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New York Times, Thursday, June 9, 2005

Author:
David J. Kahn
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Down : Astronaut's answer
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1893/15/19944/22/20245
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4461426601326
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16241.551,23753%
David J. Kahn

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Spans: 3 This is puzzle # 112 for Mr. Kahn. Thursday freshness: 65%
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DO
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FA
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LA
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© 2005, The New York Times6/9/5 ( No. 20,302 )
Across
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Push hard : RAM
4
Olympic sport since 1964 : JUDO
8
Forgo : PASSUP
14
Cooler in the summer : ICEWATER
16
Paris's Arc de Triomphe de l'___ : ETOILE
17
Components of 38-Across : MUSICALSYLLABLES
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Flower holder : STALK
20
Sow what? : OATS
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Pro : VET
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Plant with a chewable leaf : COCA
25
River in Dante's "Inferno" : LETHE
27
"Got it" : AHSO
30
Arab leader: Var. : AMEER
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Oil field? : ART
34
North Sea tributary : DEE
35
Pearl Buck heroine : OLAN
36
Actress/host Tyler : AISHA
38
Piano exercise for beginners : DOREMIFASOLLATIDOTILASOLFAMIREDO
42
1930's V.P. John ___ Garner : NANCE
43
Travel : WEND
44
Make it : TAG
45
Use a shuttle : TAT
46
Butter up? : BASTE
48
Goals of some candidates, for short : PHDS
49
Wheel of a spur : ROWEL
51
Christiania, now : OSLO
53
___ chi : TAI
55
Take : HAUL
57
Band together : UNITE
61
Possible title for this puzzle : SCALINGUPANDDOWN
65
When many shops open : ATNINE
66
Regressed : BACKSLID
67
Talked like Vito Corleone : RASPED
68
Ones who are all broken up : EXES
69
Ave. intersectors : STS
Down
1
Optician's display : RIMS
2
___ above : ACUT
3
Arizona spring training site : MESA
4
Tabloid nickname : JACKO
5
Acting legend Hagen : UTA
6
One of the original 13: Abbr. : DEL
7
About : ORSO
8
Snowball thrower : PELTER
9
"It's about time!" : ATLAST
10
Have a bawl : SOB
11
Paul Revere, for one : SILVERSMITH
12
Title beekeeper in a 1997 film : ULEE
13
Little brother, maybe : PEST
15
Astronaut's answer : WILCO
18
Home of the Peabody Museum of Natural History : YALE
23
___ lily : CALLA
24
Master with strings : AMATI
26
City near the cave of Elijah : HAIFA
27
Codicil, e.g. : ADDON
28
When this happened : HEREAT
29
Clergy students : SEMINARIANS
31
Supports, in a way : ENDOWS
33
Series of online posts : THREAD
35
"___ Mio" : OSOLE
36
Comparable in years : ASOLD
37
Lead ___ life : ADOGS
39
De ___ : FACTO
40
Fasten on : TIETO
41
Keglers' places : LANES
46
Hit on the head : BEANED
47
Chug follower : ALUG
48
Aquaculturists' locales : PONDS
50
Kvetch : WHINE
52
Blockheads : LUNKS
53
Peter, for one : TSAR
54
Recorded events : ACTA
56
Garage job : LUBE
58
Types with fat recording contracts : IDOLS
59
Blockhead : TWIT
60
They may be split : ENDS
62
Collagen target : LIP
63
Opposite of bellum : PAX
64
Whiz : ACE

Answer summary:
5 unique to this puzzle, 3 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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