BASK
68
Doubled, a pen : SING
Down
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Gourd fruit : PEPO
2
Asia's ___ Sea : ARAL
3
Miss : GIRL
4
Approves : OKAYS
5
Mountaintops : APEXES
6
Brainchild protector : PATENT
7
Unexcitable : EVEN
8
Feudal drudge : SERF
9
Laugh riot : SCREAM
10
Four-time Indy winner : UNSER
11
Geo. Bush, once : GOV
12
Chem. neurotransmitter : ATP
13
___ judicata : RES
18
Relocate in : MOVETO
21
Beau : ROMEO
24
Most reserved : ICIEST
25
Kind of blanket : NAVAHO
26
Coarse flour : GRAHAM
27
Added spice to : ZESTED
28
Realm : SPHERE
29
Winning card combo : ACETEN
31
Tripled, Yogi Bear's catchphrase : HEY
34
Vaudevillian Olsen : OLE
35
Doubled, a tropical menace : TSE
36
Scandinavian rug : RYA
38
Perfume bottles : VIALS
39
Tripled, a line from "The King and I" : ETC
40
Stylish and expensive : UPTOWN
45
Old film : PATINA
46
Knocking sounds : CLACKS
47
Some hardwood : REDOAK
50
Formed by inflow and outflow : TIDAL
52
Scribblings : NOTES
54
Show horse : ARAB
55
"Give that ___ cigar!" : MANA
56
Quick, in trade names : REDI
57
Sally ___ (teacake) : LUNN
58
Zip strip? : DRAG
59
Cousin of a crow : DAW
60
Oocytes, eventually : OVA
61
Nothing : NIL

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3 unique to this puzzle, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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