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New York Times, Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Author:
Anne Garellick
Editor:
Will Shortz
8-Down : Yearn (for)
TotalDebutLatest
32/23/20047/25/2006
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
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ScrabDebutFresh
1.6568%
Anne Garellick

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 36 Missing: {JQVXZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 3 for Ms. Garellick. Tuesday freshness: 16%
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© 2006, The New York Times7/25/6 ( No. 20,713 )
Across
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Ridiculously showy : CAMPY
6
Feathery adornments : BOAS
10
It's a long story : SAGA
14
Without ___ in the world : ACARE
15
A shot : EACH
16
Time line divisions : ERAS
17
Do some fudging : STRETCHTHETRUTH
20
Salon creation : COIF
21
Gardening need : HOSE
22
Itsy-___ : BITSY
23
Poe's "___ Lee" : ANNABEL
25
___ Paulo, Brazil : SAO
26
Take liberties : BENDTHERULES
32
Formation fliers : GEESE
35
Sharer's word : OUR
36
Daytime TV fare : SOAP
37
Stars-and-stripes land : USA
38
Couch potato's comment about the 17-, 26-, 48- and 63-Across "workouts" : NOSWEAT
42
Fit ___ fiddle : ASA
43
Artist Chagall : MARC
45
Game pieces : MEN
46
Em and Bee, for two : AUNTS
48
Risk disaster, maybe : PUSHONESLUCK
52
Infamous Amin : IDI
53
Facing a judge : ONTRIAL
57
Chew out : SCOLD
60
___ Spumante : ASTI
62
A.D. part : ANNO
63
Wield one's influence : PULLSOMESTRINGS
66
Canal of song : ERIE
67
Two pounds, plus : KILO
68
Pernod flavoring : ANISE
69
Blockhead : CLOD
70
Narcissist's love : SELF
71
Runs into : MEETS
Down
1
Co-conspirator of Brutus : CASCA
2
Follow, as an impulse : ACTON
3
Comic Cheech : MARIN
4
Quick-to-erect homes : PREFABS
5
"Is it soup ___?" : YET
6
"Look at that!" : BEHOLD
7
Basis of Cheerios : OATS
8
Yearn (for) : ACHE
9
Any ship : SHE
10
Not kidding : SERIOUS
11
In ___ (stuck) : ARUT
12
Mobsters' guns : GATS
13
Pasty-faced : ASHY
18
Sixth-century Chinese dynasty : CHEN
19
Way up a mountain : TBAR
24
"___ there, done that" : BEEN
25
Word repeated after "Que," in song : SERA
27
Criers' places : TOWNS
28
Palette selection : HUE
29
Student aid : LOAN
30
Toward dawn : EAST
31
Sites of hot springs : SPAS
32
Classic Hanks role : GUMP
33
Jacob's twin : ESAU
34
Anvil sites : EARS
39
Prefix with potent : OMNI
40
"Told you!" : SEE
41
Diplomat's forte : TACT
44
How gazpacho is served : CHILLED
47
Kiev's land : UKRAINE
49
Tote board figure : ODDS
50
Mucho : LOTSOF
51
Mil or mile : UNIT
54
Lint-collecting bellybutton : INNIE
55
Woody Allen feeling : ANGST
56
Comes in second : LOSES
57
Blueprint detail, briefly : SPEC
58
Weight lifter's lift : CURL
59
Hodgepodge : OLIO
60
Parisian girlfriend : AMIE
61
Auction off : SELL
64
Authorizes : OKS
65
Aries animal : RAM

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

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