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New York Times, Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Author:
Kyle Mahowald
Editor:
Will Shortz
39-Down : Opposite of o'er
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
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RebusCircleScrabDebutFresh
111.608545%
Kyle Mahowald

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 36 Missing: {FJQU} This is puzzle # 8 for Mr. Mahowald. Wednesday freshness: 18%
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© 2005, The New York Times8/17/5 ( No. 20,371 )
Across
1
Letter abbr. : ATTN
5
Floor : AMAZE
10
Part of golf instruction : GRIP
14
Baseball general manager Epstein : THEO
15
Send, as payment : REMIT
16
Fanny : REAR
17
Something to pitch : TENT
18
Sister of Thalia : ERATO
19
Like a shoppe : OLDE
20
Beard of barley : AWN
21
Patient person's tactic : WAITINGGAME
23
Least square : CHICEST
25
Sean of "Lord of the Rings" : ASTIN
26
Bamboozled : HOSED
27
High-fives : SLAPS
31
Relative of -ian : ITE
32
Shirt size: Abbr. : LGE
34
Monopolist's portion : ALL
35
Diehard : AVID
36
Show piece? : TELEVISIONSET
40
It's used to walk the dog : YOYO
41
Red state? : IRE
42
Scone's go-with : TEA
43
Afore : ERE
44
Louisiana Territory explorer : CLARK
46
Conglomerate : AMASS
50
Back on the high seas : STERN
52
Erode : EATINTO
54
Throw together, as clothes for an outfit : MIXANDMATCH
58
Partner of pitch and roll : YAW
59
King or Shepard : ALAN
60
Mother ___ : EARTH
61
Ness, e.g. : LOCH
62
Michigan college or its town : ALMA
63
Novelist Zola : EMILE
64
Singer Paul : ANKA
65
Site of some lashes : MAST
66
In a fog : DAZED
67
Tops : BEST
Down
1
Paper-clip, perhaps : ATTACH
2
"My Generation" group : THEWHO
3
With 47-Down, title for this puzzle : TENNIS
4
"As if!" : NOT
5
Calculus calculations : AREAS
6
Has coming : MERITS
7
Amo, amas, ___ : AMAT
8
Alternative to penne : ZITI
9
School near Windsor : ETON
10
Rum drinks : GROGS
11
Family tree entry : RELATIVE
12
"My secret's out..." : IADMITIT
13
Prettied oneself : PREENED
21
Golfing iron : WEDGE
22
Mylanta target : GAS
24
You might take a bow for this : CELLO
28
Goldfinger's torture device : LASER
29
Self-proclaimed "Greatest" : ALI
30
Connive : PLOT
33
Dastardly doings : EVIL
35
"Likewise, for me" : ASAMI
36
Base of a fajita : TORTILLA
37
Reading tests : EYEEXAMS
38
401(k) alternative: Abbr. : IRA
39
Opposite of o'er : NEATH
40
Polite agreement : YESMAAM
44
King's domain? : CNN
45
Whistler, of a sort : KETTLE
47
See 3-Down : ANYONE
48
Library area : STACKS
49
"Who cares?" : SOWHAT
51
Charged : RANAT
53
Hurt : ACHED
55
A scout may do a good one : DEED
56
1950's TV comedy/drama starring Peggy Wood : MAMA
57
Home of the Diamondbacks: Abbr. : ARIZ
61
Dr. Frankenstein's workplace : LAB

Answer summary:
2 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later.

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