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New York Times, Tuesday, June 8, 2004

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : Meeting of spacecraft
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 34 Missing: {JVWXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 35 for Mr. Early. Tuesday freshness: 27%
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© 2004, The New York Times6/8/4 ( No. 19,936 )
Across
1
10K, e.g. : RACE
5
Wheedler's tactic : GUILE
10
Jungle crushers : BOAS
14
___ Bator : ULAN
15
Land of a billion : INDIA
16
Basilica area : APSE
17
Start of an Oscar Wilde quote : DISCONTENTISTHE
20
Revolutionary Allen : ETHAN
21
Comics shriek : EEK
22
Out of bed : RISEN
23
Bakers' wares : PIES
25
Strange sightings : UFOS
27
Quote, part 2 : FIRSTSTEPIN
31
Cost-controlling W.W. II agcy. : OPA
34
Jacob's twin : ESAU
35
Et ___ (and the following) : SEQ
36
Cozy spots : NICHES
38
"I cannot ___ lie" : TELLA
40
Make a knight, e.g. : DUB
42
Utter disorder : CHAOS
43
See 61-Down : ORLESS
45
Dr. Seuss's Sam ___ : IAM
47
"Rule Britannia" composer : ARNE
48
Spain's Juan Carlos, for one : REY
49
Quote, part 3 : THEPROGRESS
52
___ En-lai : CHOU
53
Slinky's shape : COIL
54
Bawdyhouse manager : MADAM
57
Bleachers cry : RAH
59
___ Jean Baker (Marilyn Monroe) : NORMA
63
End of the quote : OFAMANORANATION
66
Excursion : TRIP
67
Met offering : OPERA
68
Civil wrong : TORT
69
Coin flip : TOSS
70
Theroux's "endless night" : DEATH
71
Summers in Québec : ETES
Down
1
Deserving a slap, maybe : RUDE
2
Touched down : ALIT
3
Country singer Johnny : CASH
4
Summarize : ENCAPSULE
5
Tonic's partner : GIN
6
Brand-new : UNTESTED
7
___ fixe (obsession) : IDEE
8
Meeting of spacecraft : LINKUP
9
"Mangia!" : EAT
10
Groundwork : BASIS
11
Chooses, with "for" : OPTS
12
1975 Wimbledon winner : ASHE
13
Perceived : SEEN
18
"Sleep ___" : ONIT
19
Like many an O. Henry story : IRONIC
24
Pothook shape : ESS
26
Half a sawbuck : FIN
27
Awful smell : FETOR
28
Grenoble's river : ISERE
29
Come from behind : RALLY
30
Furnish with gear : EQUIP
31
Midwest air hub : OHARE
32
Hacienda drudges : PEONS
33
Pack animals : ASSES
37
A Brontë sister : CHARLOTTE
39
Cause of wheezing : ASTHMA
41
Graph with rectangular areas : BARCHART
44
"___ 'nuff!" : SHO
46
Meadow call : MOO
50
The Continent : EUROPE
51
Actress Lollobrigida : GINA
52
Roughs it : CAMPS
54
Feminist Lucretia : MOTT
55
Michael Jackson's old do : AFRO
56
Honored guest's spot : DAIS
58
Neighborhood : AREA
60
Knee-slapper : RIOT
61
With 43-Across, approximately : MORE
62
Little scurriers : ANTS
64
Auction assent : NOD
65
"Uh-uh!" : NAH

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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