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New York Times, Monday, June 9, 2008

Author:
Paula Gamache
Editor:
Will Shortz
24-Down : Sport in which belts are awarded
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
1085/21/20021/14/20184
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
431.5850462%
Paula Gamache

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 37 Missing: {QVW} This is puzzle # 33 for Ms. Gamache. Monday freshness: 92%
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© 2008, The New York Times6/9/8 ( No. 21,398 )
Across
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50 percent : HALF
5
Goya's "The Naked ___" : MAJA
9
Pet adoption org. : SPCA
13
Jai ___ : ALAI
14
Yale of Yale University : ELIHU
16
Where a horseshoe goes : HOOF
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*Sightseer's guide : TOURISTMAP
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Plus : ALSO
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Passover meals : SEDERS
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One of the U.S. Virgin Islands : STCROIX
23
Hooded jacket : PARKA
26
Variety : ILK
27
1950, on a cornerstone : MCML
30
*Creation made with a bucket and shovel : SANDCASTLE
35
"Are you in ___?" : OROUT
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Stinks to high heaven : REEKS
38
D.D.E.'s political rival : AES
39
Spanish wine beverage : SANGRIA
41
Has high hopes : ASPIRES
43
CPR provider : EMT
44
Shenanigan : ANTIC
46
Mall unit : STORE
47
*One who puts the pedal to the metal : SPEEDDEMON
50
River of Hades : STYX
51
Opposite of paleo- : NEO
52
___ Gay (W.W. II bomber) : ENOLA
54
Quits yapping : SHUTSUP
58
British society magazine : TATLER
62
Arizona tribe : HOPI
63
*The worst player wins it : BOOBYPRIZE
66
Cupid : AMOR
67
Longtime Yankees skipper : TORRE
68
Big do : AFRO
69
Here today, ___ tomorrow : GONE
70
Saucy : PERT
71
"Split" soup ingredients : PEAS
Down
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They may be thrown into the ring : HATS
2
Skin soother : ALOE
3
Praise : LAUD
4
*Hose company hookup : FIREPLUG
5
Gentlemen: Abbr. : MESSRS
6
PC key : ALT
7
Beam in a bar? : JIM
8
Solvers' shouts : AHAS
9
Predatory types : SHARKS
10
Ralph Lauren label : POLO
11
Mozart's "___ Fan Tutte" : COSI
12
Crazy like ___ : AFOX
15
Slight improvements in business activity : UPTICKS
18
Songwriter Gershwin : IRA
22
Necklace fasteners : CLASPS
24
Sport in which belts are awarded : KARATE
25
"Wheel of Fortune" purchase : ANE
27
Grandma ___, American folk artist : MOSES
28
Muscle malady : CRAMP
29
Three-card scam : MONTE
31
Church official : DEACON
32
Fortuneteller's card : TAROT
33
Suspicious : LEERY
34
Beloved of Elizabeth I : ESSEX
36
Swaps : TRADES
40
Iffy : INDOUBT
42
Warning cry ... or a hint to the beginnings of the answers to the five starred clues : ITSATRAP
45
"___ Mine" (Beatles song) : IME
48
Whole : ENTIRE
49
"Maybe later" : NOTYET
53
Once around the track : LAP
54
Retro cut : SHAG
55
___ sapiens : HOMO
56
Second word in many a fairy tale : UPON
57
Inside info : POOP
59
Long, long sentence : LIFE
60
Cornell of Cornell University : EZRA
61
Vintage vehicles : REOS
64
Valuable rocks : ORE
65
"Man, it's cold!" : BRR

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

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