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New York Times, Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Author:
Alison Donald
Editor:
Will Shortz
53-Down : Common pie slice count
TotalDebutLatest
73/24/200312/4/2007
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
0511000
ScrabDebutFresh
1.591514%
Alison Donald

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 42 Missing: {JQVZ} This is puzzle # 6 for Ms. Donald. Wednesday freshness: 0%
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© 2006, The New York Times7/19/6 ( No. 20,707 )
Across
1
Passion : ARDOR
6
Each : APOP
10
Silhouette in a Southwest skyline : MESA
14
Manager who led both the Yankees and Mets to pennants : BERRA
15
River of Siberia : LENA
16
Un-PC computer? : IMAC
17
Horace, e.g. : ODIST
18
Grouchoesque look : LEER
19
Not according to Miss Manners : RUDE
20
Start of a J. Paul Getty quote : MYFORMULAFOR
23
Put on the line : BET
24
Kind of mattress : AIR
25
Appetite whetters, perhaps : AROMAS
29
Quote, part 2 : SUCCESSISRISE
33
Stephen of "Still Crazy" : REA
34
Big fan : NUT
35
Québec place name starter : STE
36
Hotel room amenities : IRONS
39
Attic sight : WEB
40
Up and about : ASTIR
42
Puggle, e.g. : DOG
43
Water tester : TOE
44
One of football's Manning brothers : ELI
45
Quote, part 3 : EARLYWORKLATE
50
Eponymous Bloomer : AMELIA
51
Sighs of relief : AHS
52
Dict., e.g. : REF
55
End of the quote : ANDSTRIKEOIL
59
Did laps, maybe : SWAM
62
Nickelodeon's little explorer : DORA
63
Chihuahua chum : AMIGO
64
Haiti's ___ Doc : PAPA
65
Rioter's take : LOOT
66
Narrow spot : NICHE
67
Graph features : AXES
68
Novel conclusion? : ETTE
69
Baseball chartful : STATS
Down
1
Mushroom maker : ABOMB
2
Return to brunette, say : REDYE
3
Results of blizzards : DRIFTS
4
Approximating words : ORSO
5
Frenzied routines : RATRACES
6
Siren's quality : ALLURE
7
Zest : PEEL
8
Fit for service : ONEA
9
Tall treat : PARFAIT
10
Fun house fixture : MIRROR
11
Australian runner : EMU
12
Bummed : SAD
13
Top pitcher : ACE
21
Mineral in sheets : MICA
22
Surgery ctrs. : ORS
26
Atomizer output : MIST
27
Italian wine area : ASTI
28
Carson's Carnac, e.g. : SEER
30
Item of utilitarian art : URN
31
Scornful look : SNEER
32
Hero : SUB
36
Think about it : IDEA
37
Go from pillar to post : ROAM
38
Hideous sort : OGRE
39
Court : WOO
40
Many Eskimos : ALASKANS
41
Remain unused : SIT
43
Drivel : TWADDLE
44
K-12 : ELHI
46
Andean animals : LLAMAS
47
Feminine side : YIN
48
Barefoot activity : KARATE
49
Beethoven's Third : EROICA
53
Common pie slice count : EIGHT
54
Penguins' hangouts : FLOES
56
Lampblack, essentially : SOOT
57
Home-run gait : TROT
58
Send out : EMIT
59
Mud bath spot : SPA
60
Car wash option : WAX
61
Copy : APE

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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