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New York Times, Monday, June 6, 2005

Author:
Raymond Hamel
Editor:
Will Shortz
3-Down : Shepherdess in Virgil's "Eclogues"
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Raymond Hamel

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JQZ} Spans: 1 Puzzle has duplicate clues. This is puzzle # 25 for Mr. Hamel. Monday freshness: 72%
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© 2005, The New York Times6/6/5 ( No. 20,299 )
Across
1
Blackguard : CAD
4
Coin with Monticello on its back : NICKEL
10
Mlle. from Acapulco : SRTA
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Sport ___ (all-purpose vehicle) : UTE
15
Tennis champ Goolagong : EVONNE
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His and ___ : HERS
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Automated device in a bowling alley : BALLRETURN
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Give off : EMIT
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Epic that ends with Hector's funeral : ILIAD
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Grand Prix, e.g. : ROADRACE
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Nail on a paw : CLAW
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Garden item cut up for a salad : BELLPEPPER
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Grope : FEEL
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Historical time : ERA
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Berlin maidens : FRAULEINS
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Naked ___ jaybird : ASA
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Legislative act that imposes punishment without a trial : BILLOFATTAINDER
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Little troublemaker : IMP
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Example of excellence : SHOWPIECE
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Cry loudly : SOB
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Part of a tied tie : LOOP
47
Cotton menace : BOLLWEEVIL
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Expensively elegant : POSH
56
What a lumberjack holds : AXHANDLE
57
River of oblivion : LETHE
58
Tilt : LEAN
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1988 Kevin Costner movie : BULLDURHAM
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Pioneering computer game : MYST
63
Important parts of dairy cows : UDDERS
64
"Green Acres" star Gabor : EVA
65
Nays' opposites : YEAS
66
"Brace yourself!" : GETSET
67
___ and Stimpy (cartoon duo) : REN
Down
1
Three-dimensional : CUBIC
2
To any degree : ATALL
3
Shepherdess in Virgil's "Eclogues" : DELIA
4
Dweeb : NERD
5
"___ Got the World on a String" : IVE
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Army bed : COT
7
Small knob : KNURL
8
Become a member : ENROL
9
Delaware tribe : LENAPE
10
Himalayan mountain guide : SHERPA
11
Chart again : REMAP
12
Instant : TRICE
13
Fall bloom : ASTER
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Within the rules : LAWFUL
22
German "the" : DER
24
Steak or ground round : BEEF
25
Inventor Howe : ELIAS
27
Jeff Lynne's rock grp. : ELO
29
J. Edgar Hoover's org. : FBI
30
Place for a basketball net : RIM
31
Mont Blanc, e.g. : ALP
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To the ___ degree : NTH
33
Popular vodka, informally : STOLI
34
Ending with Gator or orange : ADE
35
Instant : SEC
36
"Where ___ you?" : ARE
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Base truant : AWOL
39
Wall Street event: Abbr. : IPO
40
RCA dog : NIPPER
43
Biases : SLANTS
44
Hold the rights to : OWN
45
Nighttime biter : BEDBUG
47
Touched in the head : BALMY
48
Common daisy : OXEYE
49
___ apso (dog) : LHASA
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Get away from : ELUDE
51
African terrain : VELDT
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"None of the above" : OTHER
54
Use a razor : SHAVE
55
One with big biceps : HEMAN
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Insatiable desire : LUST
60
"___ Misérables" : LES
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Rap's Dr. ___ : DRE

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

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